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(Untitled), [Apr 1941]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/37/98-101

Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC to the United Kingdom High Commissioners [in Canada, ?Malcolm MacDonald, Australia, Sir Geoffrey Whiskard, New Zealand, William Jordan], and the UK representative [in South Africa, 4th Lord Harlech, earlier William Ormsby-Gore], requesting they give a message to their Prime Ministers [Mackenzie King, Arthur Fadden (acting), Peter Fraser, and General Jan Smuts] on the Middle East: stating that German success in Cyrenaica [Libya] may endanger Egypt; reaffirming the decision to send troops to Greece; and commenting on the accelerated transfer of armaments to the Eastern Mediterranean to regain Cyrenaica.

Dates

  • Creation: [Apr 1941]

Conditions Governing Access

From the File:

Open

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Former / Other Reference

T 79

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