AMERICAN POWER
CONCENTRATED NEAR HAWAII
HONOLULU, June 6. "The Japanese attack on Dutch Harbour, as well as the attack on Midway Island, might have been intended to divert attention from another Japanese major drive, possibly against Hawaii or the United States mainland, says a United Press correspondent in a dispatch from Pearl Harbour. "If the Japanese are making a major thrust eastward, they are likely to meet the full force of the United States naval units in the Hawaiian area, as well as the army's island-based air power, which has been materially strengthened since December 7." Naval comment in Washington emphasised that the result of the current engagement in mid-Pacific would determine the enemy's ability to strike further blows against Hawaii or the Panama Canal,
The appearance of a Japanese battle fleet further east than 2000 miles from Yokohama, says an Associated Press correspondent, indicates that the Japanese have resolved to reduce America's offensive power in the Pacific,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 133, 8 June 1942, Page 5
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