UNITED STATES AND DOMINION

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 30, 30 October 1942, Page 6

UNITED STATES AND DOMINION

Provision Of Mutual Aid The principles and procedure to be followed in the provision of mutual aid between.' the United States and New Zealand are set out in Notes, that were exchanged last month between the New Zealand Minister in Washington, Mr. Nash, and the Secretary of State of the United States, Mr. Cordell Hull. These Notes have been printed as a Parliamentary paper entitled "United States-New Zealand , Mutual Aid Agreement.” In his Note, Mr. Nash states that the Government of New Zealand accepts as applicable the provisions and principles of the agreement of February 23, 19-12, between Britain and the United States for mutual aid in the war. While each Government retains the right of final decision, decisions as to the most effective use of resources shall, so far as possible, be made in common, pursuant to common plans for winning the war. The general principle to be applied in financing the provision of such aid is that as large a portion as possible of . the articles and services to be provided by each Government to the other shall be in the form of reciprocal aid, so that the need of each Government for the currency of the other may be reduced to a minimum. The Government of New Zealand is to provide the United States with the following types of assistance, as reciprocal aid, when it is found that they can most effectively be procured in New Zealand: Military equipment, munitions, and military and naval stores, and other materials, supplies and facilities apart from pay and allowances. All such aid accepted by the United States from the Government of New Zealand is to be received as a benefit to the United States under the Act of March 11, 1941. Appropriate record of the aid received under this arrangement is to be kept by each Government.

A Note in reply from Mr. Hull formally records agreement with the terms and suggestions of Mr. Nash’s Note, and adds: “This further integration and strengthening of our common war effort gives me great satisfaction.”