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(Untitled), 07 Apr 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/73/68

Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] commenting on the presence of a large Japanese naval force in the Indian Ocean; wonders whether these movements are a prelude to an invasion of Ceylon [later Sri Lanka] and suggests that the United States Pacific Fleet might be used to compel the Japanese naval forces back to the Pacific.

Dates

  • Creation: 07 Apr 1942

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Open

Language of Materials

English

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Former / Other Reference

T 547/2

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Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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