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With it, the N.E.I. Army and Navy grew. When Hein ter Poorten took command last October he had around 100,000 soldiers. Motorization was speeding along. Artillery, another Ter Poorten specialty, was heavily increased. For defense against the inevitable attack, oil wells were mined. Around airfields and open spaces were set poles tipped with poison which slant-eyed Malayans constantly renewed...
...Hong Kong. The fearful Dutch did more than the rest of the world to get ready. Dutch diplomacy, dedicated to the proposition that oil to the enemy is poison to the giver, slapped down Japanese demands with no fear of offending Japanese sensibilities. No longer an active pilot, Hein ter Poorten bought airplanes, Martin bombers, Curtiss pursuits, Ryan trainers. The Netherlands East Indies worked to build up an air force...
...Japanese front was moving relentlessly south To Hein ter Poorten, as to most of the Dutch, hints that the U.S. and Britain might not oppose this relentless movement with equally relentless defense were alarming and maddening...
Thus Hein ter Poorten now holds a line which, if lost, will set back all the enemies of the Axis-set them back so far that if it does not endanger their chances of winning the war, may well make their job twice as hard and twice as long...
Last week as the battle for the Indies was joined, the U.S. and Britain had tacitly acknowledged the importance of the struggle. In command of the defense was General Sir Archibald Wavell, with Hein ter Poorten working under his command. In command of the sea forces-the U.S. Asiatic Fleet, the N.E.I. Navy and British units-was Admiral Tommy Hart, assisted by Admiral Helfrich...