ATTACKS LIKELY
ON UNITED STATES COAST WAR SECRETARY’S WARNING. EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO SEIZE INITIATIVE. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.40 a.m.) RUGBY, February 19. The nation should expect attacks all along our coasts, similar to raids on Aruba in the Caribbean, said Mr Stimson. Secretary of War, at his Press conference. He warned the people to be prepared for pressure from thoughtless persons to scatter the defensive forces to meet such attacks. Yielding to such pressure would be the surest way to losing the war. Replying to criticism of the united nations' failure to take the initiative, Mr Stimson said: "We will seize every opportunity for counter-attack, offensive and surprise.’
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 February 1942, Page 3
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111ATTACKS LIKELY Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 February 1942, Page 3
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