N.Z. AND AUSTRALIA
DEFENCE CONFERENCE. [per press association.] WELLINGTON, September 19. Mr Jones, interviewed to-day, said the proposal that Staff talks should be held between the chiefs of the New Zealand Naval, General, and Air Staffs, and the chiefs of the respective Australian Staffs, was approved recently by the Government, and agreed to -by the -Commonwealth Government. The purpose of these talks is to allow informal but full discussions on all matters of defence. Major-General Sir J. Duigan and Group-Captain Saunders, Chief of the Air Staff, left New Zealand on Tuesday last, for Melbourne, where they have now arrived. Commodore Parry, Chief of the Naval Staff, took the opportunity when in Australia recently, of discussing with the Chief of the Commonwealth Naval Staff all matters of common concernregarding naval defence. “The Government attach the greatest importance to the maintenance of a full and effective liaison between the Chiefs of Staff of the two countries,” concluded Mr Jones.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 19 September 1940, Page 12
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