Area with a'v. iew to obtaining'staff officers essential to your earliest pos- z sible assumption of command. Your additional 'staff requirements w. ill'be.communicated as 'soo. n as possible to the ABDA :GOvernments through channels of' .communication described .in paragraph 18. 17. You w. ill report when you are .'.in a position effectively to carry out the essential functions of Supreme Command, so t/hat your assumption of .coma mand may be promulgated to all .concerned. 18. SUPERIOR AUTHORITY. - .. As Supreme Commander of the ABDA Area~ you will be directly res'ponsible to the ABDA Gdvernments through the agency defined in Annex '2. 'Signed (By Power furnishing Supreme Commander) Countersigned' Other ABDA Representatives. |