WAR COUNCIL
POSITION OF COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENTS. A CONTINUING CONFERENCE. OTTAWA, February 3. In the House of Commons on February 1, the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King, again reviewed arguments against the establishment of an Imperial War Cabinet or Council. He said that he knew that the views of the prime ministers of the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa were similar to his own. The position had changed greatly since the last war, chiefly because of the great- improvements in methods of communication and consultation which now were about as perfect as possible.
Canada was consulted on all major Questions and decisions could- not _ be reached by an Imperial War Cabinet as rapidly or with as full information as the present system provided. He referred to the constant flow of communications exchanged between the Commonwealth governments and to the discussions with the high commissioners. He said: “What we have today is a continuing conference between the cabinets of the British Commonwealth. Surely nothing could be better than that. Instead of a single war council at London you have a collective cabinet composed of the cabinets of the nations of the British Commonwealth.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 February 1943, Page 4
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