DEFENCE AGREEMENT
BRITAIN AND AMERICA WELCOMED BY TRINIDAD i British Official Wireless) RUGBY, Sept. 10. Trinidad’s public welcome of the agreement between Britain and the United States has been formally expressed bv civic and commercial leaders. Captain Cipriani, sen., an elected member of the Legislative Council, Mayor of Port of Spain, and Labour leader, characterises it as a “ very great step forward.” Mr T, M. Kelshall, a nominated member of the Legislature, and exMayor of San Fernando, said the agreement commanded the wholehearted approval of every sensible person in this community, and of the entire freedom-loving world. The president of the Trinidad Chamber of Commerce speaks of' it as one of the greatest events in history. The implicit trust of one nation for another is in glaring contrast to Nazi protective occupation.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24401, 12 September 1940, Page 7
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132DEFENCE AGREEMENT Otago Daily Times, Issue 24401, 12 September 1940, Page 7
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