U.S. CLAIMS TO TERRITORY
CONTROL OF PACIFIC BASES
(Rec. 8 p.m.) NEW YORK, July 21. “Mr Truman, in his statement at Potsdam that the United States did not desire territory as a result of the war, apparently intended to convey the idea that the United States would not demand complete sovereignty over any new territory,” says the “New York Times.” “However, the attitude of responsible departments in Washington and the emphatic reaction of Congress was that the President could not have intended to waive Uni led States rights to control Pacific bases which the Navy considers essential for American security. “Observers recalled that the American delegation.to the, San Francisco Conference discussed the trusteeship question with other nations only in general terms, and the delegation explained to representatives of the Navy and State departments that everything was being arranged to protect American rights to strategic islands. There (fid not appear to be any objection to United States claims to Japanese-man-dated islands among the other United Nations at San Francisco.”'
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Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24625, 23 July 1945, Page 5
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