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Show Urees Bases in East After War Establishment of American air and naval bases in the Pacific after the war to guard against future aggression ag-gression in the east recently was proposed by Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox. Knox urged the immediate consideration consid-eration of such action while American Ameri-can influence was strongest because of its gigantic lend-lease operations. After the war, Knox said, it will be the policy to disarm Japan. But to prevent her rearmament, Knox added, it will be necessary to establish estab-lish air and naval bases in the Pacific. Establishment of such bases in the Pacific would complete the circle of defensive outposts guarding the North American continent. The transfer of 59 destroyers to Great Britain in 1940 gave the United States rights to construct air and naval bases on British islands in the Caribbean. |