MORE DESTROYERS?
COLONEL KNOX THINKS NOT
LONDON, February 12,
Colonel Knox, United States Naval Secretary, declared at a Press conference in Washington today that the United States" can spare no more destroyers. Colonel Knox was commenting upon the proposal made by Mr. Wendell Willkie that more destroyers should be sent to Britain. He said he would not give a direct statement on the proposal, but declared: "My position as Secretary of the Navy is againsl depleting our navy further."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 37, 13 February 1941, Page 10
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79MORE DESTROYERS? Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 37, 13 February 1941, Page 10
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