DOMINION DEFENCE
VIEWS OF MR J. A. LEE
AN INVASION UNLIKELY. ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY OF A RAID. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Continuing the Address-in-Reply Debate in the House of Representatives, Mr J. A. Lee declared that he was not one of those who believed that an invasion of New Zealand was likely. There was, however, always the possibility of a raid. To talk of invasion was merely to create a fantastic bogey, and he believed that New Zealand’s existing equipment, if something untoward did not occur, was sufficient for us to give a good account of ourselves. He was confident the Government would be able to enrol more than sixteen thousand Territorials, and he did not visualisb them being called on to defend anything more than New Zealand, but if an emergency did arise, the Government of the day and the people of the country would determine what should be done.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 July 1939, Page 6
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153DOMINION DEFENCE Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 July 1939, Page 6
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