PEACE ULTIMATUM
New Zealand Was Not Consulted
The New Zealand Government was not consulted before the Potsdam peace ultimatum was issued to Japan, and shared the regret of the Commonwealth Government as expressed by Dr. Evatt that this proclamation was issued without previous consultation witli Australia and New Zealand, which had actively participated in the war in the Far East and were vitally interested in the nature of the peace settlement with Japan, stated the Prime Minister, Mr. FRASER. He gave this information in a written reply to a question asked by Mr. Adernmn (N.. New Plymouth I. The Prime Minister added that the peace terms foreshadowed in the proclamation directed toward the Japanese people did seem to convey an impression of greater leniency than the full and detailed plans for Germany as worked out at Potsdam, but subsequent events hail shown that there was no intention of being lenient in the execution of the final terms of Japanese surrender, in order to ensure the destruction of Japan's war-making power.
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Dominion, Volume 38, Issue 278, 23 August 1945, Page 8
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170PEACE ULTIMATUM Dominion, Volume 38, Issue 278, 23 August 1945, Page 8
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