Abstract
ABSTRACT In June and July 1940, Australia feared that a dispute over New Caledonia could spark open conflict between the British Empire and Japan. New Caledonia’s endowment of resources, particularly nickel, made it an important supplier of strategic metals to Japan and gave Tokyo a legitimate stake in the future of the archipelago. Canberra, in partnership with London, recognized the danger of Japan’s access to the archipelago’s resources but did not want to provoke the Japanese government. This article demonstrates that avoiding conflict with Japan became an important pre-occupation of Canberra and London in this period.
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