BRITISH MORALE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 August 1941, Page 4

BRITISH MORALE

IF ANYTHING TOO GOOD

IN OPINION OF DUFF COOPER.

FINAL VICTORY STILL DISTANT.

(By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) NEW YORK. August 10. ' Mr Dufl' Cooper, who will represent the British Government in the Far East and who arrived by clipper, said the morale of the British people was. if anything, too good. There was a tendency to think that they had already won the war. Certainly, prospects were infinitely better, but final victory was still far distant. The Battle of the Atlantic had lately gone strongly in Britain’s favour. Nevertheless the submarine menace was still there. The invasion threat had been enormously reduced because Britain was now fully prepared. Every inch of the shore was now guarded by a splendid army, fully equipped. The great lull in bombing was due to various reasons, one being that Germany had lost the cream of her air force. British war production had scarcely been interrupted and American equipment was arriving in an ever-increasing flow. Questioned regarding his new post at Singapore, Mr Cooper said the British Government thought there was likely to be a great development in this area in the near future and it should be possible to adopt a centralised system of diplomatic communications and control. Mr Cooper* will visit Washington shortly and will proceed by clipper to Singapore a little later. 1