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From at least two of its eight new base sites (Newfoundland & Bermuda) last week long-range patrol planes joined the U. S. Navy's patrol force guarding the Atlantic approaches to the U. S. and Canada. Just eleven weeks before the Navy had been promised the new bases from Great Britain in trade for 50 overage destroyers. By last week it was not only using two of them but also had reached agreement with Britain upon the exact sites for U. S. land plane, seaplane and naval bases on all but one of the New World islands and continental...
Last week engineers were hard at work in Bermuda (most important of the eight bases), reconditioning and expanding the new U. S. outpost. There, at Newfoundland and at Jamaica a lot of work must be done before base sites become effective bases. The job will take both time and money - of which money last week seemed to be the more plentiful...
When the American Export Liner Exeter arrived in Bermuda for the now customary inspection of mail and passengers by the British, two customs officers took Captain Brousse to his cabin. They asked for his papers and were shown his diplomatic passport. They then asked if he was carrying any letters. He showed them two sealed paquets de courrier from Foreign Minister Paul Baudouin to Ambassador Henry-Haye. To the Captain's astonishment the British demanded them...
...Facing the possibility of a quick British defeat, the U. S. in August: 1. Fortified Bermuda. 2. Sent Sumner Welles abroad on an appeasement mission. 3. Transferred the battle fleet to the Atlantic. 4. Started negotiations with Canada for military cooperation. 5. Began fortifying the Canadian border...
...Among the islands where Britain will lease air or naval bases to the U. S. are: 1. St. Lucia, Dominica, St. Thomas, Bermuda, Newfoundland. 2. Trinidad, Antigua, Bermuda, Newfoundland, Jamaica. 3. Trinidad, Martinique, Bermuda, Jamaica, Newfoundland. 4. Cocos, Bermuda, Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbadoes. 5. Newfoundland, Guantanamo, Great Barrier Reef, Trinidad, Bahamas...