AMERICAN FLEETS
TWO BELIEVED TO BE OPERATING IN NORTHERN PACIFIC. CONJECTURE IN WASHINGTON.: IBy Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) WASHINGTON, September 4. The continued silence suggests that two United States task forces are prowling in the Pacific —first, the powerful warships which helped to blast the Japanese from Kiska, and secondly, the force which shelled Marcus Island and has still not radioed information, says the United Press. It is pointed out that lack of official disclosure 'of the movements of the Kiska force, which presumably included battleships and heavy cruisers, suggests preparations or actual operations against the Japanese, possibly at Paramushiru, where Japanese warships have been observed. Military officials believe that air strength in the Aleutians will soon act in full force against the Kuriles, from Attu and Kiska. It is also believed that. Marcus Island was not the . only target of the second task force.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 September 1943, Page 3
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