PACIFIC BASES
PURCHASE BY AMERICA PROPOSALS IN BILL WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. (Received Oct. 1, at 11.30 p.m.) Senator King inti'oduced a Bill authorising the President to begin negotiations immediately to acquire, lease, or purchase British possessions in the Pacific or bordering on it In return the President would be authorised to extend loans and credits to Empire countries. The Bill also provides for a reduction of the British war debt and modifies the Johnson and Neutrality Acts to facilitate loans to Britan. Senator King pointed out that the acquisition of Pacific bases was intended to retaliate against Japan and strengthen the United States’ position against any further expansion. Senator King praised the British resistance and said the struggle was to preserve all democracy.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24418, 2 October 1940, Page 7
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