GIRLS’ TRIP TO MANILA
AUSTRALIA TO SEEK RETURN 9.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, Jan. 7. Ine Commonwealth Government is understood to be demanding the return from Manila of the 15 Australian girls who were taken from Brisbane early last Wednesday morning by a United States Dakota aircraft,” says the Canberra correspondent of the Sydney “Sun?’ “The incident- has now reached a diplomatic level and is being investigated by the head of the American Legation in Canberra (Mr John Minter), who has flown to Sydney to interrogate the American officers responsible. Colonel Jordan, commander of the United States airport at Eagle Farm. Brisbane, is understood to have been asked for a full statement. It is believed that the Commonwealth Government is seeking assurances from the United States forces that there will be no repetition of such incidents and that the girls will be returned without delay.”
The girls were employed by the United States forces and were flown from Brisbane to Manila without passports. According to the Australian Minister of Immigration (Mr A. A. Calwell) they were civilian workers and not enlisted members of the United States Army.
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24768, 8 January 1946, Page 5
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