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Coll 7/50 'Supply of war material to Burma' [‎5r] (10/15)

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The record is made up of 1 file (5 folios). It was created in 8 Apr 1948-10 Apr 1948. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Tills telegr ua is of particular secrecy unu should be
„ . mm tf 7.
The i Inister for Foreign Affairs sent for «ae on 1st
April to make urgent request for assistance in getting
certain ^*r material which Government required to enable
them to deal with the insurrections which ioight take place
as a result of strong measures they were taking against
Communists* ' he Government, he said, wanted six fighter
bombers, thirty armoured cars, one thousand each Bren^
Tommy and 3ten guns, three thousand rifles, four hundred
field wireless sets* similar appeals were being made to
United states and ndlan Ambassadors and a telegram had
been sent the night before to the Burmese mbassador.
New jelhi*
2* The inister agreed that I should first consult
the Head ol the services Mission anu the two mbassadors
in oraer to co~orulnatc action* I therefore arranged a
meeting with General Bourne and the two Ambassadors at
which General Bourne explained that the inister's list
bore little relation to the Army 1 ! real requirements as he
conceived thera* 12 agreed that it was necessary for the
matter fi^st to be threshed out between the Minister of
defence aw*. General Bourne* The United tates and Indian
mbassadora said they would gladly consult their
Governments ab jut the ^possibility of supplying any Material
which might not be available frota United Klngdm sources*
d. I tolu the Inister for Foreign affairs the
result of our meeting, ana he at once arranged for
■ inister of defence to see General ie* \u a result
ef that meeting, detailed requirements are now beinp
worked out by Burmese ana Mission experts. Meanwhile
the Burmese are now pressing fer nson Aircraft, and
General Bourne has telegraphed both to tendon and
ingapore about this# His discussions with the dnister
of Defence and the Burmese Government's request for
aircraft have been reported by the Mission to the '^ar
office ano. ir Ini to try gp* undec* j messages contained
in my telegrams Nos. 279, 285, 286 an I tp ingapore
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/(uy telegr ..a u*. 895

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Copy telegram sent by HM Legation Rangoon [Yangon] to HM High Commissioner, New Delhi, regarding a meeting with the Burmese Minister for Foreign Affairs, and requests for military equipment to deal with possible communist insurrections.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 7; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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