Withdrawal deplored
(N.Z.P. A.-Reuter—Copyright) LONDON. • Three frigates are all the . Royal Navy will be left with ’ to cover the vast area from ■ Hong Kong to Cape Town' under a plan shortly to be 'announced, the “Daily Tele-, graph” reports, commenting, in a leading article. “The resulting abdication of responsibility is all the: more incomprehensible, com-i ing at a time when Russian naval activity in the Indian [ Ocean is already many times; greater than that of all the Western Powers together. “The expected re-opening of the Suez Canal, giving Russia the opportunity to switch her vast new navy between the oceans, will soon aggravate the dangers further. “America is increasing her forces in the Indian Ocean as a contribution to meeting the growing new danger. Even France is planning to station an aircraft-carrier there permanently, but Britain, for all practical purposes, is getting very close to opting out.”
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33514, 20 April 1974, Page 18
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