11.    You are authorized to control the issue of all
.communiques .concerning the forces under your .command.
 
       12.    Through the channels specified in Paragraph 18, you may
submit recommendations to the ABDA Gdvernments on any matters
pertaining to the furtherance of your mission.
 
        13.        LIMITATIONS. -
 
                 Your authority andcontrol with' respect to the
'various portions of the ABDA Area and to the forces assigned thereto
will normally be exercised through the commanders duly designated by
their respective gdvernments. Interference is to be avoided in the
administrative processes of the armed forces of any of the ABDA
Governments, including free communication between them and their
respective governments. No alteration or revision is to be
made in the ibasic tactical organization of such forces, and each
national .component of a task force w. ill normally operate under its
own commander and
    will not'be subdividedinto small units for attachment to the other
national components of the task force. In general, your instructions
.and orders will
be limited to those necessary for effective coordination of forces .in
the execution of your mission.
 
14.    RELATIONS WITIt ABDA GOVERNMENTS. -
 
                 The :ABDA 6dvernments will jointly and severally
support you in the execu~ion of the duties and responsibilities as
'herein defined, and in the exercise of the authority'herein delegated
andlimited. Commanders of all sea, !and, and air forces w. ithin your
Area will ~be immediately informedlby their respective governments
that, from a date to be notified, all orders and instructions issued by
you in conformity with the provisions of this directive will be
considered by such commanders as emanating from their respective
g~vernments.
 
        15.    If any of your 'immediate'subordinates, after making due
representationto you, still considers that obedience to your orders
would Jeopardize the national interests of his country to an extent
unJustified by the general
z situation in the ABDA Area, he has the right, subject to your being
immedl-
ately notified of such intention, to appeal direct to 'his own
government before carrying out the orders. Such appeals will. be made
by the most expeditious method, and a copy of the appeal will be
communicated simultaneously to you.
 
        16.       STAFF AND ASSUMPTION OF COMMAND. -
t
 
                  Your staff will include officers of each of the ABDA
powers. You are empowered to communicate immediately with the national
commanders in the
 
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