SAIPAN AERODROME
INTENTION OF JAPAN. QUESTION OF ADMINISTRATION. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegiapb CopyrigbV* LONDON, Nov. 6. Mr Hector By water, in the ‘Daily Telegraph” says the official an non moment that Japan has decided to construct an aerodrome on Saipan Dam' tin. the Fajcdfic. With the object oil ist' s u dying reactions! must (raise tin, question of administration of the Marianne Islands. They constitute i series of advanced bases from which Japan could harass a hostile fleet cros-sinp- the Atlantic.
Saipan owes its importance to trie proximity of Guam, the principal advance post for the American fleet in tlie evSnt of complications in the Far East, so an aerodrome at Saipan, which would be useful to military air craft, is bound to be criticised in America.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 7 November 1933, Page 5
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