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UNITED STATES WARSHIPS TO TOUR LATIN-AMERICAN PORTS (.Independent Cable Service). WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. The Navy Department announced to-day that six cruiser and four destroyers will be despatched on a goodwill tour of the principal La. in Amt*.can ports within the next few months. Ln addition 29 Army officers, as well as naval attaches and missions. will be sent to assist South American Military Colleges and otherwise aid the Latin repu'dius. This move is regarded as a signTrcant effort by the United Sta 1.» [combat the threatened pene raJo.i of itclai arian Sates into Latin America. , Navy officials denied that the visit iof the warships was linked with Signor Benito Mussolini's recent recall ol two Italian cruisers which were on a similar courtesy visit but which met with hostile demonstrations ir. most of the ports they visited.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 40, 17 February 1939, Page 8
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138COURTESY VISIT Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 40, 17 February 1939, Page 8
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