Cablegram 55 CANBERRA, 27 January 1942
IMMEDIATE MOST SECRET
Reference your No. 81. [1] We are going and have gone to the very limit in endeavouring to obtain reinforcements. Of course you will under no circumstances directly or indirectly advocate evacuation of Singapore. This is a matter of highest Government policy.
EVATT
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1 Document 306.
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[AA:A981, WAR 42]