N.Z. SILENT IN CRISIS
MR. NASH EXPLAINS
LONDON, July 27. Asking Mr. Walter Nash whether there was concern in New Zealand regarding the recent Pacific crisis, a questioner remarked that nothing had been heard from New Zealand, whereas Australia had made it clear that she regarded the situation as most serious.
Mr. Nash replied: "We had the idea that by quietly talking among ourselves concerning what is being done, without any publicity, we were getting better results. There was nothing for us to squeal about." He added that Britain was fully alive to New Zealand's position and doing everything possible. He was satisfied that while small changes might be helpful, the Pacific War Council in Washington had been most useful for the countries bordering on; the Pacific, particularly. Australia and New Zealand. ' : '
The Minister of Information, Mr. Brendan Bracken, introducing Mr.: Nash, said the British Government was; greatly pleased to have Mr. Nash in' Britain and deeply appreciated New Zealand's war effort. She was small, in numbers but great in heart.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 25, 29 July 1942, Page 5
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