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SUPPLY OF MUNITIONS AUSTRALIAN PREPARING SOURCE FOR BRITAIN VIEWS OX AERIAL TERROR (E 1,.,.. MV). Copyright—United Pross Assn.) i Reed. July 24. 9 a.m.) . LOS ANGELES. July 22. Sir Keith Smith, the general representative in Australia of Vickers, Limited, before leaving by the Monterey. stated that Australia was being prepared as a major source oi supply of munitions for Britain in the event of war. He added: “Having just come from Europe, I can tell you that the position
definitely is very critical, but England is ‘now quietly confident that she can handle the situation if it comes.”
fie expressed tiie opinion that while the first attack on British and French cities would be terrible, so many Nazi squadrons would be expended that an air war would soon become stalemated to the point where the British fleet and the French Army would exert, a telling pressure.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19997, 24 July 1939, Page 5
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