Skip to main content

(Untitled), 05 Jun 1942

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/76/43-44

Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, India] marked "most secret": asks to be sent the plan for the counter offensive in Upper Burma [later Myanmar]; comments on communications between Wavell and Admiral Sir James Somerville [Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet]; expresses concern that Wavell has received news of damage to HMS Ramillies in Madagascar as this was to be kept secret; states that there was never any intention of sending all the landing craft and troops used in "Ironclad" [codename for operation against Madagascar] to Australia; comments on a malaria outbreak among 13th Brigade.

Dates

  • Creation: 05 Jun 1942

Conditions Governing Access

From the File:

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Crown copyright

Extent

1 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Former / Other Reference

T 825/2

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

Contact:
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 336087