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ANGLO-AMERICAN DEFENCE MERGER PLAN
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INFORMED QUARTERS IN WASHINGTON SAID YESTER- Raids were made by se DAY THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS ENVISAGING A VIR- veral enemy aircraft flying singly over the cast and TUAL MERGING OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN DEFENCE FA- southeast coasts during CILITIES AS THE PROBABLE OUTCOME OF THE BRITISH AID yesterday morning and POLICY.
afternoon.
Bombs were dropped at several places in London, East Anglia and Kent.
a
They assert that the present trend of Sardinia
American foreign policy is moving rapidly in
Some damage was done and this direction and is being given an impetus Raid's
small number of people killed in
a Kent coast town.
An enemy bomber was shot by those believing that Anglo-American po-
the Essex coast in the after.
down by R.A.F. fighters over litical and econom cicooperation must be the foundation of the maintenance of world peace after the war.
noon.
Reports from various sources! suggest that all the crew of the
destroyed German bomber perish-i ed.
Over London the raiders in
dulged in indiscriminate bomb. ing and the raids generally ap peared to have no particular ob jective beyond creating a nuis. ance. Reuter,
defence
The idea forming in Ad-posal whatever ministration minds fore- facilities may be required sees Britain and the Unit- to resist aggression, ex- ed States in future plac- cept actual man-power. ing at one another's dis-
PETAIN'S MAIN WEAPON AGAINST HERR HITLER
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REPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES NAVAL HIGH COMMAND TO CONGRESSMEN REVEAL THAT PRACTICALLY THREE- FOURTHS OF THE FRENCH FLEET IS IN- TACT AND OUT OF HITLER'S REACH AND IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST WEAPONS OF MARSHAL PETAIN FOR RESISTING GERMAN DEMANDS.
The idea envisages not only
an exchange of naval and mill-
tary bases but a "loan" of ait types of needed defence articita including warships.
Thus it Is hoped the two na-
tions might make available to one another needed defences without actually being dragged into one another's wars.
Merged Facilities
The Lease and Lend Bill au- thorised the President to permit British warships to use American buses and empowers him to lease or lend any defence article, in- cluding warships.
In return for this and other aid American officials expect benefits bringing a virtual mer- ging of defence facilities.
America would like to use ports and airfields in eastern and south- ern Australia and northern. New Zealand, not to mention the value of Singapore, and this may be one of the first benefits President Roo- sevelt will seek to exchange,
Admiral Stark gave accurate informa- tion secretly to the House Naval Affairs International News Service. Committee.
It is reported in Washington that the Nazis want the French fleet for invasion and, this fail- ing, could use the Mediterranean.
Colonel Frank Knox, Secretary | the Nazi attempt to force Marshal for Navy, testifying before the Petain to the German will, but is Senate Foreign Relations: Com- probably explained by acts mittee, said he understood Hitler was still negotiating" for posses- sion of the French fleet.
47 In the meantime, speculation --hữu been aroused by the 'sud- den interruption of all, telegraph and telephone communications in and out of Paris "yesterday, together with failure of electric power supply.
Some quarters suggest that the blank-out has no connection with
the
subotege.
Negotiation Secrecy
No information has come out of Vichy regarding the course of the negotiations, in which M. Baudoin
WEATHER FORECAST: and north-east generally.
winds;
is taking an active part.
He had several interviews with Marshal Petain yesterday.
Success
The Italian High Com- mand communique is sued last night admits an attack by British naval aircraft on military ob- jectives in Sardinia, an- nounced by the British Admiralty.
The Admiralty says that 'planes of the Fleet Air Arm attarked se- veral strategic points in Sardinia, including the main source of pow- er supply.
One of the British 'planes en-] gaged is missing.
The Italian Radio stated
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Germany and Japan will use a "squeeze plan" to attack the United States simultaneously if England falls, the Administration spokesman warned the House of Representatives yesterday in the first of a three-day debate on the British Aid Bill.
Representalive Luther Johnson, apk ng Democrat on the House
made this prediction as a climax to a bitter
Foreign Affairs Committee and the President's intimate, session.
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The House, by an overwhelm- ing majority, agreed to and the general debate Wednesday night. Amendments will be tak- en up on Thursday, with
the final vote forecast for Friday, The Speaker, Representative between 100 and 125 for the Bill Rayburn, predicted a majority of
yesterday was confined to the For- Senate discussion of the Bill
eign Relations Committec-Inter- national News Service.
bombs and aerial torpedoes were that dropped.
GRANT'S for granted!
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Compétent observers still be- lieve that if Hitler tries to em- achieve his aims, 'ploy force to Marshal Petain and Admiral Dar- Jan will join General Weygand in North Aigeria, bringing France back into. fine the war on Britain's side. — In-
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