MARSHALL ISLANDS
Post-war Disposition
(12.35 a.m.) CANBERRA, January 12. Post-war control of the Marshall and Caroline Islands carried with it full responsibility for their secure defence. Nothing less would satisfy Australia, said the Deputy-Leader of the Opposition, Mr W. M. Hughes, tonight. He was commenting oil the statement by the Hon. W. Nash that the United States might have some justification in claiming these islands after the war.
Mr Hughes said it would serve no useful purpose to raise questions relat-
liig lO territorial sovereignty in other parts of the world. The less said about the post-war disposition of these islands at the ’(resent moment, when Japan's hold upon them was unshaken, the better. "To talk about disposing of the lion's skin while the beast still lives is, to say the least, a little premature. It will be tine enough when the Japanese are driven out. So far as Australia is concerned it is vitally important that control of these islands should be vested in a great friendly Power, and for geographical purposes that means Britain or the United States."
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLV, Issue 22789, 13 January 1944, Page 4
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