PACIFIC BASES
ACQUISITION BY U.S.
BILL IN SENATE
HITTING BACK AT JAPAN
WASHINGTON,. September 30,
Senator King has introduced a Bill authorising the President to begin negotiations immediately to acquire by lease or purchase British possessions in the Pacific Ocean or bordering on it In return the President would be authorised to extend loans and credits to Empire countries. The Bill also provides for a reduction of the British war debt and modifies the Johnson and Neutrality Acts to facilitate loans to Britain.
Senator King pointed out that the acquisition of bases in the Pacific was intended to retaliate against Japan and strengthen the United States' position against any further expansion.
The senator praised the British resistance and said that Britain's struggle was to preserve all democracy.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 81, 2 October 1940, Page 9
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