Your No. 1236 paras- 3, 4 and 5. [1]

1. In view of current discussion and speculation here on the
future status of Manus as reported in my telegrams Nos- 721, 726
and 750 [2], it would seem desirable that the Commonwealth
Government's views should be kept clearly before the United States
Government lest pressures on the United States Administration and
Congress coupled with the continued retention of the Admiralty
islands within United States Military jurisdiction should set in
motion a trend towards permanent and exclusive United States
control of Manus which might be difficult to arrest if so desired
at a later stage. I am still not clear from your telegram 1236 how
much importance the Commonwealth attaches to the future status of
Manus but you may feel that I should reinforce any approach to the
United States authorities which the United Kingdom Government may
make in accordance with your request.

2. As you will have seen by the news today, the Assistant
Secretary of the Navy [3] has publicly sponsored an extensive
claim for bases including Manus.