(Untitled), 23 Feb 1942
Scope and Contents
Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Supreme Commander, South West Pacific] to WSC: states that he is planning to leave Java [Dutch East Indies, later Indonesia] on 25 February and to fly to India via Rangoon [Burma, later Myanmar]; thanks WSC for entrusting him with command in India and suggests that General Sir Alan Hartley [Commander- in-Chief, India] should remain as his deputy; believes WSC is right to try and use [the 7th] Australian division in Burma.
Dates
- Creation: 23 Feb 1942
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Former / Other Reference
T 283/2
Repository Details
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