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NAZI URGES JAPS. EASY INVASION VAST FLAT COASTLINE ’ONLY SMALL FLEET lElec. Tel. Copyright—United Pi'hhh An.-m.i (Reed. Oct. 31, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 29.
Admiral Leutzow, the German Admiralty spokesman, in a special broadcast to Japan, exhorted Japan to invade Australia.
He said: “Australia cannot defend herself against invasion. Surprise landings can be undertaken at any point on her vast flat coasts. An invader could secure landing by superiority in aircraft from aircraft carriers.
“Australia possesses only a small fleet and air force and her man-power must be drawn from a population of under 7,000,000. The help which Britain could afford is questionable, because Singapore is thousands of miles away and the British naval forces scattered throughout the world could not concentrate in the Pacific Ocean, which would be necessary if Australia were forced to resist attack by a great naval power. “Thus the future of Australia emerges as a serious topical problem. Australia has staked her destiny on Britain’s victory. Should Britain be defeated, Australia will be incorporated in the new order in the Pacific.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20601, 31 October 1941, Page 5
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