The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-06

can port OF Dakar. situated Just
where the Senegal coast bulees
farthest from that continent. in the
Brazilian bulEe's direction,
In other words. the two towns
are only biscuit-tosS apart for
fast surface vessels ard stiu
shorter distance for up-to-date avi-
alton.
Now. nothing IS much sursr than
that Herr Hitler plans 70 take
Dakar over from Vlchy. 10 utilize
as an AXIS base for operations
against the Americas. And when
he does. il follows equally naturally
that Racife viii re the ideal base
Of operations for Brazil and the
United States against the AXIS
Dakar forces
To be strictly exact Recife isn't
a. the ultimate extremity of the
South American bulge That's at
Natal instead. bu. RcCife's harbor
and other facilities are greatly SUI
per!or 10 Natals and the latter's
mileage advantage is mere triae.
anyway. We and the Brazilians be-
ing closely allied. we can take it
absolutely for granted that we'll be
more than welcome by our neigh
bors and as far as they're able.
helped by EN-
Busy Days Ahead
Our resident representative in
Recife Will have busy job cut out
for him. though We have a con-
sulate established there now. but
thisll be too much Of stunt for a
mere consul TO handle. Yankee war
ships will swarm in the ports wa
tiers. Official parties will be thick
ashore Planes will be taking off
and landing in big fleets daily and
nightly. Our embassy will have 10
remain with Rio de Janelro. the
capital. as is headquarters. but the
Recife chap VIII be required TO
spend a lot Of his time there-a
couple Of calls weekly, maybe In
effect. he'll oyershadow RIO in his
Office night at one end OF the hr!ng
line He'll be provided, OF course.
with a formidable staff OF assist
ants. including military naval and
aviation attaches. but he'll be the
responsible functionary and all the
more so for not being decorated
with the formal ambassadorlal IL
tie
The chances are that. as our
forces begin to gain control in Da-
kar. he'll be required 10 make an
occasional weekend trip thither.
for the place will be an essential
part of his bailiwick.
A 1,600-mile fight in a fast plane
isn't any great event these days.
Still, a job on two continents at
once, with some hundreds OF miles
OF ocean separating the opposite
ends OF 1t. is calculated TO make
the average individual wonder
which one Of EN- to consider head
quarters.
State departmental chats to the
purport that the simplest solution
OF the problem will be to vest our
RecifeDakar arrangement-maker
with the status o. a special diplo-
matte envoy ranking as a minis
ter rather than as an ambassador,
and above a consul
It's done thus sometimes.
An Ambassadors social SPLASH
outclasses a ministers, but the min
lister frequently does more actual
work than the more loftily-desig-
mated embassadorial chieftain.
DaLcar TO Brazil?
In this case an ambassador
doesn't suit Uncle Sans particular
purpose The United States ambas-
sador TO Brazil automatically is
tied by his leg TO his palace in Rio.
attending receptions and confer
ring with big guns generally: he
hasn't time 70 commute I'D and
down the Latin American coast
and across 70 Africa. That's the
duty that our comm. special diplo-
matte envoy viii be picked for.
The assumption is that, when it's
al over. Brazil VIII inherit Dakar
That il VIII Rravitate back 10
France isn't deemed a probability
II VIII be a convenience 10 Bra.
zil, though. It's a good port % call
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