AMERICA IN PERIL OF GERMAN ATTACK.
AMBASSADOR'S VIEW.
Situation Compared With
That Of France.
United Press Association.—Copyright.
(Reod. 1 p.m.) NEW YORK, Aug. 18
The United States Ambassador to France, Mr. William C. Bullitt, who is at present in America, in a speech, said: "The United States stands in peril of a Nazi attack to-day just as great as France did last year. Unless she acts decisively she will be too late."
He said the words "Atlantic Ocean" were a danger, proving a soothing lullaby to death, like the words "Maginot Line" did to France, if the British Fleet was defeated.
He urged Americans to heed the advice of General Pershing, Admiral Standley and others, advocating conscription and the transfer of destroyers to Britain. He stated that arguments over the, aircraft policy of France once resulted in France producing only 37 'planes a month, compared with Germany's 1000.
French Communists acted as spies and agents for the dictators, said the Ambassador.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 196, 19 August 1940, Page 8
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