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

75 — The acting Prime Minister to General Freyberg

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75
The acting Prime Minister to General Freyberg

31 July 1941

Formal approval has now been given by War Cabinet to the formation of the Army Tank Brigade as proposed in FFC 36.3 Instructions have been given that preparations should be put in hand forthwith to call up the 3200 men required.4

4 This telegram was repeated to Mr. Fraser in London.

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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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