AUSTRALIAN LEGATION, WASHINGTON, D.C. December 13th, 1941 My dear Mr. Secretary of State, I enclose herewith a personal message which I have just received and which I have been asked by the Prime Minister of Australia, the Honourable John Curtin, to convey to the President. I also attach copy of an appreciation of the situation regarding the defence of Rabaul and New Caledonia by the Australian Chiefs of Staff, which is referred to in Mr. Curtin's message to the President. Yours sincerely, The Secretary of State of the United States, Washington, D.C. |