Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-21
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y LATE Juno %, 1871 >"
six months before Te#r. iIatnar
series Of mpanao' conferences
were held 0 Ta.e ho'w..n
MAJ ain experts and r-r rs0.-
inc officers %. Japan SAMMY .HH
navy
How can ve defend our cities
from air attacks .#lFt n.-'
asked tNrr H.'rrS
"OnCe enemy planes are based
within easy range OF Nour cities,
there il no possible Way for YOU
20 avoid extensive damage and
heavy loss of lite, 90 the 'ut'Wa.ir
officers answered What YOU
must doi> push the enemy bases.
actual and Potential hack out Of
range OF Japan itself
The japanese m,'Ita.l~tS ac-
ceprcd that advice and their
strategy since Pearl Harbor has
been partially based on il They
fear air attacks on their Stli!
vulnerable cites more than they
fear the possibility of invasion
BY THEIR strategy the
japanese succeeded IN pu>hInE
us out 81 bombing range IN
China IN The southern and
eastern Pacific and IN the Aleu-
tians
- ------y--7 Observation-Disclosures
war against Germany an q
anxious 10 AVOID trouble with
Japan. the Soviet bases IN ST.
IBERIA are not available for our
-IISH-
Our strategy in the Pacific as
soon as a larger share OF our
power IS turned IN that dIreC-
ton. will undoubtedly bc aimed
al gaining possession bases
within easy bombing range Of
japan. for the leaders of Our
fight against Japan are con
WINGED that the shortest and
cheapest path 10 victory is TO
blast the NIpponese homeland
from the air.
Our recapturo Of Attn is a
step toward gaining such bomb
ing bases. But il seems 10 be
only a step Certainly II does
not appear 10 be the beginning
NJ a continuous. all-out island
hy-iSland offensive that Will end
in Toxic within gwen number
OF months
The threat 81 heavy bombing
against Dutch Harhor an d
other American key points in
the A eutIaus Is greatly
lessened as our fighter and
bomber planes operating from
Attu should he able 10 keep tho
japanese from establishing
major bombing base on kISka
HOWEVER, capture ~ Alta
does not presaGe the immediate
launching NJ sustained air AZ
taCks against Japan.
Whether Attn viii ever bc.
come the base for major aerial
assaults against Japan depends
on several factors
-f@-Fl7e range vr7rrr f7-Evv
bombers. Not many Of our pres
emf bombers have sufficient
range 10 carry a worthwhile pay
load Of explosives from Attn 10
Toxic and return
PIT would be useless for our
planes 10 land az fields In
China unless they could be re-
fueled. rebombed and enabled 10
take the air again Immediately
for further operations. either
against Jap held areas az China
or against Japan itself
3-The weather between 'hc
Aleutians and Japan is almost
always unfavorable Tor aerial
operations.
ARMY OFFICERS have l0-
dicated that after consolidating
our hold on Attu The next step
will be 20 drive tho Japs OF
nearby kiska island
On the map. Attu "0ut1anh,'
Kiska, hut Us capture does NOT
automatically mean that Klska
will fall into our hands without
q struggle The 1apS don't fight
that way.
II thoy repeat their perform.
ance Of last year IN tao Solo
mons they viii probably make
repeated and 5c'crwuca af-
tenpts 20 reinforce Kl-ka zee
GsrdleSs ~ cost. while working
feveriShly 10 complete Then a-
field there -ttrv --7--iiri fU-71
Kiska. our forces on t'I would
be ouf0ankc6
After taking Eisfa wc arc
not just going 20 vol or 81Ar
through The kIr.cs and into
Toxic
The next Jump is 710 ~ies '0
Paramushiro iu rho northeastern
Kurilcs. al across open n.r.f
and undouh'ed'v against >rs..
opposition from enemy 'ana-
based planes.
Under tho circumstance. g.
seems likely that 'fe capture pf
Attu ann later Of kI-fa WI up
followed by p considerable PC
Rod during which our activities
in The Northern Pacific arc eo.-
fined mostly 80 Strengthen r-
our positions and "a occasional
AERIAL atfac ks AGAINST 't.
kurIles and possibly Northern
japan
(Tomorrow; What Nust Re