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  1. India Secretary: Antiwar and defeatist rumours spreading especially in recruiting areas. No strong antipathy to Japan ow.ly/9jz2G about 22 hours ago via HootSuite
  2. Colonial Secretary: Their fate is so terrible, "I cannot feel it is right to abandon them in their extremity" ow.ly/9juMC about 24 hours ago via HootSuite
  3. Colonial Secretary proposes to relax rules on immigration into Palestine for "refugees from enemy persecution" ow.ly/9juqF about 24 hours ago via HootSuite
  4. All Ministers of Cabinet rank to meet at midday tomorrow to discuss Mr Attlee's draft Declaration on future of India ow.ly/9jtMG 4:30 AM Mar 4th via HootSuite
  5. PM: Large number of ships which left Singapore now considerably overdue. I fear we have suffered considerable losses ow.ly/9jtyo 4:00 AM Mar 4th via HootSuite
  6. Food Minister: Weekly egg ration may rise to 3-4 in March. Milk to 2.5 pints "then to 3 pints as soon as possible" ow.ly/9j50f 3:15 AM Mar 3rd via HootSuite
  7. Food Minister: January one of the worst months on record for landing of fish but tea imports highest since start of war ow.ly/9j4IY 3:01 AM Mar 3rd via HootSuite
  8. Wireless reports being received Western Australian town of Broome under attack from Japanese airforce 5:20 PM Mar 2nd via HootSuite
  9. Cabinet agrees recreation "essential for those taking their share in the war effort". "No interference" with facilities ow.ly/9guH8 10:46 AM Mar 2nd via HootSuite
  10. Eden to tell Belgians UK will "look with favour" on closer union - will avoid impression UK "particularly enthusiastic" ow.ly/9gtLm 10:16 AM Mar 2nd via HootSuite
  11. Minister of Information "invited to warn the Press that we could not expect to put up any long resistance in Java" ow.ly/9gt8j 9:50 AM Mar 2nd via HootSuite
  12. General Brooke: "Heavy casualties on both sides" around Sittang River in Burma. Three Japanese landings on Java ow.ly/9gt3E 9:46 AM Mar 2nd via HootSuite
  13. Air Chief: Low cloud and fog impeding our bomber operations in Europe. 50 enemy raids on Malta this week ow.ly/9gsQu 9:32 AM Mar 2nd via HootSuite
  14. India Secretary: I feel it my duty to express the conviction that plan will "affect adversely" morale of Indian troops ow.ly/9gsCl 3:15 AM Mar 2nd via HootSuite
  15. New Dominions Secretary Clement Attlee sets out plans for "earliest possible realisation of self government in India" ow.ly/9gs0r 3:01 AM Mar 2nd via HootSuite
  16. Dominions Office reports on Canada in war. PM "has no gifts that strike the eye, still less that fire the imagination" ow.ly/9ftzg 8:01 AM Feb 28th via HootSuite
  17. Commanders-in-Chief Middle East request new Cabinet Minister to replace "indispensable" outgoing Minister of State ow.ly/9ftQ6 3:00 AM Feb 28th via HootSuite
  18. Morrison calls for clarity on public entertainments. "Should we frankly accept 'Total War must mean Total Misery'"? ow.ly/9fsOw 3:00 AM Feb 27th via HootSuite
  19. Chiefs of Staff: Evacuation of civilians from Rangoon has begun. The railway has almost ceased to function ow.ly/9c058 1:15 AM Feb 26th via HootSuite
  20. Chiefs of Staff: Heavy Soviet attacks to relieve Leningrad have been held up by the strength of German defensive system ow.ly/9bZZd 1:00 AM Feb 26th via HootSuite
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