NOTE OF WARNING
JAPANESE AVIATION
Rec. noon. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. Japan's land aviation is now stronger and more efficient than at any time previously, and therefore, increasingly strong opposition to American advances can be-expected, said Mr. Forrestel, U.S. Navy Secretary, at a Press conference today. Recalling the damage incurred In the naval engagements near ■Leyte, Mr. Forrestal said the enemy aerial opposition there was the SSSS'? et Taade» l The nearer we a P" P -?f ci? *£ Ja Pan' he said, "the stiffer will be the resistance, especially from tT^ y hP faneS> v Japanese P*«« geS &£ bett, er -^ Years ago we had a- great technical advantage. Now it is very slender. Thus far the Japanese have used only a few of the* newer im! fn°h!l PlTvf- There is §ood rea^ to believe they are holding a large stock of these new army planes iv reserve on the Japanese mainland."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 137, 7 December 1944, Page 7
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150NOTE OF WARNING Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 137, 7 December 1944, Page 7
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