"HORSE PURCHASE", KING KWING CHAI, (?) TIBET Part 2

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Signal Corps ADC 4917 111 SOURCE: AFCF (C-309) Record Group 111 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 6761 ea Silent Accession III-NAV-210 4917 "HORSE PURCHASE" King Kwing Chai, (?) Tibet - 4 May 45 Seq: US officer pays Col Chang Chan Cha, a representative of China, $12,000,000. The representative in turn pays Salone Bassom, a representative of Tibet, for the purchase of Tibetan horses. US soldiers and Tibetan civilians watch the trans- - action. CUs, $12,000,000 on table. MLSs, Tibetan natives watch inspection of their horses. CUs, US soldier who is a member of the purchasing team feeds a baby wolf with a medicine dropper. MS, horses are inspected by US officer. LS, MSs, horses are rounded up by US soldiers and Tibetan natives. (Note: A group of Americans left Sichang Province and flew into Tibet to purchase 5, 000 horses to be used on the battle fronts for carrying supplies.) ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/1zw

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities