PACIFIC DEFENCES
UNITED STATES SCHEME OUTPOST LINE OF 5000 MILES. ISLAND SEAPLANE BASES. By Telegraph.—Press Association, Copyright. NEW YORK, May 9. America’s western defences are being developed along a 5000-mile line cutting from north to south across the mid-Pacific and anchored by five islands, says the Washington correspondent of the New York “Herald-Tri-bune.” These outposts represent defence eyes rather than strongholds. The general programme proposes seaplane bases starting at Dutch Harbour, Unalaska and Kodiak. The line for which patrol planes will be responsible runs south for 1600 miles to Midway Island, thence south-west for 1000 miles to Wake Island, thence 1800 miles south-east to Canton and thence south 700 miles to Pago Pago. Active naval work at Midway Island is also ordered, and the same at Wake Island.
Later, with good landing harbours equipped with powerful radio stations, the patrol planes will be able to cover a long line cutting across the Pacific and be able to spot foreign naval movements in advance.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 May 1938, Page 7
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