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

185 — Letter from the United States Naval Attaché (Wellington) to the Prime Minister of New Zealand

185
Letter from the United States Naval Attaché ( Wellington) to the Prime Minister of New Zealand

8 December 1942

My Dear Mr. Prime Minister:

I have the honour to transmit the following radio message from the President of the United States of America:

I have been delighted to learn you are leaving the New Zealand Division in the Middle East for the present. This action on the part of your Government is a renewed evidence of our mutual military interests. I believe you have done the right thing. It is altogether generous. Roosevelt.

J. P. Olding

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Captain, US Navy,
US Naval Attaché