PACIFIC GOODWILL
FREE FRANCE & NEW ZEALAND. ‘ EXCHANGE OF GREETINGS 'By Telegraph—Press zXssociation.' WELLINGTON. This Day ) New Year greetings and expressions! of goodwill have been exchanged by | the Prime Minister of New Zealand, j Mr Fraser, and the High Commis- I sioner for Free France in the Pacific. ’ M. Sautot. On January 1 the Prime j j Minister received the following mes- ; I sage from M. Sautot: — "On the occasion of the New Year. ; i I send your Excellency wishes of ■ , happiness and prosperity from the i I French population in the Pacific, and! ' express the admiration we feel for! j the magnificent war effort made by ! • your country, and for the victories won i ■in T.ibya. Free Frenchmen of the Pa- j cific rejoice that they will shortly be ; able to rejoin the heroic soldiers of I New Zealand on the African battle-' fields.” To this the Prime Minister has sent the foHowing reply:— "I warmly reciprocate the semi- j ments contained in your telegram ot December 31. I have no doubt what-i ever of the ultimate success of the - forces of right over those of wrong; and i look forward to the day when j the gallant representatives of Free* France in the Pacific will fight alongside our men. I extend to you and your people all good wishes for a prosperous and successful year."
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 January 1941, Page 9
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