"Washington, May 10, "Mr, Robert G, Menzies, Australian Premier, arrived here yesterday for a series of conferences with President Roosevelt and Mr. Cordell Hull, concentrate enough planes at this neck of the Mediterranean to build a canopy of air control, under which Axis ships can move back and forth in comparative safety, Evidently there were more vital tactical consequences to the memorable engagement in this zone between Nazi Stuka bombers and the Illustrious, Southampton and other British forces than are as yet known to outsiders. That perhaps, is what made the establishment of the German canopy possible.
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