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I thank you for your letter of the 2nd August and I regret very much that I shall not have the honour and pleasure of meeting you.

I am most grateful to you for your agreement to my suggestlon that your Brigade in the Middle East should take part in the defence of the fortress of Tobruk. I know very well that no fortress could have morę staunch defenders, and I have no doubt whatever that your regiments will find thore the opportunity for which I know they have been waiting.

I assure you that I will make it my personal concem to ensure that they shall be fully eąuipped and that they shall be employed as a complete unit, together with the Officers¹ Legion. As regards armoured vehicles, I cannot promise that the Brigade will be supplied with these in the first instance, as there is only a limited number of tanks in Tobruk. Such tanks as are in Tobruk are at present fully rnanned by the Royal Armoured Corps, but I will do my best to ensure that your Brigade shall receive some armoured

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His Excellency General Sikorski,

Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief, Polish Porces,

Rubens Hotel,

Buckingham Pałace Road,

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