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Dear Jacob,
I enclose copies of two telegrams which
have been received from New Zealand with regard to the
proposed Conference on Pacific Islands questions.
It seems clear that the questions raised by
telegram No. 144 as to the scope of the Conference on
the defence side and the United Kingdom representation
at it will require to be further considered at a
meeting between representatives of the Departments
concerned.   At any such meeting Eatterbee would like to
be present.
You will no doubt consider what form the
meeting would most suitably take.   Should it be a
meeting of the Oversea Defence Committee or of some
other body?   In any case, we assume that, after
discussion by the appropriate Committee, the matter will
eventually come before the Chiefs of Staff who will
probably wish to discuss it with Batterbee when they
meet him before he goes out to New Zealand.
I
JACOB.
I am sending copies of this letter to
Aeheson, Balfour, lidelsten, Poster and Frith.
Yours sincerely,
tStened) C. W.
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