SEEKING AIR BASE
.; JAPAN LOOKS TO SIAM . SERVICE TO BANGKOK LIKELY LONDON, January 29. (Received, Jan. 30, at 0.45 a.m.) The Daily Herald’s special correspondent states: “.Japan is making a bid for an air base in Siam, within striking distance of Singapore, ostensibly for civilian air transport. : She hopes to establish a service between Tokio and Bangkok at the beginning of the autumn and will use Douglas machines. It Is intended that the terminus in Siam shall be a base for Japanese, war operations if the heed arises, and efforts are being made to win Siamese friendship.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22483, 30 January 1935, Page 7
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97SEEKING AIR BASE Otago Daily Times, Issue 22483, 30 January 1935, Page 7
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