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Friday, 25 November 2011

British naval base at Cyprus and Japan building new battleships according to the Dutch newspaper Het Vaderland daily edition dated 8 June 1936

The newspaper Sunday Pictorial reported from London that the British cabinet decided to found a naval bas at Cyprus to replace the one at Malta.

The newspaper Kolkoemin at Tokyo reported that the Japanese minister of navy Nagano at once ordered the building large battleships to obtain a balance with the British and American navies. This building would result in a remarkable increase of the navy budget.