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    "ocrText": "STORES\nHe therefore felt that as in the past they could best be\nutilized in some other thoater. He said that to make this\npossible New Zealand would have to know, in the event the\nunlikely occurred and they were attacked, that someone,\npreferably the United States, would \"rive them a hand\"\nIn this part of the discussion he said that when\nseemed imminent in the last war New Zealand had\nits troops back from the Near East and help had been\nfortheoming with the result that the attack was averted\n. ARCHIVES \"NATIONAL RECORDS ANO\nKashmir\nCONERAGE SERVICE\"\nThe Secretary said in view of the conversation yesterday\nat the station that he would be glad to discuss this question\nand hear the viows of the Prime Minister on it in the light\nof his concern and that he had asked Mr. Mathows to join the\nmeeting as he wea handling this problem for us. In summary\nthe Prime Minister explained rathor fully the discussion on\nthis question which took place at the time of the recent\nCommonwealth Meeting in London. The Prime Ministor expressed\nthe opinion that ways had been found to meot in a reasonable\nway the major points made by Mr. Nohru and that he could not\nescape the conviction that Mr. Nehru did not desire a\nsettlement of this question. The Prime Minister stated that\nhe viowed the matter with great seriousness feoling that the\nonly alternative to finding the solution promptly might well\nbe warfare between the two peoples.\nJapanese Treaty\nThe Secretary said he wanted to refer to this matter\nalthouph he understood that New Zealand knew our dotailed\nviews and that Mr. . Dulles would be discussing them further\nwith the Now Zealand Government on his present trip. The\nPrime Manister stated that he thought Now Zealand would\nhave little difficulty with the treaty although they would.\nwant to be certain that appropriate controls were placed\non rearmament. He said he was convinced that it was necessary\nand that in fact in any event Japan and westorn Germany would\nrearm and it was better to handle the rearmament under our\ncontrol than to permit it to follow a course over which we\nmight not have control. The Prime Minister added however\nthat if Prime Minister Menzies of Australia had known he\nwas talking to the Secretary today he would have asked him\nto point out that there was very strong public opinion on\nthe question if the Japanese treaty in Australia.\nHe said\nSPORT"
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