SECOND FRONT PREPARATIONS
NO CESSATION OF ACTIVITIES (Rec. 12.10 p.m.) Washington, June 22. Preparations for the invasion of Europe "are going forward right along,” Colonel Knox, Secretary of the Navy, told a Press conference. He added : "We cannot talk in specific terms, but thera is no cessation of these activities.” The statement was made in response to questions regarding the new Russian demand for a second front. Replying to inquiries whether the Japanese recently interfered with Russian supplies across the Pacific, Col. Knox said the Pacific line to Russia was still functioning. Asked if anything which developed on the Pacific route to Russia was likely to provide an international incident. Col. Knox replied, “emphatically nothing. Both sides are scrupulously avoiding anything of that nature. Russia is busy with the Germans on the West and Japan does not want to take on Russia.” Col. Knox said aircraft-carrier construction was making very satisfactory progress. “By December we will have several times the number of carriers in the Navy compared with the end of 1941, and there arc plenty of planes and trained pilots for them.”—P.A
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 78, 23 June 1943, Page 2
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