RECALL TO LONDON
MR. A. DUFF COOPER MISSION CONCLUDED DUTIES IN SINGAPORE (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 10 a.m. RUGBY, Jan. 11. The following announcement about Mr. A. Duff Cooper’s appointment in the Far East was made from the Prime Minister’s office: “The arrangements made in Washington in connection with the appointment of General Sir Archibald Wavell as'supreme bom-mander-in-chief in the south-west Pacific necessarily brings to an end the mission of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster as Resident Minister of Cabinet rank at Singapore. The Chancellor of the Duchy has been asked by His Majesty’s Government to wind up his mission and return home.” Following his recall, Mr. Duff Cooper is winding up his mission and returning to London as soon as possible, states a Singapore message.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20661, 12 January 1942, Page 4
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133RECALL TO LONDON Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20661, 12 January 1942, Page 4
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