PACIFIC WAR COUNCIL
(Rec. 7 p..m.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. After a meeting of the Pacific War Council in Washington, the British Ambassador (Lord Halifax) said that Mr Roosevelt had given a very encouraging review. He said that though the news from the Solomons was good, Colonel Knox’s cautionary statement about the Japanese returning was correct, Therefore, the United Nations’ efforts must not be relaxed. The New Zealand Minister to the United States (Mr W. Nash) said the council had devotpd considerable time to the “ninth front;” meaning the aerial front. He said the Allies were developing a hew «strategy, which would probably mean the heavy bombing and smashing of Italian production centres. He predicted that mass bombing would be carried out on Italy after the capture of Tunis, on a devastating scale similar to the recent air attacks against Germany. Mr Nash said that General MacArthur’s camfraign in New Guinea was proceeding reasonably well. After the meeting, the Australian Minister (Sir Owen Dixon) conferred with Mr Roosevelt privately.
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23800, 20 November 1942, Page 5
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