MR NASH PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
Tribute To President (Rec. 6.30). WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. Mr Walter Nash to-day presented to President Roosevelt his credentials as Minister representing New Zealand. Mr Roosevelt assured Mr Nash that America would not falter until the trsk was complete and freedom secured. “Both thp United States and New Zealand are Pacific Powers, and the interests of the two countries are inextricably woven . together,” said the President. “ The spread of wanton aggression has only drawn our countries closer and made us more conscious of our interdependence." Mr Nash told the President that New Zealand was grateful for America's aolendld assistance and co-operation in ;he fight for freedom. Mr Nash told the press “no man I have met knows more about the needs of the Southern Pacific than Mr Roosevelt. As a result of my talk with him I am satisfied that whatever is physically possible for him to do to enable the Southern Pacific area to be cared tor In this crisis he will do.'*
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLI, Issue 22200, 18 February 1942, Page 5
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