AUSTRALIA AS BASE
COUNTER-OFFENSIVE AGAINST JAPAN NEED FOR AMERICAN TROOPS (Received January 14, 9 p.m.) (U.P.A.) WASHINGTON. January 13. The “Washington Star,” in a leading article, said; “More and more it becomes evident that Australia is the natural base for the tremendous coun-ter-offensive which ultimately must be made largely by American arms to reconquer the Philippines and expel the Japanese from the South Seas. "Darwin is a vital strategic position that must be held at all costs. The splendid showing of Australian troops on many battlefields, from Malaya to North Africa and Greece, should not blind us to the fact that the Commonwealth's resources are limited and its defence problems serious. "Australia’s danger is self-evident. Unless Japan is stopped in the Netherlands East Indies, it soon will become acute. American troops, as well as ships and aeroplanes, seemingly are needed to redress the balance.”
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23537, 15 January 1942, Page 5
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