WAR COUNCIL
SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC MR NASH’S CONFIDENCE SITUATION ENCOURAGING (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tei. Copyright) (Received June 18, 1 p.m.) WASHINGTON, June 17 A note of restrained optimism was sounded by Mr W. Nash, New Zealand Minister, at a press conference following a meeting of the Pacific War Council. He said the council had paid particular attention to the South-west Pacific, where the general situation was encouraging. Moreover the shipping situation, despite all difficulties, looked better and there was a possibility of really good shipping news. There was no reason to throw hats in the air, and contrariwise there was no reason for pessimism. Mr Nash considered that the Japanese were going to have a rough time. Viscount Halifax said Mr Roosevelt had fully reported the happenings in the Aleutians. Asked by reporters if the situation there was good or bad, Lord Halifax declined to answer directly, saying that the general effect of what the United States forces had done to the Japanese naval forces was most encouraging. The Philippine commonwealth joined the Pacific Council today, when Mr Roosevelt introduced Don (Quezon.
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Waikato Times, Volume 131, Issue 21758, 18 June 1942, Page 3
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