PANAMA DEFENCES
CARIBBEAN COMMAND UNIFIED. AMERICAN PRECAUTIONS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. WASHINGTON, May 2. In order to decrease the possibility of enemy naval forces slipping through the ring of the Caribbean Islands, which guard the Atlantic approach to the Panama Canal, the army has ordered the entire area to be placed under a unified military command' headed by Brigadier-General Edmund Daley, with headquarters at San Juan, Puerto Rico. Military .circles stated that the arrangements would mean more troops, anti-aircraft guns and airports for thearea.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 May 1939, Page 5
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83PANAMA DEFENCES Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 May 1939, Page 5
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