JOINT BOARD ESTIMATE OF
                UNITED STATES OVER-ALL PRODUCTION
                          REQUIREMENTS.
 
II.  MAJOR MILITARY POLICY.  (Cont'd)
 
     12.  The Joint Board also holds the view that, if, under present circumstances, Japan
should advance against the British in Malaya and against the Dutch in the Netherlands East Indies,
British and Dutch forces probably could not successfully withstand such an advance in the
absence of active military assistance by the United States.  The result of an attack by Japan on the
Eastern Siberian Soviet Republic cannot now be predicted.
 
     13.  In view of the preceding considerations, the Joint Board recommends that the
over-all production and material objective of the United States be designed to meet United States
needs while engaged simultaneously in war against Germany and Japan, under either of the
following acts of circumstances:
 
     a.   While associated as a belligerent with the British Commonwealth, the Netherlands          East Indies, Russia, and China.
 
     b.   While associated as a belligerent with Canada and some of the Latin American         countries, other belligerent Powers having been defeated by Germany and Japan.
 
     14.  Due to inadequate industrial capacity and material resources, frequently Powers
must look to the United States for a large part of the munitions and other materials which they
will require for success.  The munitions and other materials which may be produced or controlled
by United States should be divided between itself and friendly Powers in such a manner as to
effectuate the success of the military strategy adopted by the United States as best calculated to
defeat our common enemies.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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