OFFENSIVE COMING?
TALKS IN AUSTRALIA
(By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright.) ' (Special Australian Correspondent.) SYDNEY, July 18. Important discussions affecting future plans in the south-west Pacific have taken place between the Prime Minister, Mr. J. Curtin, and General Mac Arthur. No official statement was made, but it is understood that one matter discussed was the likelihood of Japan's southern bases being: attacked from Australia, j Official quarters have shown an increasing desire to anticipate Japanese moves by an early offensive on enemyoccupied territory close to Australia. I Apart from giving the Allied forces better jumping-off places for the greater offensive which must eventually come, it is believed that a determined show of force by direct attack against a limited objective in the Pacific theatre might help to discourage Japan from attacking Russia's-eastern frontiers.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 17, 20 July 1942, Page 5
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131OFFENSIVE COMING? Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 17, 20 July 1942, Page 5
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