DEFENCE OF HONDURAS LEFT TO ARMY
(Rec 10.45 a.m.) NEW YORK, March 16. • The British cruiser Sheffield, with Vice-Admiral Sir William Tennant aboard, left British Honduras at dawn today after 18 days’ stay. It left to the army the maintenance of the colony s defences against any possible invasion from Guatemala. Honduran officials are now waiting to see if Guatemala will reopen the frontier as promised on the Sheffield’s departure. . Addressing the Legislative Council only a few hours after the Sheffield’s departure, the Governor of British Honduras, Sir Gerald Hawksworth, reiterated the colony’s determination to “resist by force, if necessary, and foreign aggression.” Sir Gerald said that defence preparations were completed.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 17 March 1948, Page 5
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