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Your notes on the Irish ports desired by Britain [TIME, Nov. 18] and your curious reference to Mr. de Valera's conscience are based on a misreading of the Irish situation. You say Mr. de Valera in refusing the ports is handcuffed by his Briton-hating colleagues. One could hardly accuse the Irish Times of being Briton-hating and yet this paper, consistently friendly to Britain, speaking specifically of the debate on the Irish ports in the British House of Commons, deprecated "the loose talk concerning Ireland which occasionally creeps into the proceedings of the British Parliament," and adds...
...young Dominions Secretary Malcolm MacDonald relinquished Britain's rights in these bases, even for wartime, Winston Churchill spoke hotly and prophetically. "The dark forces of the Irish underworld," he barked, "already tried to stab Britain in the back during the World War and [Prime Minister Eamon] de Valera would not be able to control them if he assumed a friendly attitude toward Britain...
...Prime Minister de Valera of Eire was handcuffed last week, if not by the "Irish underworld" then just as securely by his Briton-hating Eire political colleagues. He replied to Mr. Churchill...
...though his conscience were speaking, for Minister of Information Alfred Duff Cooper had long ago officially denied the charge, Eamon de Valera blurted: "It is a lie to say that German submarines are being supplied with fuel or provisions on our coasts. ... It is known to be a falsehood by the British Government itself...
DUBLIN--Prime Minister Eamon De Valera tonight bluntly rejected British demands for Irish naval bases and said that any attempt to seize the ports would lead "only to bloodshed...