(Untitled), 28 May 1942
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] marked "personal and most secret" commenting on his recommendations regarding strategy: comments on British naval, land and air reinforcements for India; states that he believes the Japanese will strike north against Chiang-Kai-shek [Chinese Nationalist leader] and comments on the possibility of striking eastward at the Japanese through Burma [later Myanmar]; states that it will be difficult to meet a really heavy German attack by the Caucasus and Caspian but believes that there is no reason at present to assume that the Russian Front will break; comments on Britain's treaty with the Soviet Union.
Dates
- Creation: 28 May 1942
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright: Crown copyright
Extent
2 folio(s)
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Former / Other Reference
T 770/2
Repository Details
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