Washington, Feb. 15.
President Roosevelts dream of "hemispherical defence" against any foreign attack on the Western Hemisphere has become a reality, the War and Navy Departments revealed today.
'The Departments of War and Navy said they had launched an "expanded programme of military ce-operation' with the Latin American Republics through United States Army and Navy missions to various countries.
The State Department, it was understood, arranged for the expanded programme of military and naval cooperation among the Western Hemisphere powers. Final details of the plan were understood to have been worked out at the Pan-American Conference at Lima, Peru, in December.
United States Army and Navy experts will assist in training and organizing the defensive forces of the Latin American Republics and will hold advisory positions with the high command of the various South and Central American states.
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