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SECRET PARTS SHOWN. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) STRASBOURG, Aug. 15. Mr Winston Churchill to-day was shown the most secret parts of the Magi not Line, Journalists were not allowed to accompany the party of visiting British officials. DEFENCE ” INSPECTION. SINGAPORE, Aug. 15. The Governor-General of French Indo-China (M. Jules Brevie) will arrive at Singapore on August 2 o by the cruiser Suffren. He will meet the .heads of the defence forces and will inspect the defences, and then sail for Europe on August 24.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 220, 17 August 1939, Page 10
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