Key Information
Reference code
TAYLOR, GF 7
Title
Telegrams relating to Taylor's tour of the South West Pacific Area, May-Jul 1945
Date(s)
- 1945 May-Jul (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Telegrams between Taylor, ‘CD’ [Maj Gen Colin McVean Gubbins], ‘AD 4’ [Col Bickham Aldred Cowan Sweet-Escott] and ‘DU’ [Col Chapman Walker, Head of Special Operations Australia, SOA], on topics including: changes to the boundaries of South East Asia Command (SEAC) and SWPA; the future role and organisation of SOA; clandestine operations in the Dutch East Indies (DEI); intelligence sharing; a meeting in London between ‘BB100’ [Colin Mackenzie] and Prince Bernhard, Supreme Commander of the Netherlands Armed Forces, to discuss the possible deployment of Dutch forces in SEAC.