U.S. ASIATIC FLEET
HAWAII FORCE MOVING?
UNCONFIRMED STORY
(By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright.)
(Rec. 2 p.m.) MANILA, Dec. 1. The whole United States Asiatic Fleet left Manila Bay yesterday on reconnaissance patrol. Army officials disclosed that the garrison at Corregidor, the island fortress in Manila Bay, and the United States air force in the Far East, are standing by for any emergency, and that all army heads have been told to see that their commands were ready for instant
action. Unconfirmed reports reaching Manila say that the United States Pacific Fleet is now one day's sail from the Hawaiian Islands, heading south., A Batavia message states that the Governor-General of the Netherlands Indies is raising the army and air force to war strength.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 133, 2 December 1941, Page 8
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