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(Received October 15, 11 P™.) SYDNEY, October 15. “A grant naval batlie which will decide the fate of the United States and Japan” has been forecast by the Tokio official radio. “This will inevitably occur,” it says, “when the American Navy attempts a thrust toward the. Gilbert Islands.” Predicting that this; thrust would be made, Tokio radio said it would begin with an attack on Jaluit, northward of the Gilberts, on the one flank and an attack on northern New .Guinea on the other Hauk, with the objects of making the Gilberts a second Guadalcanal and of isolating Rabaul without directly attacking it. “Japan is anxious for such an encounter,” declared the radio.
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 18, 16 October 1943, Page 5
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116FORECAST BY TOKIO Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 18, 16 October 1943, Page 5
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