Interview number: 083

Interviewer: Thatcher, Mary

Interview date: 1980-07-03

Length 39 minutes

Condition notes: Original recording was started some way into this conversation – no explanation. 35 seconds of unexplained silence, starting at [29:15] has been removed from this copy

Mrs. Stocks was the wife of a Burmah Oil Company purchasing and supplies executive. She describes her life in the Irrawaddy’s Nyaunghla/Pakokku/Magwe area of Burma (1928-1942), the evacuation, and her husband’s long trek out with General Alexander.

[Original recording was started some way into this conversation – no explanation. Also, 35 seconds of unexplained silence, starting at [29:15] has been removed from this .wav copy]

Coverage notes: Nyaunghla, Pakokku, Magwe; Irrawaddy, Arakan Yomas; Japan threat, evacuation; social life; 1928-1942