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Weapons of choiceAs I said in the cable, there've been developments. They've had to get back to Pearl." "But we can expect them back soon, can't we?" said Curtin. "Yamamoto is still on the loose, and there's no American fleet to stand between him and us, now. I'd feel a lot better with one of those rocket ships here. Especially an Australian one." His voice betrayed a deep anxiety. He'd been catching hell from Churchill over his decision to bring home two battle-proven Australian divisions, as insurance against the threat of a Japanese invasion. The British wanted to send them to Burma, of all places! Robertson knew the PM had suffered terribly for the decision, harangued by London and prodded by Washington to do as they wanted, not as he thought best. And when he'd faced down the demands from Churchill, there was the even greater stress of actually waiting for thousands of Australian troops to make it home across waters infested with U-boats and raiders and Japanese carriers. Robertson had more than once found the PM alone in this office, doubled over in pain ...» |
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