HC Deb 08 August 1940 vol 364 cc443-4W
Mr. Mander

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign ffairs whether he will publish the full terms, including schedule, of the agreement with Japan, with regard to the closing of the Burma Road?

Mr. Butler

All that my Noble Friend can add to the statement by the Prime Minister on 18th July is a list of the categories of goods subject to temporary prohibition on the road. A list of these was published in the Burma Gazette on 19th July and comprises (a) motor spirit, (b) iron and steel railway track material, (c) rolling stock and component parts, (d) motor vans, motor lorries, trailers, chassis, and parts thereof, (e) arms, ammunition, and parts thereof, and military explosives.

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