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(Untitled), 13 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/219/11-14

Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of New Zealand [Peter Fraser] (San Francisco [United States]) marked "Top Secret and Personal. Winch No. 2" stating that as the New Zealand Division is in Trieste [Italy], he is repeating President Harry Truman's telegram to WSC on taking a firm line with Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia] over disputed territories in north-east Italy and southern Austria and his reply; and expressing his enthusiasm for Truman's stance even if it means a "showdown" with the Soviet Union.

Dates

  • Creation: 13 May 1945

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Copyright: Not known

Extent

4 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Former / Other Reference

T 909/5

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