ANNEX 1
 
(TO ANNEX 3, JCCSs-6)
 
BOUNDARIES OF ABDA AREA
 
1.      The ABDA Area is bounded as follows:
 
                 On the North:            By the boundary between:Indiaand Burma, thence
                                          eastward along the Chinese frontier andcoast-
                                          line to the latitude of 30x ~North., thence along
                                          the parallel of 30c North to the meridian of
                                          140 o East.
 
                    Note: Indo-China and Thailand are not included in this area.
 
                  On the East'             By the meridian of 140x East from 30c 'North, to
                                           the:equator, thence east to longitude 141x East,
                                           thence South to the boundary of Dutch :New Guinea
                                           on the South Coast, thence east along the South-
                                           ern New Guinea Coast to the mer. idian of 143c
                                           East, then south down this meridian to thecoast
                                           of Australia.
 
        On the South: By the northern coast of Australia from the meridian of 143c East~ westward to the meridian of
                        114x East, thence northwestward to latitude 15x South, longitude 92x East.
 
On the West:    By the meridian of 92x East.
 
       2. Forces assigned to the ABDA and adjacent areas are authorized to extend their opera~ions .into other areas as may be required.