(6) The Prime Minister said that if the present air battle went in our favour, it would greatly increase our prestige. But it would not materially affect the military measures against Japan. A war with Japan would fundamentally affect our strategy in the Middle East. The right course was to go some way in offering inducements to Japan, and possibly also to go some way in using threats but not to commit ourselves irrevocably to forcible action. 2. The War Cabinet: "(a) invited the Foreign Secretary to sound the United States Government about the possibility of their sending a Cruiser Squadron to Singapore, on a ceremonial visit.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Burma China Indochina Japan Singapore United States of America
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/98/74
- Document Types
- Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 81/98
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0098.074
- Keywords
- Military Situation Reports Sino-japanese War Threat Of War With Japan Intelligence Requirements
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 2
- Persons Discussed
- C Edwards Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
