419 — The Prime Minister of New Zealand (Cairo) to the acting Prime Minister

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The Prime Minister of New Zealand (Cairo) to the acting Prime Minister

23 May 1941

At the special request of the First Lord of the Admiralty1 I have in the circumstances at once agreed to the Leander being despatched to the Mediterranean. The help of the Leander type of cruiser is essential to support our men in Crete. I would be glad of your endorsement of my action.

1 Rt. Hon. Albert Victor Alexander, PC, CH.

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Title: Documents Relating to New Zealand’s Participation in the Second World War 1939―45: Volume 1

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1949, Wellington

Part of: The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945

This text is the subject of: ‘Something of Them Is Here Recorded’: Official History in New Zealand

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