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Australian Government - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Advancing the interests of Australia and Australians internationally

411 Prime Minister's Department to Mr H.A. Peterson, Australian Government Commissioner in the Netherlands East Indies

Cablegram unnumbered 7 December 1939,

SECRET

At request of Government of Netherlands East Indies, Mr Casey [1] and Brodribb [2] have arranged for discussion Netherlands Army authorities at Sourabaya during the evening that they will spend there on their way through to Australia by air. [3] Please inform Netherlands authorities that they expect arrive Sourabaya approximately 14th December, date depending upon flying boat maintaining schedule time.

1 R.G. Casey, Minister for Supply and Development.

2 N.K.S. Brodribb, Controller-General of Munitions Supply.

3 For information on the background to this discussion, which was concerned with the supply of ammunition, see file AA: A981, NE1 15, i.

[AA: A1608, F27/2/3]

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