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« AMERCAN COLUMNISTS’ STORY. ALLEGED ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN DISPUTE. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) NEW YORK, February 16. The columnists Messrs Pearson and Allen, in the nationally-syndicated column “Washington Merry-Go-Round” tonight, describe the meeting in Washington between Mr Churchill and the Australian Minister to Washington. Mr Casey, during the Prime Minister’s recent visit in which they discussed the defence of Singapore. The columnists allege that Mr Casey told Mr Churchill point-blank that Singapore must be defended and warned that otherwise the Australian troops would be withdrawn from the Near East. Mr Casey, it is alleged, furthermore suggested that if London deserted the Australians by not defending Singapore Australia could withdraw from the war and make a separate peace with Germany. Mr Churchill yielded to this threat and sent reinforcements, which arrived too late. The columnists predict that this incident will bring closer ties between Australia and the United States. Mr Casey today authorised the Australian Associated Press to say that the allegations were entirely without foundation.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 February 1942, Page 3
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