Washington, May 5.
Creation. of a two-o¢ean navy might justify the acquisition by the United States of footholds in the. eastern Atlantic, Singapore, Australia, and "even west Africa," the For-' eign Policy Association report declared today.
The report stated that all out U.S. naval aid to Britain is necessary to prevent Axis control of the high seas. adding that it "is: most important that we extend the bulwark of our outer naval defences" through the requisition of bases especially in the neighbourhood of Brazil.
The report went on to say that although the question of bases in the Azores, Cape-Verde and other: east Atlantic islands was controversial, "such moves could be justified for defence against aggressive measures."
It was added that all out ald to Britain would be best obtained by granting U.S. "cruisers, submarine chasers, patrol boats, and patrol bombers.
It was claimed that even should the Axis use all its capital ships against the United States, aüthoritative computations indicate that the Axis currently enjoys only odds of five to three battleships, insufficient for successful action' against the Western Hemisphere, since odds of three io one are believed necessary.—Domei.
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