Neame’s abandoning the only defensible position west of the escarpment, most of his broken down tanks [the Brits never developed the field recovery and repair units for tanks the Germans did], and has ordered Benghazi prepped for demolition.
And back in London? “Libya. No change in the situation “ Don’t these people talk to each other? ‘Cause the genie is now officially out of the bottle. And 15th Pz. is in-country.
I imagine they talk to each other. But I don't think they see the primary purpose of news releases as giving the outside world the most accurate, up-to-date information available, regardless of how it reflects on the British military.
I think they are afraid to mention that things have begun to unravel.