Following message has been sent to the Secretary of State for
Dominion Affairs [1] :-

MOST SECRET

With reference to your telegrams Circular D.68 of 9th November [2]
and Circular D.100 of 24th November. [3] His Majesty's Government
in New Zealand concur generally with the views on war aims which
His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom propose shortly to
express to the French Government. They wish however to suggest
certain verbal alterations in your telegram D.68 as follows:-

Paragraph 4 for 'willing and able voluntarily to accept their
terms' they suggest the substitution of 'willing and able
voluntarily to negotiate terms'.

Paragraph [7]. It is suggested that in place of 'never again be
allowed to build up a preponderant element of force in relation to
the United Kingdom and France' this sentence should be altered to
read 'never again be allowed to build up a preponderant armed
force to menace the peace of European nations and of the world'.

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