NOT A BRITISH MILITARY OR STRATEGIC SETBACK
NEW YORK, April 13,
The British Ambassador, Lord Halifax, told the Press at Corpus Christi, Texas, that Sir Stafford Cripps's mission should be regarded as a political failure but not a military or strategic setback for Britain. He said that I.idia was giving the British armies in the East 1,250,000 volunteers, whereas before the war against Japan there were not more than 150,000 native Indians in the Army.
Lord Halifax feels that there is no hope for an immediate solution of the
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420414.2.43.3
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 87, 14 April 1942, Page 5
Word Count
89NOT A BRITISH MILITARY OR STRATEGIC SETBACK Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 87, 14 April 1942, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in