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and Asia and would have some strategic value, it is a question whether the expenditure would be warranted.  All through the Malay Peninsula and the islands bordering its shores, splendid air bases of all kinds can be installed with very little preparation.  Of course, aircraft could control all sea going trade through the Straits of Malacca.

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