March 10, 1942.
 
 
MEMORANDUM FOR THE ADJUTANT GENERAL:
 
                              Subject: Far Eastern Situation.
 
          The Chief of Staff directs that a secret message, as
follows, be sent by the most expeditious means possible consistent
with secrecy to the Commanding General, USAFIA, Melbourne, Australia:
 
           PERSONAL FROM GERNERAL MARSHALL TO BE SEEN BY DECODING
 
CLERK AND GENERAL BRETT ONLY STOP WITH FURTHER REFERENCE TO
 
THE SPECIAL MISSION MENTIONED IN MY FOUR THREE NINE COMMA  IT
 
APPEARS PROBABLE THAT GENERAL MACARTHUR WILL LAND IN AUSTRALIA
 
ON MARCH SEVENTEENTH STOP   UNTIL THAT TIME YOIU ARE TO KEEP
 
THIS ENTIRE MATTER ON OF PROFOUND SECRECY STOP PARA THE
 
FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS TO YOU FROM THE PRESIDENT COLON
 
GENERAL MACARTHUR HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO TELEGRAPH YOU AT
 
MELBOURNE IMMEDIATELY UPON THE PRIME MINISTER OR OTHER
 
APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENTAL OFFICIAL OF AUSTRALIA COMMA STANDING
 
THAT YOUR CALL IS MADE BY DIRECTION OF THE PRESIDENT STOP
 
YOU ARE TO NOTIFY THE PRIME MINISTER THAT GENERAL MACARTHUR
 
HAS LANDED IN AUSTRALIA AND HAS ASSUMED COMMAND OF ALL U.S.
 
ARMY FORCES THEREIN STOP YOU WILL PROPOSE THAT THE AUSTRALIAN
 
GOVERNMENT NOMINATE GENERAL MACARTHUR AS THE SUPREME COMMANDER
 
OF THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA COMMA AND WILL RECOMMAND THAT
 
THE NOMINATION BE SUBMITTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO LONDON AND 
 
 
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