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(Untitled), 18 May 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/75/51

Scope and Contents

Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander- in-Chief India] to WSC marked "most secret" reporting on the latest situation in Burma [later Myanmar] and north east India: comments on the movements and "excellent health and spirits" of General Harold Alexander [General Officer Commanding Burma]; states that the troops from Burma have been collected in the Imphal area [India] and comments on their numbers and morale; reports that there has been no news of whereabouts of Lieutenant-General Joseph Stilwell [Chief of Staff to Generalissimo Chiang-Kai-shek and Commander of United States forces in China, India and Burma] nor of Chinese troops; asks for an authoritative account of the Coral Sea battle.

Dates

  • Creation: 18 May 1942

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Crown copyright

Extent

1 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Former / Other Reference

T 741/2

Repository Details

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