The proposal had been accepted by a meeting of the War Cabinet in London at which Menzies was present but the Australian Prime Minister had been told by Churchill that both Freyberg and Blamey approved of the expedition.
Forslaget var ganske vist blevet godkendt på et møde i krigskabinettet i London, hvor Mr. Menzies deltog, men den australske premierminister havde af Churchill fået at vide at såvel Freyberg som Blamey gik ind for ekspeditionen.