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being overthrown. From an officer on General Simovitch's staff 
      I hear that it is intended to hand the Prince Regent over to 
      the British.
 
      The impression I gained from journalists as a whole was that 
      the General was now committed to a course of action from which 
      nothing would deter him. Please inform General Wavell for his 
      own secret information, but otherwise regard as highly secret 
      as any leakage would compromise chance of success for the coup 
      d'etat.