CO129-583-9 Pte David Eckford- transfer to England to serve term of life imprisonment 16-9-1940 - 4-12-1940 — Page 12

OUTWARD TELEGRAM

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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government, and should be END

kept under Lock and Key.]

(F 3855/1473/10)

LIMITED DISTRIBUTION.

Code telegram to Mr. George (Shanghai).

Foreign Office.

No. 47. (R)

IMPORTANT.

19th August, 1940.

11.40 p.m.

CUEIVED

hhh

JOSEP 1940 O REGY

Private

Your despatch No. 161 [of June 28th

David Eckford].

I agree that Eckford should be sent to United Kingdom to serve his sentence.

If there is still time you should arrange for him to be taken by the troops to Singapore whence the remainder of the journey can be arranged in due course.

Repeated to Singapore No. 844.

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