<最終講義>タイ駐屯日本軍による米の調達

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During the Second World War, the Japanese army was stationed in Thailand for 3 years and 8 months, from December 8,1941 until August 15,1945. The following is the summary of among other things the rice, procured by the Japanese army, during the period. 1. According to the agreement concluded between the Thai-Japan government Liaison Office (Later, Alliance Nations Liaison Office) and the Japanese army, the Thai government had to sell 100,000 tons of paddy (equivalent to 70,000 tons of rice) per month to the Japanese army. This is tantamount to supplying 1,200,000 tons of paddy per year from Thailand, in a normal year. In other words, Japan was supposed to purchase the total amount of Thailands' exported rice. 2. It was, however, not until around May 1943,that Thailand could manage to serve the demands of Japan. Towards the end of the War, Thailand could hardly supply as much as 100,000 tons of paddy per month. This was partly because of the unfavorable climatic conditions resulting in fluctuation in the supply, depending on the location. Some areas of Thailand suffered a severe shortage in rice production. On the part of Thailand, the Thai army and some provincial governors started to pool, hoard, control, or stop selling the rice. The Thai railway transportation system also was severely affected due to excessive use of the facilities by the Japanese army, and consequently, rice transportation was also much affected. In addition, repeated air-raids by the Allied Forces damaged the railway bridges and other facilities, which added to the difficulties in the supply of rice to the people. 3. In an attempt to procure rice by all means, the Japanese army went to the extent of obtaining rice from local areas, without proper consultation with the Alliance Nations Liaison Office of the Thai government. There was a case in South Thailand where the Japanese army smuggled rice into Malaya. Had the Japanese army been able to procure sufficient amount of rice, it would have been totally useless, because there were not many vessels available, to ship the rice back to Japan. Instead, the Japanese army could only send a small amount of rice to Malaya under the Japanese occupation where food shortage was acute, and also to the famine-stricken French Indo-China. 4. Rice prices had soared up toward the end of the War, mainly because of the massive purchase of rice by the Japanese army, as well as the transportation difficulties, hoarding and control.
上智大学の論文
1999-12-27

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吉川利治
大阪外国語大学

<最終講義>タイ駐屯日本軍による米の調達

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