America's strategy in any possible war in the Pacific, he revealed, would be to prevent if possible any hostile power from crossing America's theo-re tical defence line extending from the Aleutians to Hawaii, Samoa and Panara.
Admiral Leahy said that Japan and Britain had completely upset the London Naval Conference 5-5-3 naval ratio by recent warship construction and said unless the United States began a large-scale naval construction programme, defence of both the east and west coasts simultaneously would be impossible.
Admiral Leahy revealed that Japan end Italy had recently declined to exchange naval data with the United States.
He also pointed out that a strong American Navy would be necessary to enforce the Monroe Doctrine which declares the American continents free from European or For Fastern invasion.
"Nothing stands in the way of seizure of Central American republics except the Monroe Doctrine," the Admiral said, emphasizing that the Navy possibly might not be able to enforce the doctrine if called to a show down at present.—United Press.
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