United States interest in the acquisition of base rights in British Commonwealth areas and in arragements for defense of such areas in the Southwest Pacific1

1. For previous documentation on representations of the United States to the United Kingdom for support in obtaining overseas bases, see Foreign Relations, 1945, vol. vi, pp. 204 ff.


[31] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Acting Secretary of State

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[32] The Minister in New Zealand (Warren) to the Secretary of State

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