TRUMAN STRESSES NEED FOR STRONG DEFENCES
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.
President Truman, in a message to the American Legion convention in New York today, said: “We must be so strong that no aggressor, however rash, can persuade himself that we are open to conquest. “Against the possibility of total war we must have the certainty of total defence, using every resource of our being in the effort. Only universal training can assure that sufficient forces will be available in the critical phase of another emergency.” Mr Truman added that war remained “a dread possibility.” “Atomic war will never occur because the defence keeps pace with the attack,” said the French Minister of War (M- Paul Floret) at a dinner in Paris in honour of Field-Mar-shal Lord Montgomery. He cited the case of poison gas, which was not used in the last war. He added that France’s future safety would depend on a strong army based on the annual conscription of classes. “The next war will be a battle of pilotless projectiles, but in the wake of them it will be necessary to oeennv territory.” he said.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 30 August 1947, Page 4
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