Cominch File       UNITED STATES FLEET
     HEADQUARTERS OF THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF
          NAVY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D.C.
 
                         MARCH 25, 1942
 
FROM:     CHIEF OF STAFF, ARMY
          COMINCH
 
TO:       COM EASTERN, GULF, WESTERN, NORTHWESTERN SEA FRONTIER
          COM NORTHEAST, SOUTHERN, WESTERN DEFENSE COMMAND
 
PENDING THE REACHING OF AGREEMENTS AS TO THE TERMS UNDER WHICH
UNITY OF COMMAND WILL BE EXCERCISED AS TO DEFENSE COMMANDS
COASTAL FRONTIERS AND SEA FRONTIERS AND AS AN INTEGRAL PART THEREOF
UNITY OF COMMAND AS SET FORTH IN PARA NINE BAKER PAREN TWO PAREN
AND PARA TEN OF JOINT ACTION OF THE ARMY AND NAVY NINETEEN
THIRTYFIVE IS HEREBY VESTED IN SEA FRONTIER COMMANDERS OVER ALL
NAVAL FORCES DULY ALLOCATED THERETO AND OVER ALL ARMY AIR UNITS
ALLOCATED BY DEFENSE COMMANDERS FOR OPERATIONS OVER THE SEA FOR
THE PROTECTION OF SHIPPING AND FOR ANTISUBMARINE AND OTHER
OPERATIONS AGAINST ENEMY SEABORNE ACTIVITIES PARA DEFENSE
COMMANDERS WILL ALLOCATE ARMY AIR UNITS ON FULL TIME BASIS BUT MAY
ROTATE THEM IN NOT LESS THAN TWO WEEK PERIODS AS REQUISITE FOR
ESSENTIAL TRAINING
 
 
E.J. KING                               G.C. MARSHALL