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Second, if we lost communication with the southwest Pacific, all of that area, including Australia and New Zealand and the Dutch Indies, would fall under Japanese domination.
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gutenberg.orgFDR: “Second, if we lost communication with the southwest Pacific, all of that area, including Australia and New Zealand and…”
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Roosevelt warns of the dangers of losing communication with the southwest Pacific and its implications for Allied nations.
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