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TO BE KEPT UNDER LOOK AND KEY.
It is requested that special care may be taken to ensure the secrecy of this document.
THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT).
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This do was considered at cos(4) 419 Meeting.
SECRET.
C.0.S.(41) 740
COPY NO
235
11TH DECEMBER, 1941.
WAR CABINET
CHIEFS OF STAFF COMMITTEE.
EMPLOYMENT OF ANTI-AIRCRAFT UNITS M.N.B.D.O.I. IN DEFENCE OF CEYLON AND FOR REINFORCEMENTS IN
THE FAR EAST
Memorandum by the Vice Chief of Naval Staff, Admiralty.
It is requested that the Committee will consider this memorandum in conjunction with the memorandum by tr General Staff, War Office, on the subject of A.A. reinfor ments for the Far East.
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An A. A. Brigade consisting of:
Brigade Headquarters
One Regiment Heavy A. A. of Three Btys. (24 guns) One Battery Light A.A. of 4 Troops (16 guns) One G.0.R,
Four Sections R.D.F. G/Lo
can immediately be formed from the R. M. personnel of the A.A. Units of the L.N.B.D.O. now in Egypt. A certain number of remnants of the balance of the A. A. Brigade are available in Egypt who could be used as first reinforcements There are also a certain number of R.M. personnel principally trained as Coast Defence gunners, now in Ceylon, who might if necessary be trained for further reinforcements.
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It will be recalled that the M.N.B.D.O. was originally despatched to the Middle East to be at the disposal of the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean, in conjunction with the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Middle East, for the provision of defences to meet new Fleet requirements. At the time there was a possibility of defended bases being required for the Fleet in the treek Islands and possibly Turkish waters.
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When consideration was given to the despatch of this force it was also agreed that by positioning the M.N.B.D.O. in the Middle East they would be available for reinforcements to the Far East or the provision of new defended bases in event of war with Japan.
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