(Untitled), 27 Dec 1941
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/47/93-96
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC to Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] asking him to spare United States tanks and aeroplanes from Acrobat [codename for the operation against Tripoli, Libya], to defend Malaya [later Malaysia] and Singapore; United States will send troops to Northern Ireland, bomb Germany from Britain, and support Gymnast [codename for the plans for the British occupation of North West Africa].
Dates
- Creation: 27 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access
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Open
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Former / Other Reference
T 1071
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
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Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 336087
archives@chu.cam.ac.uk