In the waters outside the harbor of Rangoon, loaded ships lay at anchor. Out at sea other Rangoon-bound vessels got orders to alter course. Along Strand Road, Rangoon's wharfside thoroughfare, government officials, merchants and shipping agents found themselves confronted everywhere by the cause of the distress. In warehouses, on docks, even in the port health station, thousands of bags of cement were piled high, crowding out all else and paralyzing the port. And more cement was on its way.
Burma was learning the hard way about barter deals with the Communists. Caught with a huge rice surplus and unable to sell...
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