THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1746, sig. 109-4/1501

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236 - 3 - The American Minister of Mary Nocks explained: America will create new bases in the silent ocean. We have many bases in a silent ocean, the strongest and largest of them on Hawaii. But we need more and we will create them. From the events that are developing at present, it will depend on the distance at which these bases must be constructed. The acquisition of the new bases in the Atlantic Ocean of England has greatly strengthened the position of our fleet in this area. These bases, together with the already existing ones in the Atlantean Ocean, make it almost unobtrusive. Our fleet can quickly enter position and dominate the shipping roads. A communiqué of the Admiralty reports about a meeting in the Red Sea, in which, after a battle of 4o minutes, a heavily damaged ital. Destroyer ran on the ground and was blown up by a torpedo fired by the British destroyer Kimberley. 8SSO1