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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 81, 6 April 1943, Page 4

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WORLD CO-OPERATION MR. WASH STRESSES URGENCY Comments about post-war co-opera-tion between the nations were a feature of a speech by Mr. Nash, New Zealand Minister to Washington, at an informal reception given him in the council chamber of the Town Hall yesterday afternoon by the Mayor, Mr. AUum. "It will be criminal if, after the war those nations which have fought together .cannot agree to work on world reconstruction with similar aims," said Mr. Nash. "We must find out the extent to which we can agree with our Allies. Even now we should be developing our co-opera-tion with Russia, China and. the United States. "Never mind their economic policy or their . philosophy, though, of course we must heed their acts. What we must- do is find -out where we can step with them. The British Empire and the United States cannot dominate the world after victory is Avon, even if that were desired. It could not be done without risking another war. ' "The winning of lasting peace between the nations may be a harder task than winning the war." Interpreting New Zealand Of his work in the United States, Mr. Nash said: "As an ordinary diplomat, I tried to interpret this little country to America. I also felt I had another purpose, to attempt to interpret to the American people what Britain meant to the British Commonwealth of Nations." His task in telling the United States what New Zealanders were doing in the war had been made simpler, said Mr. Nash, by the exploits of the New Zealand Division in the Middle East, and of New Zealanders in the air force and navy. In welcoming Mr. Nash, the Mayor, on behalf of the citizens, said they appreciated the statesmanlike manner in which he had carried out his duties in Washington, keeping always in the forefront New Zealand's outstanding contribution to the war effort. The Prime Minister said that the Dominion could have had no - more able representative than Mr. Nash, j and he had established excellent relationships in Washington. ■