The Archive · 1940

Mr, O. W. Boissevain

Consul-t for tħe Netherlands, make a short to the of Wilhelmina lands. men believe the island offers almost as great an obstacle to an attacker as it does to a defender. The miles with ¢rocodile infested jungle deep swamps which fringe the coast streams inland wottld make hazardous the landing of an invading force. are no hatboùrs capable of handling other than Jight draft vessels and only the poorest kind of jungle trails are available for overland invasion.

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