PACT WITH AMERICA.
PREMIER’S APPROVAL. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Sept.s. “The arrangement is eminently satisfactory and will be beneficial to both countries,” said the Prime Minister (Rt. Hon. P. Eraser) when invited to comment on the agreement between Great Britain and United States for the exchange of uestr.yers for the use of strategic bases. “Britain is receiving a valuable accession to its naval strength and the United States is getting an effective front line of naval defence,” said Mr Fraser. “Even more important than any mutual material advantage is the co-operative spirit that has /"mated both countries in arriving at ibis arrangement.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 239, 6 September 1940, Page 6
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102PACT WITH AMERICA. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 239, 6 September 1940, Page 6
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