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43 W. David McIntyre, New Zealand Prepares for War (Canterbury, 1988), pp. 193, 203-16, 241; McIntyre, 'Imperialism and Nationalism' in Geoffrey W. Rice (ed), The Oxford History of New Zealand (Melbourne, 2002), pp. 338-47; Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore had been part of the British delegation and confirmed publicly four years later that Frederick Jones, the NZ defence minister, 'had not appeared to be convinced' by his assurances that New Zealand would be all right as long as Singapore was held, 'Speech given at the Royal Empire Society, London by The Hon. Frederick Jones, MP', 8 June 1943, United Empire (Vol. 34, No. 5), p. 128.
44 Committee of Imperial Defence (Minutes of 355th Meeting), 2 May 1939, CAB2/8; Report of the Chiefs of Staff Sub-Committee (53rd Meeting), 20 June 1939, CAB27/625; 'Appreciation on the Far East', June 1939, CAB104/70; Raymond Callahan, 'The Illusion of Security, Singapore 1919-1942', Journal of Contemporary History (No. 9; April 1974), pp. 77-81; Ovendale, Appeasement and the English Speaking World, pp. 243-9; Lionel Wigmore, Australia in the War of1939-1945: Army Vol. 4, The Japanese Thrust (Canberra, 1957), pp. 6-12; S. Woodburn Kirby, The War Against Japan: Vol. 1, The Loss of Singapore (London, 1957), pp. 1-22.
45 Malcolm Murfett, 'Living in the Past: A Critical Re-examination of the Singapore Naval Strategy, 1918-1941',War and Society (Vol. 11, No. 1; May 1993), pp. 91-3.
46 DO to Dominion Prime Ministers, 13 June 1940, DO35/1003/2/11/1/1B.
47 Bruce to Menzies, 3 July 1940, Lord Bruce's War Files; Ismay to Bruce, 4 July 1940, DAFP IV, pp. 13-15; Dixon Memoirs, Batterbee Papers, Box 20/5.
48 'Singapore and the Empire', 1923, Chartwell Papers, CHAR8/338.
49 Churchill to Chamberlain, 25 March 1939, cited in A. J. Stockwell, 'Imperialism and Nationalism in South-East Asia' in Brown and Roger Louis (eds), OHBE4; Robert O'Neil, 'Churchill, Japan and British Security in the Pacific, 1904-1942' in Blake and Roger Louis (ed.), Churchill, pp. 279-86; ibid., Churchill to Chamberlain, 23 August 1939, cited in D. C. Watt, 'Churchill and Appeasement', p. 202.
50 Minutes of Meeting with Dominion Representatives, 20 November 1939, CAB99/1.
51 Murfett, 'Living in the Past', pp. 94-5; Callahan, 'The Illusion of Security', pp. 82-6.
52 War Cabinet submission by Curtin, 13 October 1941, DAFP V, pp. 133-6 .
53 Jeffrey Grey, The Military History of Australia (Cambridge, 1990), pp. 160-3.
54 Whiskard to Inskip, 19 June 1939, DO121/46; T. B. Millar, Australia in Peace and War (London, 1978), pp. 137, 140-1; Casey to Evatt, 25 October 1941, DAFP V.
55 Mackenzie King to Churchill, 25 October 1941, DO35/999/8/18.
56 Garner, The Commonwealth Office, p. 211.
57 Brooke-Popham to Ismay, 10 October 1941, Brooke-Popham Papers; the media in London meanwhile preferred to dwell on 'his hearty laugh, which he use[d] remarkably well as an evasive instrument when embarrassed by a touchy question', Evening News, 28 October 1941, DO35/999/8/18.
58 Page, Truant Surgeon, pp. 310-13; Diary, 5 November 1941, Cadogan Papers (Churchill College), ACAD1/10.
59 Diary, 3 December 1941, Massey Papers.
60 Memorandum on 'Machinery of Consultation', Sir Earle Page Papers (National Library of Australia, Canberra), Item No. 641.
61 Minute by Cranborne, 25 August 1941, DO35/1079/5; Churchill to Fadden, 31 August 1941, DAFP V, pp. 92-3; Advisory War Council Minute, 12 September 1941, DAFP V, pp. 106-108; ibid., Curtin to Cranborne, 16 October 1941, p. 149; Churchill to Curtin, 26 October 1941, pp. 153-4.
62 WCM(41)112, 12 November 1941, CAB65/24; John Pritchard, 'Winston Churchill, the Military and Imperial Defence in East Asia' in Saki Dockrill (ed.), From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima (London, 1994), pp. 42-4; S. Hatano and S. Asada, 'The Japanese Decision to Move South' in Boyce and Robertson (eds), Paths to War, pp. 399-403; Thorne, Allies of a Kind, pp. 51-85; 'Note of a Meeting between Halifax