Singapore, June 17. The defence conference between French and British military leaders will open here on June 22, it was announced today.
There will be 50 French and British leaders of military, naval and air forces in China, Hongkong, India, Ceylon, Singapore and Indo-China present at the conference which is to be held for the purpose of outlining strategy in the Far East in the event of an emergency.
Admiral Sir Perey Noble, Commander-in-Chief of the British China Station, will preside. The conference will be attended by Major-General A. E. Grassett, General Officer in Command of British forces in China; Major-General D. K. McLeod, G-O.C. in Burma; Vice-
Admiral Jean Decoux, Commander-n-Chief of the French Navy in the Far East; Lieut-General Maurice Martin, Commander-in-Chief of the French Forces in Indo-China; and Colonel Deveze of the French Air Staff—United Press.
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