HC Deb 21 August 1940 vol 364 c1336W
Mr. Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for War whether, with a view to the more efficient co-ordination of defence in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika, he will consider the desirability of appointing a commander-in-chief with supreme authority over all the military forces in these three countries for the duration of the war?

Sir E. Grigg

Steps have been taken to co-ordinate the defence of these territories, but my hon. Friend will perhaps agree that it would not be in the national interest to give further information.

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