POINTS ON WHICH BRITISH AGREEMENT IS SOUGHT,  UNDER
CONDITIONS STATED IN PARAGRAPH 3 a
 
       a.    In cooperation with commanders of adjacent areas, the United States Representative to
be permitted to establish and/or use bases, routes, and staging areas in India and Burma to
support his operations in and north of Burma.
 
       b.    The United States Representative to be authorized to make every effort to increase the
capacity of the Burma route, throughout its length from Rangoon to Chungking. To do this he
will probably be given complete executive control of the China Section of the route. On the
British Section, control will still be exercised by the British authorities, both military and civil. To
achieve the general aim, these British authorities will be instructed to carry out every possible
improvement to the route in accordance with the requirements of the United States
Representative and will accept such American technicians and equipment as may be necessary for
the improvement of facilities in the Port of Rangoon and along the route itself.
 
       c.    The United States Representative, by arrangement with the British Commanders in
Burma, to be permitted to construct and/or use necessary airfields in Burma.
 
      d.    The United States Representative to be accepted as the principal liaison agency between
the Supreme Commander of the ABDA Area and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.
 
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