Assignments Board. The United States and the United Kingdom are
 
the only powers who are in a position to dispatch to the other
 
countries opposing the Axis a portion of their own combat strength
 
as represented in airplanes, munitions, ships, naval units, and other
 
resources. The Staff provides the administrative machinery through
 
which this supporting effort is coordinated and properly balanced
 
between the United States and the United Kingdom according to our
 
respective capacities. The existence of these combined bodies does
 
not preclude deliberations with all other United Nations regarding
 
pertinent strategical situations. Quite the contrary. While other countries
 
 such as Canada or Russia are not represented on the Anglo-
 
American Joint Eaterial Staff, we have established a definite method
 
here in Washington for handling questions that involve each Allied
 
country. We have established a Pacific War Council, on which all
 
nations bordering on the Pacific are represented. Its members have
 
the task of studying political-strategic problems and reaching
 
common agreement concerning them. In more technical matters, repre-
 
sentatives of the particular power concerned, whether it is China,
 
Australia, the Dutch East Indies, or New Zealand, meet with the
 
Chiefs of Staff and not only present their special points of view,
 
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DECLASSIFIED MAR 2 8 1973