NOT YET ENOUGH
ALLIED ALLOCATION OF WAR RESOURCES TO THE PACIFIC FRONTS. ACCORDING TO DR. EVATT. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) SYDNEY, October 26. Though defence preparations had improved enormously in the last seven months, the resources of the United Nations devoted to the Pacific fronts were still far less than were desired and deserved, declared the Australian Minister of External Affairs, Dr Evatt. One of the greatest tasks of the Commonwealth Government, he said, had been to obtain proper assessment of the importance of the Pacific theatre in the world war. In some powerful quarters of the United States the strength of Japan had been grievously under-estimated, even after that country had begun to occupy great segments of its new economic empire in south-east Asia and the Pacific. “Throughout my mission to the United States and Britain I sought to combat these deadly fallacies,” said Dr. Evatt, “not merely because they endangered Australia, but also because they jeopardised victory for all the United Nations over the Axis Powers. All these fallacies were collected in the curious and dangerous slogan ‘Beat. Hitler First.' “Early this year the Australian Government was criticised for being too Pacific-minded. You might as well criticise the Russians for being too anti-Hitler or the British for being too Channel-minded. “Australia was not putting forward these contentions on selfish grounds, tier fighting men are on almost every front. They have earned for Australia the right to insist that their/homeland will not be subjected to thb vile and unspeakable disgrace of a Japanese invasion.” .
Commenting on America’s changing view of the Pacific front. Dr Evatt said it was important to observe that military experts like Hanson Baldwin were now appreciating facts which they were slow to appreciate even three months ago.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 October 1942, Page 2
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