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INDIAN NAVY'S SPHERE OF INFLUENCE
Times.
15th June, 1949*
Com-^odore»s Prediction,
From our Correspondent
Dar-es-S&laam, June 14* ,
Captain H.N.S* Brown, commodore in command of a Royal
Indian Navy squadron (the cruiser Delhi and the sloop dir).
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speaking at a luncheon given by the municipal council of
Da3>-es-Salaain, said;-
*1 feel certain that the time will come when what we
know as the East Indies Squadron of the Royal Navy will cease to
exist as such because its functions will have been taken over
by the Royal Indian Navy. If my assumption is true, it is
equally obvious to me that the Royal Indian Navy should have
contacts throughout the whole of this area. I think it is also
clear that we shall have the privilege of coming here more
frequently in future, because the east coast of Africa will be
a part of the sphere of influence of the Royal Indian Navy. I
use that expression rather guardedly, and I say ’sphere of
influence of the Royal Indian Navy* and not the sphere of
influence of India. Defence of the Commonwealth is a matter
which has to be shared by all the members of that Commonwealth
and India undoubtedly will have vast responsibilities in tins
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part of the world. I feel sure that in the future you in
Tanganyika, just the same as myself when I go back home to
England, will feel confident that the Royal Indian Navy will
achieve whatever is required of it*