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Last week the home thoughts of the U. S. had concentrated on the Republican National Convention (see p. 16). Its foreign thoughts were fixed on the partitioning of France and the fate of the French Fleet. The thoughts of its Congress (see p. 18} were on preventing the transfer of 20 "mosquito" boats to Britain (which the President finally and abruptly canceled), on approving a $4,000,000,000 authorization increasing the U. S. Navy by 70%. But the thoughts of its President were on an idea...
With the surrender of France, naval men waited the imminent seizure of French Indo-China by the Japanese (see p. 28). But the U. S. Fleet made no move to prevent it. On the contrary, the WThite House began to prepare the U. S. people for the momentous opposite: withdrawal of their Fleet from the Pacific...
...Admitted the loss of half its air fleet...
...Sent the whole fleet to the Mediterranean...
...Stationing a battle fleet at Bermuda...