Secondly. following further talks in London, the United States, took over the Greenland bases while the British expanded their bases on Iceland and began constructing additional sea and air bases on north Scotland, The Atlantic patrol was then instituted and after a bitter controversy within the Navy Department, part of the Pacific Fleet was transferred to the Atlantic, Thus, ships and planes now are where they need to be and the fact that everything is ready is the best reason to expect that action will be taken shortly, Simultaneously, or a little later, the President may also order the preventive occupation of Dakar, and the Atlantic islands for which plans are in readiness, The two columnists declared that a powerful faction of the President's advisers is urging him to do this before the opportunity is lost. V President Roosevelt, meanwhile, is still convinced that American war effort, except for limited special cases, can be restricted to air and naval action, At any rate, a definite strategy has been adopted, and the time for action is at hand, the columnists declared.—Domel,
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