JAPANESE CURIOSITY
AMERICAN NAVAL MANOEUVRES FISHING BOATS IN CARIBBEAN (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20 A number of Japanese fishing boats from the Pacific followed the United States Fleet into the Caribbean Sea, according to information received by the United States Attorney, Mr Benjamin Harrison, who is directing an extensive drive against such craft suspected of spying on the fleet and coastal defences. During the past year the authorities have seized 80 vessels. Mr Harrison observed: “It seems quite signifleent that these boats are fishing in the Caribbean for the first time. Several have been observed watching the fleet at the War games through long-range glasses.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20737, 22 February 1939, Page 7
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109JAPANESE CURIOSITY Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20737, 22 February 1939, Page 7
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