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(f) We should try to induce the United States of

America to announce that any attempt to

change the status quo in the Far East or the Pacific will be treated as a casus belli,

(g) We should press the French to concentrate the remnants of their anti-aircraft and fighter defences in North Africa at Casablanca, so that we can use it as long as possible as a naval base if Gibraltar becomes unusable, (h) We should organise tribal risings in North

Africa.

Cabinet War Room.

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