Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume III
331 — The Prime Minister to the New Zealand Minister, Washington
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The Prime Minister to the New Zealand Minister, Washington
2 April 1942
Your telegram No. 60 of 11 March.2 Arrangements must be made very shortly for the relief and provisioning of the garrison on Fanning Island, but before doing so we would be glad to learn whether there is any prospect of the United States Government assuming, as we proposed, responsibility for the defence of this island.
2 Not published. Reported a statement made by Sir John Dill that the Americans ‘did not feel justified in extending their work beyond Christmas Island’, but that they might be agreeable to supplying the Fanning Island garrison with food and other essentials.
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