MAINTENANCE OF COMMUNICATIONS
 
        10.       THE MAIN SEA ROUTES WHICH MUST BE SECURED IN:-
 
a. From the United States to the United Kingdom.
 
               From the United States and the United Kingdom to North Russia.
 
            c. The various routes from the United Kingdom and the United
States to Freetown South America, and the Cape.
 
            d. The routes in the Indian Ocean to the Red Sea and Persian Gulf to India and Burma, to the East Indies and to Australasia.
 
            e. The route through the Panama Canal and the United States coastal traffic.
 
           f. The Pacific routes from the United States and the Panama Canal to Alaska, Hawaii, Australia, and the Far East.
 
                 In addition to the above routes, we shall do everything possible to open up and secure the Mediterranean route.
 
        11.       THE MAIN AIR ROUTES WHICH MUST BE SECURED ARE:-
 
             g. From the United States to South America, Ascension, Freetown, Takoradi, and Cairo.
 
b. From the United Kingdom to Gibraltar, Malta and Cairo.
 
            c. From Cairo to Karachi, Calcutta, China, Malaya, Philippines, Australasia.
 
             d. From the United States to Australia via Hawaii, Christmas Island, Canionn, Palmyra, Samoa, Fiji, New Caledonia.
 
            e. The routes from Australia to the Philippines and Malaya via
the Netherlands East Indies.
 
            f. From the United States to the United Kingdom via Newfoundland, Canada, Greenland, and Iceland. 
 
        g. From the United States to the United Kingdom and the Azores.
 
        h. From the United States to Vladivostok, via Alaska.
 
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