ENCLOSURE "A"
 
OUTLINE PLAN FOR THE SEIZURE AND OCCUPATION
               OF  CRETE AND THE DODECANESE
 
 
5. Statement of the Problem
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To prepare an outline plan for the seizure and occupation
 
of CRETE and the DODECANESE.
 
6. Assumptions
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 a.   HUSKY is successfully completed by mid-August, 1943.
 b.   The bomber offensive against AXIS installations on the
 Continent is increasing in intensity and will seriously 
 reduce the AXIS war potential.
 
c.   GERMANY'S operations against RUSSIA in 1943 will not
 be decisive, and RUSSIA will remain an important factor in 
the war.
 
d.  A  cross-channel operation will not be feasible in 1943 
unless the military power of GERMANY has disintegrated 
appreciably.
 
e. An invasion of the BRITISH ISLES or of TURKEY is not
 considered an AXIS capability. An AXIS invasion of the
 IBERIAN  PENINSULA is improbable. SPAIN, PORTUGAL and
 TURKEY remain neutral.
 
f. The Battle of the ATLANTIC remains serious in its 
shipping implications.
 
g. UNITED NATIONS commitments in the PACIFIC and Asiatic
 areas and to RUSSIA remain substantially as now planned.
 
7. Mission of the operation
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   To seize and occupy CRETE and the DODECANESE in order to
 provide bases for further operations against the BALKANS.
 
8. Concept of the operation (See Ohart, Appendix "A")
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  An amphibious operation launched from bases in the eastern 
MEDITERRANEAN for the purpose of capturing CRETE and
 the DODECANESE.