00164750 4719-143 UNCLASSIFIED 2427470 02-01-1934

AIR CORPS TACTICAL SCHOOL

248.501-65 4668 A2871 382 385 C6 2447531 01-04-1989 PUBLISHED IN ARMY, NAVY AND AIR FORCE GAZETTE (GREAT BRITAIN). WARNS OF THREAT TO UNITED STATES, DUTCH EAST INDIES AND BRITISH EMPIRE OF JAPANESE HARBOR AND AIRFIELD BUILDING PROGRAM FOR JAPANESE MANDATED ISLANDS IN PACIFIC OCEAN. CALLS FOR BRITISH BUILD-UP OF AIR FORCES IN PACIFIC OCEAN AREA TO COUNTER JAPANESE THREAT AND ASSURE IMPERIAL SECURITY. NONE AIR POWER IN THE PACIFIC, ESTABLISHMENT OF AIR DEFENSE IN JAPAN WITHIN 500 MILES OF THE PHILIPPINES