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Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume I
226 — The Australian Commonwealth Naval Board to the Admiralty
226
The Australian Commonwealth Naval Board to the Admiralty
5 August 1940
Repeated to the New Zealand Naval Board.
My earlier telegram of 5 August, paragraph 4. The proposed ocean escorts are as follows:
Fast convoy US 4: Tasman Sea—Achilles and/or Perth1 as arranged between the Australian Commonwealth Naval Board and the New Zealand Naval Board. From Bass Strait onward to Colombo—Canberra only.
Slow convoy US 5: Sydney to the vicinity of Cocos Islands—Perth. From the vicinity of Cocos Islands onward—Canberra.
The need for increased protection in the Indian Ocean may be indicated by later intelligence.
1 HMAS Perth, late Amphion, 6-inch cruiser, 7100 tons; sunk in night action near entrance to Sunda Strait, 28 Feb 1942.