America May Use Iceland As Transhipment Base
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. Diplomatic sources disclose that the Government is considering a plan whereby neutral Iceland would become a transhipment base for United States war supplies to Britain. The plan would allow United States ships to transport supplies to Iceland, which is outside the | combat zone as delined in the Neutrality Act. This would reduce by more than two-thirds the ' discance British ships and convoys would travel. On the route between New York and Iceland sometimes icebergs are sighted, but. the United States lias most competent iceberg patrols. SIMILAR PLAN FOR ARGENTINE FOODSTUFFS BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 4. Lord Willingdon (head of the British Mission) and the Argentine Government are reported to have agreed on a plan tor Argentine foodstuffs to be shipped to Cuba in neutral vessesls and there transferred to British ships, which would thereby have a shorter haul and reduced risks from raiders.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 5, 7 January 1941, Page 7
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152America May Use Iceland As Transhipment Base Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 5, 7 January 1941, Page 7
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