BASES IN SIBERIA.
AMERICAN INTEREST. NEW YORK, April 20. The Washington correspondent of the Associated Press of America says that it is understood the Armj has confirmed that Russia ha. «tnbbd*d .an air and naval base on the Siberian coast under 100 miles from the Ame-rican-owned Aleutian Islands. It is believed the Army High Command takes the attitude that the bases arc United States. . Army The reports have revived the Army 6 , Ii r nn appropriation to conIZct an air base at Anchorage m Alaska Mr Harold Ickes (Secretary of the Interior) is backing a campaign for legislation to colonise Alaska witn Scandinavian and other refugees.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 122, 22 April 1940, Page 7
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