ANNEX "C"
 
                 Draft telegram from British Chiefs of Staff to Chiefs of Staff Commit tee, London:
 
Please put following to Lord Privy Seal:
 
                  It is of highest importance that General Wavell should exercise supreme colremand without delay, as soon as he reports himself ready to do so.
 
Please propose to Dutch and Australian Governments that
as soon as General Wayell reports himself as ready he should be au-
    thorized to assume command~ pending the acceptance by those Governments of the ABDA machinery as set out in Annex II of his directive.
 
United States Chiefs of Staff agree.
 
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