MR CURTIN’S VIEWS
SOUND MILITARY REASONS (Rec. 1 a.m.) CANBERRA, May 28. “ I refuse to allow Major-general Mackay to be the scapegoat in, any controversy about what is called the ‘Brisbane line,’” declared Mr Curtin. “To provide for the .defence of Australia is the responsibility .of the Government. All that military commanders can do is. to use such strength as they have to the best advantage.” Mr Curtin added that Major-general Mackay had the soundest military ‘ reasons for avoiding a wide dispersal of the forces he.possessed to meet the Japanese in December, 1941.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25238, 29 May 1943, Page 5
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