TROOPS FOR MALAYA
DESPATCH AT EARLY DATE FROM INDIA. A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. By Tpk-graph—Press Association —Copyright (Received This Day, 9.20 a.m.) SINGAPORE. July 31. An official communique announces: “Certain troops are to be despatched at an early date from India to Malaya. This move, which is a precautionarymeasure. has been under consideration for some time."
It is understood that the troops will be largely Indian and in considerable numbers. It is regarded as a further move in strengthening Empire strategic points.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 August 1939, Page 7
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