Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume II

385 — The acting Prime Minister to General Freyberg

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385
The acting Prime Minister to General Freyberg

1 July 1944

Your telegram of 28 June.

Two thousand men will be despatched to relieve the 4th Reinforcements. As soon as the preliminaries are completed the United Kingdom authorities will be asked to provide the necessary shipping on the dates required.

We are glad to know that the Division has been able to secure a rest and that the troops are enjoying themselves.2

2 See Campaign in Italy, 1943–44 (No. 324).

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

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1951, 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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