His most important diplomatic task while in London was relaying to Wellington the seriousness of New Zealand's 1976 rugby tour of South Africa and its potential impact on New Zealand's participation in the upcoming Olympic Games in Montreal. His confidential cables cautioned that the All Black tour was perceived abroad as giving tacit support to the apartheid regime in South Africa.
His most critical diplomatic assignment while in London was transmitting to Wellington the gravity of New Zealand's 1976 rugby tour of South Africa and its possible influence on New Zealand's participation in the upcoming Olympic Games in Montreal. His secret cables warned that the All Black tour was perceived internationally as implicitly supporting the apartheid regime in South Africa.