Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume I
228 — The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to the Prime Minister of New Zealand
228
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to the Prime Minister of New Zealand
I read the Governor-General's telegram of 3 August to the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs (No. 224) with the greatest interest and sympathy. I appreciate fully the great responsibility which you and your colleagues cannot but feel in taking the decisions which you have reached as to the disposition of the available New Zealand forces. For our part we are greatly heartened as ever by New Zealand's readiness to meet the needs of the situation both in the Middle East and the Pacific. I feel sure of the absolute soundness of your decision.