TROOPS OVERSEAS.
GOVERNMENT RETAINS CONTROL (Per Press Association) WELLINGTON, June 13. An assurance that the Government retained control of New Zealand troops abroad, no matter where they went, was given by the Prime Minister (the Hon. P. Fraser) in the House of Representatives to-night. “In agreement with the United Kingdom Government, and the governments of other Dominions, the Government retains control over our troops, wherever they are,” Mr Fraser said. “In the last analysis, the Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force is responsible to. the Government of this country, and to no one else.”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 211, 14 June 1940, Page 3
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