Prime Minister Expected To Attend War Council

Taranaki Daily News, 27 August 1942, Page 4

Prime Minister Expected To Attend War Council

Rec. 11 p.m. Washington, Aug. 25. It is announced from White House by the first secretary. Mr. Stephen Early, that Mr. Fraser reached the Pacific coast to-day and will proceed to Washington to be received by the President. Mr. Early said he assumed that Mr. Fraser would attend the Pacific War Council during his visit, but no details of his programme had yet been announced. Informed circles say President Roosevelt and Mr. Fraser will discuss worldwide war strategy and will be aided in their talks by the fact that Mr. Fraser recently held long conferences in Australia and by the fact that Mr. Nash has just returned from London, where he conferred with the War Cabinet, says the Watlington correspondent of the New York Times. Mr; Fraser is expected to sign new lend-lease agreements formalising the reciprocal aid New Zealand has been giving American troops. Mr. Fraser will also probably engage in second front conversations, because New Zealand is interested in any United Nations strategy affecting operations in the south-west Pacific. Mr. IVaser will be the guest of honour at a White House dinner to-morrow. President Roosevelt announced subsequently that he has invited the Prime Ministers of Australia and South Africa to visit him some time this year to confer on the war's progress.