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Australian Government - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Advancing the interests of Australia and Australians internationally

181 Sir Thomas Inskip, U.K. Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, to Commonwealth Government

Circular Cablegram C28 LONDON, 1 September 1939, 2.23 p.m.

MOST IMMEDIATE

SECRET. DEFENCE. Precautionary stage adopted against Germany and Italy. [1]

1 A warning telegram was also sent through the U.K. Admiralty. See message from Defence Department to Prime Minister's Department, 2 September 1939 (on file AA: A1608, A41/1/1, iv).

[AA: A1608, A41/1/1, iv]

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