Title:SPEECH BY MAJOR-GENERAL PAKENHAM-WALSH IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 2826
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Summary: Two slightly different versions of a speech by Major-General Ridley P Pakenham-Walsh OBE MC, Controller General Army Provisions, Central Provision Office (Eastern Group) based at Simla, India, from 1943 to 1945. The speech was made during a visit to Australia and New Zealand in order to explain the work of the Central Provision Office and to express the hope that he and his colleague Mr Elliot may be able to draw on the resources of Australia and New Zealand for the stores and provisions for which the Eastern Group Organisation was responsible.
