My telegram 14th July Circular D.345. [1]

JAPAN
BURMA ROAD
Before the fall of the Yonai Government, reports of which will, it
is presumed, have appeared in the press, agreement had almost been
reached on the following lines. We should undertake to suspend for
three months the transit through Burma of arms, ammunition, petrol
trucks and railway material- This prohibition would not apply to
petrol required
(a) by lorries transporting non-prohibited goods on journeys into
China and back;

(b) by aircraft operating the Rangoon-Chungking airmail service.

Government of Burma would inform local Japanese Consular
authorities of steps which they were taking to give effect to this
prohibition.

These arrangements had been offered by us on the understanding
that during these three months, special efforts would be made to
bring about a just and equitable peace in the Far East and that at
the end of this period we should remain free to continue or
discontinue this arrangement in accordance with the conditions
existing at the time.

The above agreement would be recorded in a confidential
memorandum. We were therefore not pursuing the idea of issuing a
joint communique. We were, however, impressing upon the Japanese
Government the need for us to make an announcement, but assure[d]
them that, while reserving full liberty of wording, we would take
into consideration their susceptibilities as regards any public
declaration implying that they had entered into compact with us to
make special effort to conclude peace with Chiang Kai Shek. [2]

Hong Kong. We were taking steps to ensure implementation of
assurances given to the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs [3]
in regard to prohibition of export of war materials by sea as well
as by land. He had been willing that the Governor of Hong Kong [4]
should communicate detailed arrangements to the Japanese Consul-
General. [5]

As a result of the fall of the Yonai Government, the present
position is not clear.