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

235 — The Governor-General of New Zealand to the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs

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The Governor-General of New Zealand to the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs3

12 July 1940

In preparation for the possibility that it may be necessary to despatch a brigade group to Fiji in accordance with the recommendations of the Pacific Defence Conference, it is proposed at a very early date to send a small party of expert officers to Fiji with the object of discussing

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in advance with the Fijian authorities the necessary technical details in this connection. His Majesty's Government in New Zealand would be grateful to learn whether His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom see any objection to this course being adopted.

3 Repeated to the Governor of Fiji.

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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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