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PRIORITIES FOR UNITED STATES AND UNITED
 
KINGDOM OYERSEAS EXPEDITIONS IN THE
 
ATLANTIC OCEAN
 
REPORT BY THE U. S. - BRITISH JOINT PLANNING COMMITTEE
 
         1.    One of the directives to the Joint Planning Committee issued by the Chiefs of Staff Committee on December 24, 1941, may be summarized as follows'-
 
                    Study and report outline plans for the overseas employment
of United States and British troops in the Atlantic region,
indicating recommended relative priorities of importance'
 
                            The relief by United States troops of British troops
in Iceland and North Ireland.
 
                   b_      The occupation by invitation of the following positions'
 
(1) The Azores.
(2) The Cape Verde Islands.
(3) The Canary Islands.
(4) French West Africa.
(5) French North Africa.
(6) Diego Suarez in Madagascar.
(7) Curacao and Aruba.
(8) Northeast Brazil.
 
          2.    The Joint Planning Committee recommends that the initial occupation by invitation of the foreign positions indicated in the directlye should be allocated as follows'
 
                            To the United States- the occupation of the Cape Verde
Islands~ French West Africa, Curacao and Aruba, Northe%st Brazil.
 
                    b    To the United Kingdom - the occupation of the Azores, the
Canary Islands, and Diego Suarez in Madagascar.
 
                     c    To the United States and tile United Kingdom acting jointly-
the occupation of French North Africa.
 
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