DUTCH FEARS
A REASSURING REPLY
(Received February 17, 1.30 p.m.)
THE HAGUE, February 16,
The possibility of the Japanese using Hainan Island as a base from which to attack the Dutch East Indies was mentioned in Parliament.
A Government speaker replied that while the strategic importance of Hainan in the event of conflict in the Pacific was undeniable, Japan at present is sufficiently preoccupied.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 40, 17 February 1939, Page 10
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