Cablegram P7[3] [1] LONDON, 21 March 1942, 11.38 a.m.
MOST IMMEDIATE FOR THE PRIME MINISTER MOST SECRET HIMSELF ALONE
Further to P.64 [2] and your 210. [3]
The Combined Chiefs of Staff Washington [on] [4] direct
instruction of President [5] pressing British Chiefs of Staff for
information as to whether plans may proceed on the assumption that
the 9th Division remains in the Middle East for the present.
Suggest you instruct Evatt [6] to take up the matter immediately
with the Combined Chiefs of Staff
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