My Telegram Circular D.76. [1]

Following for the Prime Minister.

War Cabinet have now considered further draft of His Majesty's
reply to the Queen of Holland and the King of the Belgians and the
reply will be despatched tomorrow morning Sunday in the form set
out in my telegram subject to the following amendments:-

(1) At the end of paragraph 3 the words 'which are overrun with
every circumstance of brutality' have been omitted.

(2) Paragraph 6 has been revised in the form suggested by His
Majesty's Government in Canada with the following additional
amendments:

(a) for 'the immediate occasion and decision' substitute 'the
immediate occasion leading to our decision'.

(b) the insertion before the quotation of 'in the words of my
Prime Minister in the United Kingdom'.

(c) the last sentence for 'on a number of occasions, including
statements' substitute 'on a number of occasions, in particular in
statements'.

Message will be published at 12 noon G.M.T. Sunday 12th November.