(Untitled), 24 Mar 1942
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/72/89-91
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] informing him of the decision to storm and occupy Diego Suarez [Madagascar]: comments on the background to the operation [codenamed "Ironclad"] and asks for help should it become necessary to intercept French reinforcements from Dakar [Senegal] at the Cape.
Dates
- Creation: 24 Mar 1942
Conditions Governing Access
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Open
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Former / Other Reference
T 464/2
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Topical
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