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Greymouth Evening Star, 23 April 1946, Page 10

Control of Manus Island. The New York Times, in an editorial discussing Manus Island, states: “There have been recent indications from Washington that the American Navy’s original evaluation of Manus Island as a Pacific naval base has been scaled down, and we may now be ready to turn it back to Australia. Discussion on American bases in the Atlantic on British territory are proceeding smoothly in a spirit of mutual co-operation. Presumably, a decision on Manus Island can be reached in the same spirit. The question of Australian sovereignty should not prove too difficult. Any bases which we retain in the Philippines will remain within Philippines sovereignty. The same will apply' to Newfoundland and Bermuda if we continue to maintain bases there.”— New York, April 19.