PARAPHRASE T3L15GRAM
NSW. ZEALAND
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From the United Kingdom High Commissioner in New Zealand.
Dated 14th March, 1939.   Received 1.9 p.m. 14th March, 1939.
IMPORTANT.
No. 36. Secret.
With reference to my telegram of today Ho.35.
Correspondence just received from the United Kingdom High
Commissioner in the Commonwealth of Australia   indicates that
the Commonwealth Government have no objection to Colvin
representing the United Kingdom at the Defence Conference in
addition to representing the Commonwealth of Australia.     In this
connection I find that the Hew Zealand Government regard it as
very important that the United Kingdom naval representative
should "be in a position to give them latest available
information on the matters indicated under   (a) and (b) in
the Governor-General's telegram of 17th ltebruary Ho.S3. These
points do not appear to he covered entirely by the memorandum
COS 333 of 1st itebruary copy of which 7. will comiunicate as
soon as possible to the Ken Zealand Government.
S. Impracticability of attendance of Squires which appears
from the Canberra communi cat ions and the apparently inevitable
postponement of the Conference boyond the middle of larch
(which was date originally desired by His Majesty's Government
in New Zealand) raise the question whether it Would be practicable
for military representative to be sent from the United Kingdom.
The Prime Minister's Department and all the Service Departments
have represented that this would be desirable and the presence
of Senior Military Officer   from home might be useful in other ways
which ghfc-iiipn has already indicated*
3.
3# I have no reason to suppooe that Colvin
and Longraoro will not "bo acceptable*