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...Admiral was also asked about the effect of the Manipur fighting on air delivery of supplies "over the Hump" to China and Claire Chennault's Fourteenth Air Force, neither question nor answer came through the rigid British censorship. From outside India the conclusion seemed to be that, no matter how successfully the Manipur battle had been fought, both the Chinese Army and Chennault had suffered from the North Burma campaign...
...past six weeks Manipur and North Burma have siphoned off supplies urgently needed for Chennault's China bases...
Slowly the Chinese units fell back. To the battlewise lao ping, China's G.L, it was clear: he had not the strength to halt the enemy, nor the air support which he enjoyed in the battles in the south. Major General Claire Chennault's Fourteenth had no good bases in the north...
...Railway and Stilwell. Lieut. General Joseph Stilwell's announced aim was to recapture North Burma. His real reason for the objective was to obtain more supplies for Chennault and the Chinese. If he could succeed, the tiny trickle from the railway-Hump route could be roundly increased by trucks over the Ledo road...
...China General Chennault has already prohibited the publication of his pilots' box scores. Marine Major Joe Foss, who shares the World War II record of 26 kills with missing Marine Major Gregory Boyington, announced recently upon returning to the Pacific: "We're not out for records. ... If we get any Zeros, it will be the result of team play...