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provision of such presaea for use in the South-East Asia Sommand (including ultimately use by the urna8 and malayan Sivil Affairs

›ivil Affairs dninistrations)

dministrations), and the Ministry of Information is no ready to proceed with the ordering of these presses for these purposes,

hat we now want is authority to ask the Ministry of Information to add to the number of these mobile printing presses which are being ordered for use in the South-East Asia Command to additional prosses, one for Hong Kong and one for Borneo. e are tol that unles: we can get authority to have theer two additional presses added to the indent immediately, we shall be in danger of missing the bus. hat we should therefore iise is your sathority now to ask the Ministry of Information to order these two additional presses, leaving for future discussion the question of the financial lisbility.

Paskin.

since this letter was dictated, I have heard it said that, in anticipation of some such authority as that which I am now seeking, a... have asked the Ministry to provide an aditional prese for use in Borneo, but I have not yet been able to verify that this is the Cane. Je shoul however be glad to have your authority to order such a pres: for Borneo which, of course, we shall not exercise if we find that an order for s pros: for their use hus already been placed.