PLANS FOR CO-OPERATION

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21196, 20 August 1940, Page 6

PLANS FOR CO-OPERATION

CANADA AND UNITED STATES BRITAIN WELCOMES PLAN FAR-REACHING PROPOSALS (Official Wireless) (Received August 20, 3.15 p.m.) RUGBY, Aug. 19 The agreement to set up a permanent joint board on defence by the United States and Canada is warmly welcomed in tfte press here. The Times regards the decision as of far-reaching importance. It notes that this is 'not an isolated move. It links up with other plans of common concern to the United States and to all the peoples of the Empire. Further south a vital part will be played, by the Panama Canal, and it is not surprising that the United States is anxious to establish naval air bases in convenient positions to protect the canal against hostile interference. It has been suggested that the American Government might have the use of areas suitable for this purpose in the British West Indies. Britain and the whole of the Empire are deeply interested in seeing the canal kept open under American protection to international trade, and the suggestion, therefore, has been received sympathetically in this country. HALIFAX (Nova Scotia), Aug. 19 The Defence Minister said the establish of the United States-Can-adian Defence Board was one of the war’s most important developments, which would be of mutual benefit.