WORLD CONFERENCES

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 72, 22 September 1943, Page 4

WORLD CONFERENCES

MR. MASH'S POSITION

Many statements had been made with regard to the decision of the Government for him to act as New Zealand Minister at Washington during the war years, said the Minister of Finance (Mr. Nash) at Petone last night. The proposals, when worked out, said Mr. Nash, would provide for him to spend eight or nine months in the United States, and perhaps a month or so in the United Kingdom, and one or two months in New Zealand. Conferences were taking place and others would be bound to take place in which the Dominion and the United Kingdom would need to exchange ideas as to the foundations upon which the post-war world were to be laid. These conferences would later be extended to conferences with other countries, particularly the United States, and he hoped to act for the Dominion at those conferences. Some of the subjects already set down for discussion were the nutritional requirements of the world in the form of food, the exchange values of the various currencies, post-war trade, international air transport, and relief and rehabilitation for the occupied countries. All these subjects would in any case require the attention of a Minister, and the Government's proposals provided for him to act for the Dominion, spending part of his time in the Dominion for consultation as required. If we were to build a better world after the war then it was imperative that we should make early contacts with all the nations affected and in particular advise them of the views that we had as to the /orm of world that should be constructed, said Mr. Nash.