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- … of aircraft allocation was to be reviewed in Washington. We were informed in July through liaison channels that your Air Staff considered that a force of 71 squadrons was an appropriate one for the defence of Australia. 2. In my cablegram … Minister, Washington, of the aircraft that have been allocated by the combined Chiefs of Staff to the Royal Australian Air Force. [4] 5. Including the present strength an aggregate of 30 R.A.A.F. squadrons are to be equipped and maintained by … are to be made available to be shipped in eight approximate equal monthly consignments. 7. The view of the Australian Air Staff is that the reserve for certain types of aircraft is altogether inadequate and unless actual wastage is replaced …https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/historical-documents/Pages/volume-06/28-curtin-to-churchill
- … two Governments are unanimous in support of the principle that (1) ownership, operation and control of the international air routes should be vested in the International Air Transport Authority, and (2) that in any devolution to national authorities by the international authority for the … only to agreed international requirements regarding safety and commitments in respect of the proposed international air authority in regard to facilities, landing and transit rights for international services, exchange of mails, &c. (b) The …https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/historical-documents/Pages/volume-07/22-conference-of-australian-and-new-zealand-ministers
- … was raised from reserves and despatched to New Guinea. Your telegram says that the action was concurred in by the Air Ministry in London. I would say that this seems hardly in conformity, with arrangements made during my visit to London … ask that you confirm with Bruce that he takes no action at present. [4] The moment he makes informal enquiries of the Air Ministry the whole situation will have to be disclosed to Churchill who, for all practical purposes, is in charge of the Air. 5. Please telegraph at once whether you will let me make approach as I recommend. [5] Best wishes. 1 See Document 240, …https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/historical-documents/Pages/volume-06/243-evatt-to-curtin
- … of position and request by him for despatch of one Australian Division from Middle East. He also refers to inadequate air support. It is understood that Sturdee has communicated with you regarding this matter. As it is one requiring immediate … but in view of press reports received regarding the progress of the Japanese and the considerable Australian land and air forces in Malaya it is a matter of paramount importance to know precisely the Commander-in-Chief's assessment of the … for long pressed the United Kingdom Government on the provision of the strength considered necessary for land, sea and air defence. Now that the actual threat has come and the enemy is making substantial progress on several fronts, we must …https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/historical-documents/Pages/volume-05/208-mr-john-curtin-prime-minister-to-mr-winston-churchill-uk-prime-minister-en-route-to-the-united-states
- … aeroplane. It also appears to us that the Allies are suffering from a grave disadvantage in numerical inferiority in the air. Thus we are forced to the conclusion that the immediate expansion of the air arm is the most vital necessity of the moment. This necessity will become paramount if the enemy occupies the Channel ports or embarks on large scale air operations against Britain. It will be obvious that in the initial stages such operations will be directed against our …https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/historical-documents/Pages/volume-03/261-mr-r-g-menzies-prime-minister-to-mr-w-s-churchill-uk-prime-minister
- … expressions of opinion by the Chiefs of Staff:- (i) In reply to the Minister for External Affairs [1] the Chief of the Air Staff [2] said that it would be impossible to use the Red Sea until the Italian air forces in the East African colonies had been rendered ineffective. The most likely manner in which this would be carried out would be by the destruction of air bases and petrol dumps and the denial of fuel supplies through the cutting off of importations. (ii) In reply to an …https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/historical-documents/Pages/volume-03/359-war-cabinet-minute
- … Aviation. He had been going into the suggestion that I threw out to Sir Hugh Trenchard [1]-that the Ismailia-Karachi air service should be extended in the first place to Colombo rather than Burma and Singapore, in order to give us some … flying people did not appreciate the problems or possibilities of commercial flying, and that on the subject of Imperial air communications, it was the Controllers of Civil Aviation who should get together. I said that I would put the suggestion … you, but that I also realised that you could not bring all your advisers with you. Brancker's ideas are that the main air line to Australia will eventually be by airship, with 'feeders' by aeroplane. It is a question in his mind whether the …https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/historical-documents/Pages/volume-17/74
- … sea and land forces. It follows that not only should fleets and armies be fashioned to assist the fullest development of air power, but that air power should assist in every possible way in enhancing the power of the other two Services. Unless this is done, there … three Services, are highly important in modern warfare for they lead to victory. The Navy may control the seaways; the Air Force may batter the enemy; but only the ground troops can occupy the enemy's territory and by so doing, inflict …https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/historical-documents/Pages/volume-08/118-defence-committee-minute-2341945
- … military aspects of the problem? (a) What troops could be sent, having regard to available transport facilities? (b) What air forces could be sent, having regard both to their availability and facilities for maintenance in Finland? (c) Would … non-co-operative? (g) If attitude of Norway and Sweden as suggested in (f) (ii) could necessary assistance be sent by air by utilising all United Kingdom and French troop carriers and requisitioning all available air liners to supply ground staff replacements etc. for air force and to transport troops? (4) If co-operation of Norway and …https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/historical-documents/Pages/volume-03/93-mr-s-m-bruce-high-commissioner-in-london-to-mr-r-g-menzies-prime-minister
- … Cablegram 738 21 October 1940, MOST SECRET AND PERSONAL The sustained air attacks on London, the main industrial centres, and the south-eastern counties generally, are creating some anxiety as … comparisons of trend in enemy and British strengths and offensive and defensive tactics of both sides. (2) The war in the air (i) A review of the damage due to enemy bombing in respect of- (a) military objectives; (b) civil objectives. (ii) The results of (i) (a) on- (A) Air Strength; (B) Military production. (iii) The results of (i) (b) on- (A) Commercial production. (iv) The results of (i) …https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/historical-documents/Pages/volume-04/179-mr-r-g-menzies-prime-minister-to-mr-s-m-bruce-high-commissioner-in-london