o v v. i i i [ -:  OF   IMPERIAL DEFENCE,
2P Whitehall Gardens, 3.W. 1,
.d tho following number quoted.
COMailTTEE OF IMPERIAL DEFENCE,
I.D./D/8.
2, Whitehall Gardens,
London, S.W. 1.
30th June, 1937.
- SECRET -
Sir,
I am directed to forward herewith, for the information
of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, tv/o copies of
an extract from the Minutes of the 294th Meeting of the
Committee of Imperial Defence held on 17th June, 1937,
regarding the Strategic Importance of the Pacific Islands.
A similar letter has "been addressed to the Treasury,
Foreign Office, Dominions Office, India Office, V/ar Office,
Admiralty, Air Ministry, Board of Trade and to the Burma
Office.
I am
Sir
Your ooedient Servant
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.