southern and north-central Italy. The threat to these enemy objectives accessible from more northerly bases than Foggia may already be materialising with the United Nations occupation of Corsica. If Bastia is feasible as a base for long-range bombers, this permits a choice of targets not materially different from those available to planes based at Leghorn. In any case, Bastia may have significance as a refuelling point to extend the radius of bombers based farther south. So far as the oil indust.