Became off sudden interest to the British 
      Empire and to the United States as stepping stones for commercial 
      airplanes between America and Australasia. Both nations claimed 
      sovereignty. Both nations had good cases. To enter into a long 
      drawn out argument could have meant ill-will between us and delay 
      in the use of the Islands by either nation. It was suggested 
      that the problem be solved by the joint use of both Islands by 
      both nations, and, by a gentleman's agreement, to defer the question 
      of sovereignty until the year 1989. 
 
      If this illustration of the use of methods of peace, divorced 
      from aggression, could only be universally followed, relations 
      between all countries would rest upon a sure foundation, and 
      men and women everywhere could once more look upon a happy, a 
      prosperous and a peaceful world.
 
      May this kind of understanding between our countries grow ever 
      closer, and may our friendship prosper. Ladies and gentlemen, 
      we drink to the health of His Majesty, King George VI.
 
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