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Pacific Islands Monthly, 18 August 1944Vol. XV, No. 1

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||nwa j'if| - August 18, 1944

Vol. Xv. No. 1.

Established 1930

[Registered at the G.P.O.,Sydney, for transmission by post as a newspaper ]

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WHEN General MacArthur’s forces seized Amsterdam and Middleburg Islands, at western end of Dutch New Guinea, the stay of the Jap organised forces in New Guinea, came to end There still are considerable Jap forces at by-passed places in New Guinea, such as Rabaul, Kavieng and Aitape, but they are being steadily cleaned out. Events Soon Will show whether we strike next at Timor, or at Halmahera, or at the Philippines all shown on above map.