Your telegram 513 of 7th August, 1941. [1]

Following for the Prime Minister.

1. Your telegram 456 was immediately referred by telegram to the
Commander in Chief, Middle East, with the direction that the views
of His Majesty's Government in the Commonwealth of Australia
should be given full and sympathetic consideration. The proposals
raised therein together with the additional points in your
telegram 513 have now been discussed with General Auchinleck who
recently came to London for consultation and returns very shortly
to the Middle East.

2. We entirely agree in principle that the Australian Imperial
Forces should be concentrated into one force as soon as possible,
and General Auchinleck has undertaken to see to this immediately
on his return. He does not anticipate any difficulty except in
regard to the garrison of Tobruk. He is as anxious as you in this
connection to relieve this garrison.