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4. We hope the Canadian Government will

agree with this line.

Whether there are

we seatin

to be newsreels or not must depend on their

wishes.

But Į

If newsreels are made for distribution

in the United States there may be a temptation

to suggest in them that the arrival of the

battalions represents a stage in a joint

British-United States policy. We hope that

any such temptation will be firmly resisted.

5. I am sending copies of this letter to

Holmes at the Dominions Office and Cornwall-

Jones at the War Cabinet Offices.

MS

yours sincerely (sad) Ashley

1/X1

blanke

NOTHING

BE

ΤΟ

WRITTEN

IN

THIS

MARGIN.

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