U.S. DEFENCES IN PACIFIC
WITHDRAWAL TO HAWAII SUGGESTED DIFFICULTIES IN HOLDING PHILIPPINES (UKTED PBISS ASSOCIATION—COPTBIGHT.) (Received March 7. 8.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, March 6. The Washington correspondent of the British United Press says the Government is considering withdrawing its Philippine defence line to Hawaii after Philippine independence is established in 1946. Some strategists say that if there were war in the Pacific the necessity for holding the Philippines would require so great a naval concentration that the American main-, land would be left vulnerable. Naval authorities say that if the United States intends to stay in the Orient she must establish adequate facilities for overhaul and other defence necessities.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22345, 8 March 1938, Page 13
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