WELCOMED IN BRITAIN
THE AMERICAN DEFENCE OF ICELAND PRACTICAL CO-OPERATION AGAINST NAZIS. BRITISH TROOPS TO WITHDRAW GRADUALLY. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 11.35 a.m.) RUGBY, July 7. The taking over by the United States of the defence of Iceland, with the consent of the Icelandic authorities, which has been officially announced in Washington, is warmly welcomed in Britain as yet another indication of American determination to safeguard the Western Hemisphere. America’s step has been endorsed by his Majesty's Government as a logical outcome of the policy announced when Greenland was occupied. It is regarded as a practical reali-. ration by America that Germany is out to dominate the world. The British troops in Iceland will be relieved and gradually Such a relief from commitments in the"’: Western Hemisphere is regarded as welcome when aggression in the East is imposing fresh obligations on the British Government.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 July 1941, Page 6
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146WELCOMED IN BRITAIN Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 July 1941, Page 6
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