711.00 Statement July 16, 1937/80: Telegram
The Vice Consul in Chargé at Wellington (Lane) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 5—6:15 a.m.]
Department’s circular telegrams of July 22, 6 p.m. and August 4, 1 p.m. The following is the text of a communication which I have received from the New Zealand Foreign Office.
“August 2, 1937. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 29th July, and to thank you for the text of the statement made by the Honorable Cordell Hull, Secretary of State of the United States, on July 16, 1937, which I have perused with great interest and sympathy.
I shall be grateful if you will convey to the Secretary of State my acknowledgments of his courtesy, and advise him that His Majesty’s Government in New Zealand warmly approve the views that the Secretary of State has expressed, and will be most happy to avail themselves of any opportunity of supporting and implementing the principles he has enunciated. I have the honor to be, Sir, your obedient servant, J. M. Savage, Prime Minister”.