611.4731/454: Telegram
The Minister in Australia (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
Canberra, February 16, 1943—5 p.m.
[Received February 16—4:25 a.m.]
[Received February 16—4:25 a.m.]
33. My 32, February 16.2 Effective date postponed one day in order to enable Customs Minister, who is a Senator, to make a statement in the Senate tomorrow simultaneous with statement in the House, Senate not sitting today. We have vainly suggested that publicity might be undesirable.
Text of statement being sent in my 34 of today.
Johnson
- Not printed; it reported information from the Minister of Customs, H. V. Keane, that the Australian Government would grant most-favored-nation treatment to American goods by proclamation by the Governor General, which would become effective within 24 hours of its issuance (611.4731/453).↩