ARGENTINE DEFENCE
FURTHER CLASSES MOBILISED AIRES; Feb. A: In order to safeguard;Argentine;territory: during the' present; inter«alaonal crisis, the Acting President* LDrCastilloi announced Jo-day * the-retention under arms till the end Of the yea* of class 1921,' which was scheduled foe dismissal -qbv. March 31;, and .'also-: the mobilisatipn of .the, reserve tpf-officers andWn-commissiooed officeraof other classes, which will place: 100,008 a men on active duty during 1942. =;--: As measures for fuller protection of the coast line* infantry .units Rationed at strategic coastal points, the navy will -undertake ■intensive.:patrols, and .aerial-strength;/wu%berhicgeased, especially i irt southern-, oFißally,*- the police ;are: lintensJlyihg; ittl'eir vigilance to prevent sabotage txfc public services and industrial; plants.. This step is believed to be in consequence of the extraordinary sequence of :flres recently in the port:of Buenos Aires.;
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24835, 7 February 1942, Page 6
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129ARGENTINE DEFENCE Otago Daily Times, Issue 24835, 7 February 1942, Page 6
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