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- 1939-1946 (Creation)
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Communiques from the resident commissioners of England and France in the New Hebrides requesting a coastal watch for strange vessels and aircrafts (13 Sep 1939), discussing the declaration of war by Britain (15 Sep 1939), asking for British citizens to convey the facts of the war to the native population (20 Sep 1939), implementing a pause on land transfer and sales (22 May 1940), discussing the likelihood of men being called to service (14 Jun 1940), a notice that trade may be disrupted and actions to take (26 Jun 1940), evacuation schemes for the islands (6 Dec 1941, 19 Jan 1942), instructions in the event of enemy invasion (5 Mar 1942), correspondence regarding the conscription of natives (24 Apr 1942), memorial day speech (30 May 1943), circular regarding applications for certificates of essentiality (13 May 1944), communique from a US flagship discussing ships anchored off Undine Bay and likely sea mine activity (10 Jan 1946)
Corsair Courier (26-27 Feb 1944, 29 Feb 1944, 1 Mar 1944).
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Includes fragile, faded thermal paper.