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This series consists of a small collection of miscellaneous reports and conference papers apparently maintained by Prime Minister John Curtin during World War II.

The reports (items 1-2, 8-9) relate to an inquiry into newspaper reports on a trade delegation to the United States (1941), civil aviation (1944), political warfare against Japan (1945) and coordination and control of supplies in wartime (1950). The remaining material (items 3-7, 10) mainly dates from 1944 and relates to a Conference of Australian and New Zealand Ministers on Pacific Affairs, Department of Supply and Shipping activities, discussions held in London on Empire air mail services and other postal matters, War Cabinet procedure and inter-departmental consultation.

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