We recognise that the French Government
has been compelled to capitulate under duress and against the will of the French people. We ourselves intend to continue the war. France herself is in enemy occupation, but not her overseas possessions. We shall therefore do all in our power to assist these territories to defend
themselves under the flag of France against the enemy. We count upon their continued co-operation.
(c) We should do all in our power to persuade
Turkey to declare herself a belligerent, Possibly the offer of the Dodecanese might help.
(a) The Ministry of Economic Warfare should prepare plans for exerting economic pressure on those territories which refuse to co-operate, and that our own local representatives should be empowered to hold out this threat where necessary.
(e) We should try to induce the United States of
America to announce that any attempt to
change the status quo in the Far East or the Pacific will not be tolerated.
(f) We should press the French to concentrate the remnants of their anti-aircraft and fighter defences in North Africa at Casablanca, SO that we call use it as long as possible as a naval base if Gibraltar becomes unusable.
(Signed) C.L.N. NEWALL.
DUDLEY POUND.
J.G. DILL.
Richmond Terrace, S.W.1.
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