AMERICAN NAVAL BASE.
SITE ON THE AZORES, GUARDING TRADE ROUTES. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (R«cd. 15.8 p.m.) LONDON. April 11. The allies have consented to the United States establishing a naval baso at the Azoms Islands. United Statos destroyers and submarines will operate from the baso there arid it will also servo as a homing station for aeroplanes. Tho Portuguese Government is co-operating cordially. The base will protect the trade routes to South America as well as the Mexican Gulf ports.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16823, 13 April 1918, Page 8
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82AMERICAN NAVAL BASE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16823, 13 April 1918, Page 8
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