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Possibility of a Japanese Attack on South Africa

1 Oct 1941

APPENDIX A. MOST SECRET 021760. CIPHER TELEGRAM From:No. 203 Military Mission, Pretoria. Desp.1949 24/12/41. Recd.0520 25/12/41. To:The War Office. IMMEDIATE. G/55/3839 Cipher 24/12. 1. I have sent staff officer to Durban to study defence measures in light of recent developments in Pacific. Area Commander there agrees with me that in spite of present distances of Japanese bases the matter needs serious consideration and he has submitted report to Defence H.Q's pointing out inadequacy of existing measures.
singapore madagascar south africa japan libya russia second world war contingency planning military intelligence joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff imperial defence victor cavendish-bentinck geoffrey vickers predicting enemy intentions john godfrey charles medhurst japanese strategy
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Japan Libya Madagascar Russia Singapore South Africa
Document Reference
CAB 81/105/91
Document Types
Memorandum Correspondence
File Reference
CAB 81/105
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0105.091
Keywords
Predicting Enemy Intentions Japanese Strategy Contingency Planning Imperial Defence
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
Pages
3
Persons Discussed
Victor Cavendish-Bentinck John Godfrey Charles Medhurst Geoffrey Vickers
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Memoranda. October - December 1941. Papers Numbers. JIC 406-500. Volume XV
Themes
Military Intelligence

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