SUB-ANTARCTIC WATCH
Sir,-As a "coastwatcher" at the Auckland Islands in 1942-43, I was an interested reader of the account of an interview with J. H. Sorensen published under the title of "Ultima Thule" in The Listener dated June 14. It is good to know that the wartime activities at the Sub-dntarctic Islands, so long shrouded in official secrecy, have a certain news value, now that the lid is off. I would, however, like to question the statement that "No ships except enemy vessels had called at either Auckland or Campbell Islands fcr ten vears when H.M.S. Achilles went there in November, 1940." The disclosure of many secret war activities at present tempts me to invite some reader of The Listener, with more precise knowledge of the matter than I can claim, to comment on the statement quoted ad.ve. Where, for instance, was H.M.S. Leander on the last few days of September,
1939?
C.A.
F.
(Wellington).
(H.M.S. Leander visited Campbell and Auckland Islands on September 29 and 30, 1939, and was at Auckland Island again on November 15, 1939,--Ed.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 366, 28 June 1946, Page 5
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