shipping sufficient for 2 divisions can be moved from the
 SOUTH PACIFIC and be ready in PEARL HARBOR 
about 1 April 1944.
    b. If tills diversion is made, no ship-to-shore operations
 can be conducted in the SOUTH or S0UTWEST PACIFIC until
 completion of the MARSHALL ISLANDS campaign, but operations
 with a portion of one shore-to-shore division can probably
be conducted.
 
15. TO PEARL for MARSHALLS subsequent to the BISMARCK CAMPAIGN.
     a. On the assumption that operations for the capture of
 the BISMARCK  ARCHIPELAGO are projected immediately subsequent
 to the NEW GUINEA-SOLOMONS operations, and that their capture
will be completed about 1 April 1944, amphibious assault
shipping sufficient for 2 divisions can be moved from the
SOUTH PACIFIC and be ready in PEARL HARBOR about 1 July 1944.
 
16. To ANAKIM.
a. In order to arrive in CALCUTTA and be available at the 
 target date of ANAKIM, assault shipping must be released from
 operations in the SOUTHWEST  PACIFIC by mid-August.
 The diversion of the above craft will occur at the peak of
 operations directed by J.C.S. 238/5/D, and will place opera-
tions in that area in jeopardy.
 
 
PRODUCTI ON POOL
(See Appendix "C")
 
    17. The sailing port for LST's is NEW ORLEANS. The sailing port for LCI(L)'s is
HAMPTON ROADS. LCT(5)'s and smaller
types are assembled at various East and West Coast ports. The
flow of shipborne types from the United States depends entirely
 on shipping available.
 
18. Problem:
        To determine the implications of moving landing craft from
the production pool:
 
 
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