57 — The New Zealand Military Liaison Officer (London) to the Chief of the General Staff (Wellington)

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The New Zealand Military Liaison Officer (London)2 to the Chief of the General Staff (Wellington)

28 November 1939

War Office state that owing to difficulties of shipping and provision of escorts no convoys are possible from Australia and New Zealand between 28 December and 1 March. This entails the date of sailing of the New Zealand first group being advanced three weeks or delayed six weeks. No other alternative is possible. It is essential that the New Zealand Government's decision of the sailing date for the first group be cabled immediately.

2 Brigadier R. S. Park, CBE, New Zealand Military Liaison Officer, London, throughout the war; at the time of reference a Lieutenant-Colonel. In Feb 1942 he was appointed New Zealand representative on the Joint Planning Staff, Chiefs of Staff Committee, London.

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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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