JAPANESE ON HAINAN
DUTCH NOT CONCERNED IMPORTANCE ADMITTED (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Feb. 17, 2.30 p.m.) THE HAGUE, Feb. 16 The possibility of the Japanese using Hainan Island as a base to attack the Dutch East Indies was mentioned in Parliament. A Government speaker replied that while the strategic importance of Hainan in the event of a conflict in the Pacific was undeniable, Japan at .present was sufficiently preoccupied.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20733, 17 February 1939, Page 7
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71JAPANESE ON HAINAN Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20733, 17 February 1939, Page 7
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