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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S Government
TO BE KEPT UNDER LOCK AND KEY,
It is requested that special care may be taken to ensure the secrecy of this document.
امان
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SECRET.
C.0.S. (40) 482.
21ST JUNE, 1940.
EIRE:
WAR CABINET.
CHIEFS OF STAFF COMMITTEE.
COPY NO.
37
DESPATCH OF ROYAL MARINE BRIGADE.
Note by Secretary.
The Chiefs of Staff have proposed, and the Prime
Minister has agreed, that the Royal Marine Brigade shall be
despatched immediately to Ireland in the event of a call
for assistance from that country. The necessary shipping
for the Brigade is being sent to Milford Haven forthwith,
and instructions are being issued for such stores as are
possible to be loaded into the ships, so that the Brigade
can embark with the minimum delay when required to do so.
It has been agreed that the role of the Brigade is
to hold a bridge-head round a port at which, subsequently,
2.
Army formations can be landed.
3.
The following points require·
(a)
3.
decision
Who is to give the order to the Royal Marine
Striking Force to sail?
(10) What is to be their destination in Ireland?
When these questions have been answered, it is pro-
posed that a Directive for the Royal Marine Striking Force
should be prepared for its Commander.
(Signed) L.C. HOLLIS.
Richmond Terrace, S.W.1.
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