HC Deb 20 November 1947 vol 444 c218W
115. Mr. J. L. Williams

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the sums in which the proceeds of the sale to the Siamese Government of that part in Siamese territory of the Burma—Siam Railway, known as the Railroad of Death, has been allocated to the British, Australian and other Allied Governments concerned.

Mr. Mayhew

The total purchase price of the railway was £1,250,000. Of this sum the Government of Malaya receives £656,400, the Government of Burma £51,250 and the Government of the Netherlands East Indies £187,350. All these amounts are payable in sterling in instalments. The balance of £355,000 is payable by the Siamese Government in Siamese currency into the Japanese Reparations Pool.