143 — The High Commissioner for New Zealand to Headquarters 2nd NZEF

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The High Commissioner for New Zealand to Headquarters 2nd NZEF

16 May 1940

My telegram (No. 141) meant diversion to Capetown, the eventual destination being the United Kingdom. If the Red Sea route is considered safe at the time of departure of the Third Echelon the present intention is ultimately to concentrate the whole Division in the Middle East.

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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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