Other observers expressed the suspicion that the United States' desire For a Wtwo-navy') standard may be dictated by a pian to detach a part of her enlarged fleet for action or demonstration in Europe or the Orient.
Japan, the observers said, is today faced with a distinct threat from the growing Soviet Navy, with its base in Vladivostok, and the British naval forces, based on Hongkong and Singapore, Supply of raw materials, they declared, is a matter of life and death for Japan, and she must maintain a navy powerful enough to protect her maritime "We ney" Domei,
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