MR DUFF COOPER AND MINISTERS

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23495, 25 November 1941, Page 6

MR DUFF COOPER AND MINISTERS

CONFERENCE HELD IN WELLINGTON r A (P.A.) WELLINGTON. Nov. 24. . A conference with the New Zealand Government was held to-day by th# ■ Rt. Hon. A. Duff Cooper. In a subsequent interview, Mr Duff Cooper, who-, expressed satisfaction with the results of his visit to New Zealand, said that ~ an exchange of views had taken place, between the Ministry and himself, and-, that he and the Ministers present had ; been in absolute and complete agreement. . , , Replying to an inquiry whether ■ there had been any further develop-,; ments in the proposal that Britain. should be represented by a resident ■ minister in the Pacific area, Mr Duff Cooper said he had investigated this question, and submitted a report to the . British Government. , “As Mr Churchill has already said, Britain is definitely 100 per cent, behind America in the Pacific,”,said Mr Duff Cooper, when asked if he_ wer®able to discuss the question of BrlUsn aid to America in the event of the United States becoming involved la • war in the Pacific. There was, added, complete trust between the Governments of the two countries, and secrets as between one nation and xa9i other. The United States had already ■ been given the use of bases in the At- ? lantic, and bases would also be mad# available in the Pacific if required. However, they might not be required, because America had already developed bases in its own territories. . Mr Duff Cooper will leave Wellington to-morrow morning by car for > Auckland. ■ i