CEYLON MUST BE READY
COLOMBO, February 19
Sir Andrew Caldecott issued a .warning to the State Council that the time had come for Ceylon to clear the decks for action.
He revealed that Indian troops had recently arrived to reinforce the garrison, and added: "The eyes of the world are on us. Ceylon has suddenly become a bastion, not merely a backline redoubt."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 44, 21 February 1942, Page 7
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