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(c) If the above solution should be adopted,
a detailed plan for the change-over would have to be prepared. After approval, it would have to be presented to the Greek Government. Shipping plans would also have to be considered. In the meantime, pending rearmament of the Greeks with British weapons, we should have to do all we could to sustain them on present lines.
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The decision involves issues of
the highest policy, and the Committee can do no more than state the case and leave the decision to the War Cabinet.
(e) A Recision is a matter of great urgency.
In this connection, attention is drawn to Sir H. Knatchbull-Hugessen's telegram No. 73 of 11th January, from which the following are extracts:
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Military Attaché learns from an excellent source, who has full knowledge of armament trade, that Greeks only have sufficient
ammunition till the end of February. As they are equipped with French and Czecho-Slovak artillery, this ammunition cannot be restocked. Germans realize this, and are waiting till shortage takes effect. They will then offer to arrange peace on basis of Greece receiving parts of Southern Albania, and will at the same time, threaten to invade Greece, if Greece refuses..
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As regards shortage of ammunition in Greece, previous experience shows that the Greeks are constitutionally improvident and will carry on until too late without realizing position".
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