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

316 — The Assistant High Commissioner for the Western Pacific (Suva) to the Governor-General of New Zealand

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The Assistant High Commissioner for the Western Pacific (Suva)3 to the Governor-General of New Zealand

18 July 1939

Reference Defence Conference Report, Part I, page 22 (d) (1), Fanning Island,4 I should be glad to know whether a decision has been reached.

3 Mr C. J. J. T. Barton, CMG, OBE.

4 This reference read: ‘Garrison of one platoon from New Zealand to be stationed there [Fanning Island] in peace.’

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

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1963, 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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