WEST AFRICAN AREAS
DENIAL BY MINISTER REPLY TO LABOUR CRITICISM United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. CopyrightCAPPTROWN, Feb. 22 Hon. O. Pirow, in the Assembly, replying to Labour criticism regarding his European tour, denied that he tried to negotiate the transfer to Germany of West African areas at the expense of Belgium and Portugal. “I did not suggest that if the Union retained certain territories as a result of negotiation someb-ody else would have to pay, hut if the territories were retained and compensation was payable those benefiting must pay." he said.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20739, 24 February 1939, Page 2
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90WEST AFRICAN AREAS Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20739, 24 February 1939, Page 2
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