(THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT). S E C R E T. J.P. 542. COPY NO. 30 COMMITTEE OF IMPERIAL DEFENCE. JOINT PLANNING SUB-COMMITTEE. COMMUNICATION OF BRITISH AND ALLIED POLICY TO COMMANDERS IN CHIEF IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND MIDDLE EAST. Note by Secretary. 1. The attached copy of a letterø from the D.D.M.O. covering a letter* from the head of the Middle East Intelligence Centre is circulated for consideration by the Sub-Committee. 2. I am instructed by the Secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence to say that the despatch of Committee of Imperial Defence Papers, or extracts from them, to Commanders abroad is neither customary nor desirable, except in the case of big appreciations to the despatch of which there is no alternative.