AUSTRALIA SAFE
INVASION. NOT LIKELY
MR. CURTIN'S VIEW OF WAR (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright.) (Rec. 9 a.m.) CANBERRA, June 10.
"I do not think the enemy can now invade this country," said Mr. J. Curtin in a statement following a conference with General Mac Arthur. Mr. Curtin added: "We have proved that, by the resources we have, together with the command of the sea established by the gallant United States Navy, by the decisive victories at Midway Island and in the Solomon Islands.
"We are not, however/immune from marauding raids which may cause damage and loss. I believe, however, that we can hold Australia as a base from which to launch both limited and major offensives against Japan.
"This conception must be the pattern governing the nature and extent of Australia's war effort as part of the plan of the United Nations in the Pacific." . Mr. Curtin said that, like Britain, Australia had had a close call, but the result of the Battle of the Coral Sea and the return of the A.I.F. had enafeled them to stop the Japanese advance in New Guinea just in time.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 137, 11 June 1943, Page 5
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