SI Plan for China and Southeast Asia                                                                      Page 3
 
                     3. To send Lieut. Koke, with one American and five Indonesians, to Colombo, to 
 
report to Ripley there. Ripley will be instructed to establish headquarters at Colombo and to 
 
undertake activities in accordance with the general plan of Project FE No. 22.
 
          4. To direct Hutcheson to establish general headquarters at
 
New Delhi.
 
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               Timetable for Further Development
 
                     It is contemplated that the foregoing activities, once properly started, will expand 
 
rapidly, and will involve the employment, within six months to a year, of 180 officers, 570 enlisted 
 
men, a number of civilians and hundreds of natives. The precise rate and direction of development 
 
will be governed, of course, by the wishes of the Theater Commanders, the advice of our men on 
 
the ground, and the availability of transportation and military personnel.