DEFENCE OF PACIFIC
IMPORTANCE .OF DOMINION UNITED ST&TES <#-OPERATION (Per United Press* Association >' AUCKLAND, Dec. 27 To take up ,a position in the American Consulate at Wellington, Mr Robert English arrived.in the Mariposa today, accompanied by his wife He has been secretary to tho United Ststes Legation at Ottawa for three years and a-half. His wife' is the daughter of the American Ambassador to Japan. Mr Joseph Clark Grew. . ... Mr:.English has .been 14 years, in toe consular' service; - and; has been Algiers;.,Gibraltar, ■■ Istanbul. v Bangkok. Budapest; and. prior to that. ParS;V We-Permanent Jomt Defence* Board estabtfshed :by' Canadaand'the United States is considering the" protection ■■ of certain, .hemispheres it is the desire of the to. co-operate closely with New 2,ealapd ; because this Dominion is looked upon sis an important strategic point in t.ne future of the Pacific. . , • Mr English said that Mr ; Wesley Frost of the American Consular' service at.Santiago..is .expected to arrive in Wellington shortly to take the place of Mr" Pinkerton.; ."■...,"'",
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24492, 28 December 1940, Page 8
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162DEFENCE OF PACIFIC Otago Daily Times, Issue 24492, 28 December 1940, Page 8
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