Word: canals
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Assumed control of Canal-adjacent Panamanian waters...
...problem which these men face together (they will meet in Washington when General Sanchez gets back from Rio) involves : 1) improvement of Mexico's transportation facilities to the West Coast and the Canal Zone; 2) joint use of Mexican air and naval bases; 3) building up Mexico's modest peacetime army of 62,500 men into an effective fighting force...
Turkey is an obvious hot spot for 1942. Adolf Hitler needs Turkey if he is to close out U.S. and British aid to Russia when he strikes again for the Caucasian oilfields. The United Nations need Turkey as a buffer for both the Caucasus and the Suez Canal-and some day, as an invasion point into Europe...
...formal statement from President Manuel Avila Camacho's office explained that "Mexico is actively working with the United States armed forces in maintaining control north of the Panama Canal and south of the Rio Grande." It added that Mexican air patrols are operating with U.S. patrols on the West Coast...
...defenses, has raised lumps on his skull butting against conservative prejudices and tightwad spending policies. He played a big part in developing the uncanny directors that put modern anti-aircraft guns on their targets. In 1939 he took over the command of the Panama Coast Artillery, established in the Canal Zone jungles the best U.S. anti-aircraft system in existence...