Cipher message no. CS/1284 from Auchinleck to Field Marshal Smuts, declaring that he has no intention of giving up Tobruk, which he hopes is only temporarily isolated; stating that [Lt.-Gen. Neil] Ritchie will defend Tobruk and the strong Sollum-Maddalena position which has been prepared for a long time against such a contingency; and that Maj.-Gen. [Hendrik] Klopper (2nd South African Division), who is in overall charge in Tobruk, has his full confidence and that of Ritchie. Typescript.
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- ReferenceGB 133 AUC/937
- Dates of Creation19 Jun 1942
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