In 1935 the new head of the Prime Minister 's Department , Carl Berendsen , instigated McIntosh 's In February 1935 , Carl Berendsen , the new head of the Prime Minister 's Department , arranged for McIntosh to be as seconded to his department as a research officer . McIntosh organised an information and statistical section . In February 1936 he formally transferred to the Prime Minister 's Department and with time effectively became Berendsen 's deputy . Following the outbreak of the Second World War McIntosh was appointed to the war publicity committee , and was also among an ad hoc committee of government officials which censored books and periodicals entering the country . During the war years , McIntosh chaired the economic stabilisation committee , and worked closely with Prime Minister Peter Fraser . In late 1942 he accompanied the Peter Fraser , on a visit to the United States and Canada . Following Berendsen 's posting to Canberra in 1943 , McIntosh succeeded him as secretary of the War Cabinet . In the same year , he was appointed head of the newly established Department of External Affairs , the precursor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs . He accompanied Fraser to the Australia – New Zealand meeting in January 1944 and later that same year to the 1944 Commonwealth Prime Ministers ' Conference in London . McIntosh was a senior member of the New Zealand delegation to the San Francisco Conference in 1945 , which was to lead to the establishment of United Nations . In October 1945 he became , in addition to his other duties Permanent Head of the Prime Minister 's Department . 1946 saw him spending several months in Paris attending the peace conference while in 1947 he took part in Commonwealth talks in Canberra on the Japanese peace settlement . In 1948 he was a member of the New Zealand delegation to the United Nations General Assembly
1944 Commonwealth Prime Ministers ' Conference
1944 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference
Alister McIntosh