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(Untitled), 15 Mar 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/71B/164

Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC to General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East: comments on the implications of delaying an attack, particularly for Malta and North Africa and on comparative allied and enemy tank numbers; states that he is sending Sir Stafford Cripps [Lord Privy Seal] to India via Cairo [Egypt] to put across the views of the War Cabinet, accompanied by Lieutenant-General Archibald Nye [Vice-Chief of the Imperial General Staff].

Dates

  • Creation: 15 Mar 1942

Conditions Governing Access

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Open

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Former / Other Reference

T 383/2

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