(THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT). S E C R E T. C.O.S.(40) COPY NO. 6TH SEPTEMBER, 1940. WAR CABINET. CHIEFS OF STAFF COMMITTEE. PROBABLE EFFECT ON JAPAN OF AN EXTENSION OF THE FAR EASTERN HOSTILITIES TO INDO-CHINA. Draft Report. 1. At their meeting* on the 4th September the Cabinet "invited the Chiefs of Staff to report to what extent an extension of the Far Eastern hostilities to Indo-China would be likely to cause military or economic embarrassment to Japan, on the assumption that effective resistance was offered by the Government and population of Indo-China, aided perhaps by the Chinese".
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Cambodia China Dutch East Indies Indochina Japan Malaya Singapore
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/98/75
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/98
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0098.075
- Keywords
- Military Situation Reports Sino-japanese War Threat Of War With Japan Assessing Enemy Strength Colonies French Armed Forces French Navy Warships Military Strength French Army French Air Force Aircraft Japanese Air Force Japanese Army Japanese Navy Economy
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 7
- Persons Discussed
- Frederick Beaumont-Nesbitt Victor Cavendish-Bentinck C Edwards
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
