DUTCH EAST INDIES
VIRTUAL WAR FOOTING AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS (United Press Asn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON. Sept. 9 The correspondent of the British United Press at Batavia states that the Japanese delegation arriving on Thursday will find the Dutch East Indies on a virtual war footing. Bomb shelters have been constructed and other air raid precautions organised. Volunteer forces which are being trained under martial law include anti-parachute units. Great public satisfaction has been expressed at the arrival of a shipment of Curtiss fighters from the United States.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21215, 11 September 1940, Page 8
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87DUTCH EAST INDIES Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21215, 11 September 1940, Page 8
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