PRESS STATEMENT: PM 11/1964 - THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE HAS BEEN RECEIVED BY THE PRIME MINISTER, THE RT. HON. SIR ROBERT MENZIES, FROM THE PRIME MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND, THE RT. HON. K H HOLYOAKE
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THE FOLL1OVING i'iE: 5SAG) r BA2-j. 2: kI]:: IJn ii; lv BY THE PIRIiUf2, MINISTER,
THE RT. HON. SIR FOflERi' VU. E. ZEz3, R FRCM T'HE ,2W. 2 MINI' 6ER OF
NEW ZEALAD~ D, THE. ~ RI. HfiN*,. K. IIIHLOIK~
I have been dee-: iy shoed and distr-essod to ealn of
the disaster at Jervis Bay involINing vessels of' the Royal
Australian Navy. May I offer you mny very sincere sympathy and
regret that Australia and tiie Roy,. i hustrali. an Navy should have
suffered such a blow. On bshalf of the Government and people
of New Zealand I extend sincere sympathiy to the relatives of all
those involved.
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