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

43 — The acting Prime Minister of New Zealand to the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs

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The acting Prime Minister of New Zealand to the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs1

27 July 1941

With reference to your telegram of 25 July [No. 42]. His Majesty's Government in New Zealand are serving notice of denunciation of the New Zealand – Japan trade agreement on the Chancellor of the Japanese Consulate, Wellington, at 4 a.m., Greenwich mean time, on Sunday, 27 July. Notification that this action has been taken will be published in the press here on Monday morning, 28 July.

1 Repeated to the Prime Minister of Australia.

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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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