An item referred to the magazine U.S.R. dated 15 December 1938 reporting that for the strengthening of the Canadian defence a budget of 9-10 million pound sterling was available. This was comparable with the budget Australia needed to buy a battleship. In fact were 2 destroyers and 4 minesweepers to be added to the fleet. The strategically important island Anticosti, Gulf of St. Lawrence (1) was the fitted out with coastal defence works. In the Canadian press were articles published that Germany was very interested in this island.
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1. In the province of Quebec at the outlet of the Saint Lawrence River. In July 1937 wanted Dutch and German capitalists to buy the island for building a sulphite mill. Newspapers suggested that when German surveyors visited the island it were in fact military experts. The offer was never accepted
Note
1. In the province of Quebec at the outlet of the Saint Lawrence River. In July 1937 wanted Dutch and German capitalists to buy the island for building a sulphite mill. Newspapers suggested that when German surveyors visited the island it were in fact military experts. The offer was never accepted
