从英国档案看1942年英美关于印新驿运路线的讨论

Discussions on the Route of the Indo-Xinjiang Post Transport between Britain and the United States in 1942 from British Archive

印新线作为清朝末年中国新疆与英属印度贸易的主要交通线路,在抗日战争急需输入外援物资的特殊时期,国民政府重启该线路,采取古老的驿运方式进行运输。本文以英国档案资料为基础,梳理1942年中英美三国在开辟印新线之前的利益权衡考量过程,有助于加深对战时交通运输体系和开辟印新线的理解和认识。

The Indo-Xinjiang Line,as the main transportation route for trade between Xinjiang and British India in the late Qing Dynasty,which was restarted by the Nationalist government during the special period of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression,when foreign aid supplies were urgent.And the ancient post transportation method was adopted.Based on British archives,this paper compares the process of weighing the interests of China,British and the United States before opening Indo-Xinjiang route in 1942,which helps us deepen the understanding and knowledge of the wartime transportation system and the opening of the Indo-Xinjiang route.