The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-08

final figures are announced. Com pare that with the approximately $12,000, ,000 aid to the United Kingdom and perhaps $7,000,000,- 900 aid to Soviet Russia.
 This $62O, ,OOO, ,Oo0 aid to China can be broken down in three principal divisions:
 1. Lend-lease exports to China, largely shipments of military sup plies made directly to Chiang Kali shek before the spring of 1942 and allocated by him to his forces, ap- proximately $155, ,000,0 ,000.
 2. Consignments made to Gen. eral Joseph w. Stilwen for subse- quent transfer to forces as he direct ed, approximately $230, ,000, 900. Much of these supplies may still be in h. dia, or might be distributed to Chin- csc troops in training in India or in the field in Burma. At any rate, none could have been distributed to Chiang Kai-shek's forces assigned to holding back the Chinese Com munists without Stilwell's approval or contrary to his orders.
 B. Supplies assigned for transfer to the China theater but still in the United States awaiting shipment, approximately $218, OO,00O. Add $17,- 100000 worth of shipping charges and other ScerviceS and it gives you the previously estimated total of $620, 0,000, ,000 lend-leaSe aid to the Chinese in two and a half years.
 THE FIGURE DOESN'T
 TAKE IN EVERYTHING
 All this is exclusive of U. s. Mili- tary expenses of operating the 20th Air Force and General Claire L. Chennault's 14th Air Force = the only U. s. troops operating in China expenses of operating the aerial supply line over the hump from h. dia to China, and expenses of U. s. operations in India and Burma.
 There is no reverse 1end-lease from China, everything that this country receives in the way of anti mony, tin, tung oil, mercury, hog bristles and goose feathers being paid for in cash. In the first six Ox 4O16 U41COC Hu1C1AdoCo amounted to about 14,000,000 pounds of freight, which is just about the equivalent of one Liberty shipload.
 The supplies which have been go- ing over the hump on the Air Transport Commands and Chinese National Aviation Corporations aerial freight line have been run ONiINnr On mn t0p0c VNaAp1fh about three Liberty ship loads. Of this, more than half has been gasoline for the 14th Air Force and the 20th Bomber Command of long-range B-29s. None of these aviation sup plies could be diverted.
 Exact quantities and descriptions of military supplies furnished to the Chinese under lend-lease is consid- cred restricted military information in detailed breakdown, but in cumulative totals it can be classi- fled roughly as 50 per cent aircraft and aviation supplies, 35 per cent small arms, light artillery, light tanks and other ordnance, IS per cent machinery for arSenalS and other non-military supplies.
 STRINGS KEEP SUPPLIES
 FROM BEING DIVERTED
 The idea of consigning supplies to General Stilwell instead of directly to the Chinese as inaugurated in the spring of 1942 for the express purpose of keeping these supplies from being diverted to any uses other than fighting the Japs.
 Because of limited transport facil- ities over the hump, the bulk of such supplies of necessity would have gone to the three Chinese di- visions in Burma and the so-called "" army of Chinese which attack ed Burma from the east in recent operations.
 Presumably this plan of consign- ing lend-lease supplies to the Amer ican general commanding in the Chinese theater will be carried on in spite of General Stilwells recall. Under this plan, the chances of SUD- ply leaks to the Chinese are small, but misuse of even one truck for one mile, where supply is so limited, be- comes matter of major strategy in logistics.