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(Untitled), 14 Jun 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/76/111-112

Scope and Contents

Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander- in-Chief, India] to WSC marked "most immediate", "secret" and "personal" regarding possible offensive action in the Far East [see also CHAR 20/76/113-114]: comments on changes in the relative strengths of Japan and India over the last two months; comments on plans to recapture Burma [later Myanmar]; comments on the reluctance of Admiral Sir James Somerville [Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet] to operate from Ceylon [later Sri Lanka] or the Bay of Bengal; comments on the need for training of troops.

Dates

  • Creation: 14 Jun 1942

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Crown copyright

Extent

2 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Former / Other Reference

T 874/2

Bibliography

Part published: Winston S Churchill VII, p 123

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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