GOVERNORGKNKRAU,
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Your telegram of the 22nd
January, No. 9.     His Majesty's
Government in the United Kingdom agree
that Conference should meet, if
possible, by the middle of March or as
soon thereafter as may be practicable.
They are endeavouring to arrange for
United Kingdom service representative*
to be available at that time and will
telegraph further on this as soon as
possible,
As regards agenda of
Conference on the defence side, His
Majesty's Government in the United
Kingdom fully recognize importance of
the various matters referred to in your
telegram.     It will be appreciated
however that adequate consideration of
some
some of the topics mentioned, such as
vse set out under (d), (g) and (h) in
your telegram, would call for a meeting
more in the nature of an Imperial
Conference in which representatives of
other Dominions and India might wish to
participate.     On such topics it is
assumed that the task of the present
Conference will be merely exploratory
with a view to drawing up reports for
further consideration by the Governments
concerned.     This would not apply to
immediate practical problems such as
those mentioned under (a), (b) and (c),
which it is thought could be fully
discussed at the Conference with a view
to reaching definite conclusions. His
Uadesty's Government in the United
Kingdom agree to inclusion of (3) in
agenda.