"NO NEARER WAR”
DEAL WITH BRITAIN FORTIFYING OF BASES (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Sept. 5, 3.15 p.m.) NEW YORK, Sept. 4 Colonel Knox, the naval secretary announced that 25,000,000 dollars would be spent immediately upon preparing air and naval bases on the sites named in the agreement with Britain. “The deal does not bring us closer to war. We were in bad with Germany long before this and Hitler could have found many reasons to 'declare war against the United States long since if he was seeking an excuse.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21210, 5 September 1940, Page 8
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91"NO NEARER WAR” Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21210, 5 September 1940, Page 8
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