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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.

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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