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Document of the day - 16th May

Volume 3
No. 91
Peadar MacMahon (Dublin) to J.P. Walshe (Dublin)

IFS Military Attaché in London
16th May 1927

Appointment of Military Representative at High Commissioner's Office, London
I am directed by the Minister for Defence to state for the information of your Minister that for some time past the necessity for having a permanent Military Attaché in London has been seriously felt by the Army. Such an officer would be of immense value to the Forces who would thus be enabled to keep in touch with the latest developments in military science and equipment in England and, possibly, indirectly, in other countries.