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EVENTS INMALAYA--GENERAL SURVEY--DEFENCE OF SINGAPORE
 
        ISLAND.....................33
 
Para. 24.--Preparatory Defensive Measures in the Island.........33
            (a) Initiation of defence scheme against landward attack                   .     33
            (b) Scope of fixed defence guns ......                                           34
            (c) Resources of food, etc ........                                              34
            (d) Progress made with general defensive measures .                  .     .     34
            (e) The" denial "policy ........                                                 35
Para. 25,mOutline of Development of Operations ....  36
            (a) Removal of Fighter aircraft to Sumatra ....                                  36
            (b) Reorganization of Indian formations ....                                     36
            (c) Organization for defence ......                                              37
            (d) Period of enemy preparations ......                                          37
            (e) First enemy landings .......                                                 38
            (f) Second main landing .......                                                  38
            (g) Orders for defence to the last ......                                        38
             (h) Enemy commander's demand for surrender                    .     .     .     39
            (j) Development of operations in the Island ....                                   39
             (k) Intimation of the exhaustion of the defenders .                   .     .     39
             (l) Further developments in the operations ....                                   40
            (m) Denial of important property to the enemy                  .     .     .     40
             (n) Australian Commander's intended action ....                                    41
             (o) Developments leading to surrender .....                                        41
             (10) Cessation of communication with Singapore ....                                42
             (9) Reasons for Japanese success in Malaya ....                                    42
             (r) Gallant work by the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy .                         42
             (s) Cessation of air support .......                                               42
 
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27.--Air Operations ........                                                          43
    (a) Control of air operations ......                                              43
    (b) Early air operations .......                                                  43
   ~(c) Operations after beginning of enemy land advance                  .     .     44
   (d) Co-operation of the American Volunteer Group                       .     .     45
    (e) Demands for reinforcing aircraft .....                                         45
    (f) Co-operation in land operations, lm22 Feb ....                                 45
    (g) Construction of new landing grounds and limitations of air
          warning system ........                                                     46
28.--Operations in Southern Tenasserim .....      47
29.~Naval Defence of Burma .......                48
30.--Operations in the area Thailand Frontier~Salween Rivex~--
        Sittang River ........                                                        49
31.--Chinese Assistance in Burma ......           51
32.~British Military Mission to China ....                                       -    51
33.--Communications India-Burma-China, and Lease-Lend
        Material for China ........                                                   51
34.mAndaman and Nicobar Islands ....                                    '.       .     52
 
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Para. 26.--Control of Burma .                  .     .