JAPANESE FLEET
WAITING TILL ODDS ARE IN ITS FAVOUR Recd. 8 p.m. New York, Jan. 8. Warning that it was foolish to as-1, sunie that the Japanese Fleet was!' ‘afraid to fight was given by Colonell .Frank Knox at his Press conference. "It probably remains in hiding because the time does not suit its purpose and it is waiting until the odds are in its favour, but while it remains 1 cooped up our ships, men and planes)’ are growing,” he said. | ; "When the Japanese come out there;’ ! can only be one ultimate result." 1 I Coionpl Knox asserted that Admiral 1 IHaisey was too conservative in esti-|' I mating the ratio of'casualties at. ten Japanese to one American. The enemy losses in the Cape Gloucester area were almost 20 to 1.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 7, 10 January 1944, Page 4
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