97 — The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to the Prime Minister of New Zealand
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97
The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to the Prime Minister of New Zealand
7 December 1941
Circular telegram. thailand. My telegram [No. 94].
1. Lord Halifax has reported that the President welcomes also the proposal to send a message to the Thai Prime Minister.
2. The President was himself sending a message to the Thai Prime Minister in confidence last night (Saturday), on the following lines:
| (a) |
That the United States will regard it as a hostile act if the Japanese invade Thailand, Malaya, Burma, or the Netherlands East Indies; |
| (b) |
That when peace comes, no matter what happens meanwhile, unless the Thais aid the Japanese, the United States and Great Britain would work for the complete restoration of Thailand's independent sovereignty. |
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