DEFENCE OF CANADA
NEW POST ESTABLISHED PLANS FOR ATLANTIC COAST (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received August 29, 3.15 p.m.) LONDON, August 28 A separate command for Canada’s defence forces in the Atlantic area and along the approaches to the St. Lawrence River has been established. Major-General W. H. P. Elkins, whose charge will also include Canada’s troops now on duty in Newfoundland, has been appointed to the post. This development represents a major step in the defence of what Colonel Ralston, Canadian Prime Minister of Defence, described as “our most vulnerable area.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21204, 29 August 1940, Page 8
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93DEFENCE OF CANADA Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21204, 29 August 1940, Page 8
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