Memorandum from Secretary of State Dean Acheson to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachments
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OCR Page 1 of 4DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON
August 8, 1946
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
Subject: New Zealand Regrets in Connection
with Statement of Cabinet Minister
Your attention is invited to telegram no. 414 of
August 5, 1946, from the American Minister at Wellington
reporting criticism by The Honorable Robert Semple, New
Zealand Minister of Works. A copy of this telegram is
attached for your convenience.
Also attached is a copy of a letter received from
Mr. John S. Reid, in charge of the New Zealand Legation
in the absence of the Minister, expressing the regrets
of the New Zealand Prime Minister in respect of the
comments of Mr. Semple, as well as a copy of a press
statement issued in New Zealand by Mr. Semple retracting
his statements and publicly apologizing for them.
I have written to Mr. Reid expressing my thanks
for his letter and informing him that the message from
the New Zealand Prime Minister has been conveyed to you.
Mr. Semple's remarks appear to have received no
publicity in the United States and, in these circumstances,
it would seem unnecessary to give his retraction and
apology to the press.
Enclosures:
Telegram from Wellington,
no. 414, of August 5, 1946.
Acting Secretary
From John S. Reid, New Zealand
Legation, dated August 5, 1946.
Press statement by
The Honorable Robert Semple,
New Zealand Minister of Works.
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