Show I IL L J Ja a Vice Admiral J J. J W W. Greenslade Green- Green slade 0 0 Puts Jap defeat f feat second Admiral Backs acks Strategy of Hitler FirstI First SAN FRANCISCO April 29 9 POne MP P One One of the reasons for knocking Hitler out of the war first is to enable the united nations to build buildup buildup buildup up sufficient strength in the Pacific Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- to make our peace with Tokyo in Tokyo Vice Admiral I IJ J J. J W. W Greenslade said Thursday Without losing sight of the fact that the Japanese problem is of immediate concern to us of the west coast and that the prosecution prosecution prosecution tion of the Pacific war must be carried on ceaselessly and with ever increasing intensity if we areto areto are areto to to win without too costly delay in that sphere he observed nevertheless it appears that the final defeat of the Japanese must follow the final defeat of Hitler Admiral Greenslade made his observations observations ob ob- in a statement as h he commenced his third year as commander commander commander com com- mander of the western sea frontier and commandant of the Twelfth naval district and naval aval operating base Explains Views I believe it is obvious he said that our present world worm strategy is to knock Hitler out of the war and thus free the combined naval strength of the British and ourselves ourselves ourselves our our- selves to attend to the demolition of the Japanese fleet and the transportation transportation transportation trans trans- of sufficient arme armed strength to the Pacific area tomake tomake to tomake make our peace with Tokyo in Tokyo This task will fall naturally into nto two stages The first is contingent contingent contingent con con- upon the frustrations o othe of the submarine effort which willin willin will willin in itself greatly enhance our strength in the Pacific The second second second sec sec- ond is contingent upon the complete complete complete com com- defeat or at any rate the complete containment on a starvation starvation starvation tion basis of all German forces for not until this has been accomplished accomplished accomplished can the final defeat of the Japanese be consummated In this connection it appears that the most effective way to defeat defeat defeat de de- de- de feat Japan may be from a bason base bas on the Chinese coast That effort would utilize Chinese man power and put us in the most assured position to wreck the Japanese empire and quite logically the quickest way to wreck that empire is to get the maximum forces ina in ina a position whence they can strike hardest and most frequently at atthe atthe atthe the empires empire's heart and its economic eco eco- nomi arteries He said the submarine w will lI be brought under control by new weapons of naval warfare He did not elaborate other than to say the San Francisco bay region is building some of those weapons weapons weapons ons which the navy has devel developed ped to whip t the e submarine problem |