SI Plan for China and Southeast Asia Page 3 3. To send Lieut. Koke, with one American and five Indonesians, to Colombo, to report to Ripley there. Ripley will be instructed to establish headquarters at Colombo and to undertake activities in accordance with the general plan of Project FE No. 22. 4. To direct Hutcheson to establish general headquarters at New Delhi. C Timetable for Further Development It is contemplated that the foregoing activities, once properly started, will expand rapidly, and will involve the employment, within six months to a year, of 180 officers, 570 enlisted men, a number of civilians and hundreds of natives. The precise rate and direction of development will be governed, of course, by the wishes of the Theater Commanders, the advice of our men on the ground, and the availability of transportation and military personnel. |