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(THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS DRITANNIC 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.

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MOST SECRET.

C.0.S. (40) 453 (J.P.)

(Also Paper No.

J.P. (40) 237.

Diabete

13th JUNE, 1940.

453 (J P.)

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COPY NO.

WAR

CABINET.

CHIEFS OF STAFF COMMITTEE.

PLANS TO MEET A CERTAIN EVENTUALITY.

Note by the Joint Planning Sub-Committee submitting to the Chiefs of Staff a Military Appreciation for the use of His Majesty's

Ambassador at Washington.

ċ.o.s.

In the course of the preparation of Paper No. C.O.S. (40) 440 (J.P.) on the 9th June, discussion turned on the presentation of our case to the Americans in the event of a French collapse.

2.

We have prepared a short draft aide memoire to assist Lord Lothian in presenting to the American Government the facts of the military situation in which we should be placed in the event of a French collapse.

Cabinet War Room.

(Signed) C.S. DANIEL.

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I.S.O. PLAYFAIR,

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J.C. SLESSOR.

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