BRITISH BLOCKADE
ESSENTIAL TO VICTORY FIRMNESS OF NATION DEATH BLOW TO HITLER (Official Wireless) (Received May 17, 3.15 p.m.) RUGBY, May 16 Mr A. Duff-Cooper, Minister of Information, broadcasting to Latin America, expressed regret that the strict enforcement of the blockade, which was essential to victory, should have caused any hardship to South American countries. “I am convinced that they will bear this suffering with patience and afterwards any sacrifices will be redeemed a hundredfold,” the Minister said. “Britain will continue to stand firm—more than that. Britain will continue on her determined way until she has massed within her island fortress sufficient weight of material to deal Hitler a mortal blow and win the war. This coiling up of the springs of power can be achieved — is, indeed, being achieved today—by the exercise of Britain’s strength at sea and in the air. For not only does this strength guarantee the defence of Britain against any direct onslaught that Hitler may attempt, but British sea and air power also guarantee that the vast programme of arms production being undertaken by the United States will not be wasted. The weapons we need foi victory in the battle for freedom will steadily pile up against the clay of reckoning.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21423, 17 May 1941, Page 10
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