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C.O.S. (41) 76.
6TH FEBRUARY, 1941.
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WAR CABINET.
CHIEFS OF STAFF COMMITTEE.
POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH SERVICES TO THE MIDDLE EAST,
Memorandum by the Chief of the Imperial General Staff,
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The Chiefs of Staff, at their Meeting 4th January, 1941, after considering a telegram from Commanders-in-Chief, Mediterranean and Middle East, complaining of these services, expressed the hope that the Postmaster-General would set up a Committee to look into the matter, and invited the Service Departments to appoint senior representatives to assist in any inquiry set on foot by the Postmaster-General.
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A Committee was formed under the Chairmanship of the late Lord Lloyd, with the Postmaster-General as Vice- Chairman and the Quartermaster-General as War Office representative.
This Committee met on the 8th and 9th January, when the question of E.F.M. messages was dealt with. (C.O.S.(41) 37th Meeting, Minute 5).
Since then, however, owing to the illness and death of Lord Lloyd and the subsequent illness of the Postmaster- General, no further meetings have been held.
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In addition to the dissatisfaction expressed by the Commanders-in-Chief, Mediterranean and Middle East, complaints are now appearing in the Press.
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The matter is one requiring immediate action. suggest that the Chiefs of Staff should again represent the urgency of the problem to the Postmaster-General.
(Signed) R.H. HAINING.
Vice-Chief of the Imperial General Staff.
War Office,
C.O.S. (41) 8th Meeting, Minute 4.
6TH FEBRUARY, 1941.
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