March 4, 1962.
 
MEMORANDUM FOR
 
                                 ADMIRAL STARK
                                 GENERAL MARSHALL
 
       While there is no assurance of war between Russia and 
Japan this Spring, such a war is always a definite possibility. 
This possibility is enhanced if the Japanese are able to 
withdraw a relatively large number of troops and planes 
from the southwest Pacific area, leaving only a containig 
force there.
 
        I think it would be a good thing if the United Staffs 
would hold one or two sessions in regard to the position 
of Great Britain and the United States in the event of 
such a war.
 
        It should be studied, of course, from all angles, 
such as an offensive by the United Nations, starting 
from the southern area, thus compelling Japan to send 
more forces there; second, from the point of view of the 
use of Chinese territory by Russia and the United States 
to conduct various kinds of offensives against Japan; 
third, from the point of view of opening up the Aleutian 
Islands route to Kamchatka and Siberia; the latter would 
also include, during the Summer months, the possibility 
of sending supplies to the Russian forces by an even 
more northerly route -- past Wrangel Island to the 
Arctic coast of Siberia and thence south.
 
 
 
                                                        F. D. R.