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DESCRIPTION OF DUNEDIN EARLY IMPRESSIONS CONFIRMED "My knowledge of New Zealand before I came here was very poor,’’.confessed Mr Ivan K. Ziabkin, Soviet Minister in New Zealand, when he gave an address at a social evening tendered by the Dunedin Junior Chamber of Commerce last night. “I certainly knew of Dunedin. I knew it was a Scottish city, very nice, beautiful, good people, good climate, very hospitable. “I knew Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland and maybe Queenstown,” he.continued. “I knew, of New Zealand’s products—butter, cheese, meat, wool, and a lot of rabbits. Since I have been here I have found the New Zealand people very hospitable and friendly to the Soviet Union. “I wish to see New Zealand cities, shaking hands with the people and making friends,” Mr Ziabkin continued. “If I can cement the friendship between the two countries then ,1 feel that my task as Soviet Minister will have been successful.” Mr Ziabkin later told the Daily Times that he was greatly impressed with .what he had seen of Dunedin and its people. It was, he said, a beautiful city.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26407, 11 March 1947, Page 4
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