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...moral and religious threat of Russia and "the possible need for fighting," despite all efforts to remain neutral. His speech was entitled "Economic Defense, Moral Defense and Political Defense." With what Portugal would fight, now that virtually her entire army has been sent to empire outposts-the Azores, Mozambique, Guinea-was not clear. But clear was the similarity between Franco's bombast and Salazar's fear of a Europe not dominated by Germany. The Allies would be wise if they kept an eye on both dictators...
...range of the Marines' southern toehold. The job even then would not be finished. For the Japs' great concentration point at Rabaul in New Britain would still be dangerously close-660 miles from Tulagi, 200 from Bougainville. The Japs would even then still be in upper New Guinea, a scant 350 miles from Rabaul. Above Port Moresby last week, an Australian force (with some U.S. troops) was slowly retreating, and soon the Japs may be in lower New Guinea, all too near (375 miles) to Australia itself. Until this entire corner of the Japs' Pacific empire...
When the U.S. is able to occupy some of the outlying islands, Truk undoubtedly will be subjected to air assault. Naval and land assault is another matter. The Navy may prefer to move against the upper Solomons, New Britain and New Guinea to the southwest, against Makin and other Gilbert Islands in the southeast, and thus finally to immobilize Truk and bottle the Japs within their bits of heaven...
...Solomons, Douglas MacArthur's airmen began smashing at Jap air bases. The purpose was obvious: to hamstring the Jap in the employment of the best weapon he had against sea attack. Army bombers raided the old familiar targets at Lae and Salamaua on the northeast coast of New Guinea by day and by night. On Friday, Aug. 7 (Thursday in the U.S.), when Ghormley's force had its first contact with the Japs, the Army was raiding Rabaul in New Britain, probably the Jap's strongest position east of Amboina...
...reaching results were still far off. For if the Japanese are driven from the Tulagi area, they will still hold Bougainville in the northern Solomons, from which they must be driven in turn. But the capture of Tulagi will mean that the Japanese strongholds in New Britain and New Guinea will have their flanks threatened...