| Item title: | Report on economic information from prisoners of war and captured documents |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 12/59) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
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| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial official records |
| AJRP series: | Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) publications |
| AJRP sub-series: | ATIS research reports |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM55 12/59 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 12/- |
| Item: | RR-82 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 9 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Information report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 27/6/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, AGRICULTURE, FARMING, WHARVES, RAILWAY LINES, WATER TRANSPORT |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Chi-lung [Japan–Formosa, Formosa (Taiwan)] Kao-hsiung [Japan–Formosa, Formosa (Taiwan)] Formosa (Taiwan) [Japan–Formosa] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) research report issued on 27 June 1944 on economic conditions in Formosa. This report is based on the interrogation of six Formosan prisoners of war who were Army civilian employees. It includes information on mineral and metal mines, electro-chemical production, shipping, new docks, railway, the conversion of farms in Takao (Kao-hsiung) to rice and sugar cane production. The appendix includes a sketch map of a railways from Keelung (Chi-lung) to Suinanto and a sketch map of Keelung Harbour and Sharyo Island. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:02 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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