Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 July 1952Vol. XXII, No. 12

Military Mission Touring

p. 133 · Read in the full issue

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Islands

CO observe local conditions and discuss defence matters with the Islands Administrations, a lew Zealand military Mission left mckland per RNZAF aircraft on uly 8.

It is scheduled to visit Fiji, Funa uti, Tarawa, Western Samoa, rongatabu, and Rarotonga; is led iy Chief of Naval Staff Commo dore F. A. Ballance; and consists f Army, Navy and Air Force offi ers, accompanied by officials from TZ Department of Territories, and Jritish services.

On return to NZ the Mission will :onfer with “those who are for mulating defence policy,” which is, >resumably, a prelude to the Paci ic Defence Council meeting sche iuled to be held in Honolulu in August.

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