SATISFACTION EXPRESSED
SITUATION IN NEW GUINEA WAR COUNCIL'S STATEMENT (.Rec. 10 a.m.) Canbeira, This Day. After a careful analysis of reports of high service officers and Ministers, the War Council yesterday expressed satisfaction with the situation in New Guinea. Following recent criticism of the army in New Guinea, the War Council’s view, expressed with complete knowledge of the facts of the position, is regarded as specially important. After the meeting, Mr Curtin. Prime Minister, .stated that the council was satisfied with the state of affairs in New Guinea. The recent fighting in New Guinea showed that considerable quantities of equipment had been captured and substantial casualties inflicted on the enemy The Japanese had been compelled to abandon fixed positions which had been strongly prepared to resist attack.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 16 October 1942, Page 5
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