§ 87. Commander Nobleasked the Secretary of State for War why only about three weeks warning was given to families recently informed that they would not now be able to join their husbands serving in Japan.
§ Mr. M. StewartThe Army families concerned were notified on 10th October, the same day as advice was received from Headquarters, British Commonwealth Occupation Forces, suggesting that the despatch of any further families to Japan should be deferred. I regret any inconvenience caused, but I would point out that only one of the Army families concerned had actually been allotted a passage and received instructions to embark on 6th November.