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We wish to stress the extreme importance of a show of strength in the Far East during the next few critical months. We therefore urge most strongly that the two Hornet Squadrons should be sent out to Malaya with the least possible delay.
TOO 061530GH
CIRCULATION
D. C.O.R.
Foreign Office
War Registry, Admiralty Message Control, War Office
Registry Telegrams, Air Ministry Chief of Combined Operations Staff Secretary of State for the Colonies Colonel Leisching, Colonial Office