U. S.
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     f.   From the U. S. to the U. K. via Newfoundland, Canada, Greenland and Iceland.
     g.   From the U.S. to the U. K. via the Azores.
     h.   From the b. S. to Vladivostok via Alaska.
12.  The security of these routes involves:-
     a.   Well-balanced A - B naval and air dispositions.
               b.   Holding and capturing essential sea and air bases.
Closing and Tightening the Ring Around Germany
13.       This ring may be defined as a line running roughly as follows: ARCHANGEL - BLACK
SEA - ANATOLIA - THE NORTHERN SEABOARD OF THE MEDITERRANEAN - THE
WESTERN SEABOARD OF EUROPE.
     The main object will be to strengthen this ring, and close the gaps in it, by sustaining the
Russian front, by arming and supporting Turkey, by increasing our strength in the Middle East,
and by gaining possession of the whole North African coast.
14.       If this ring can be closed the blockade of Germany and Italy will be complete, and German
eruptions, e.g. towards the Persian Gulf, or to the Atlantic seaboard of Africa will be prevented-
Furthermore, the seizing of the North African coast may open the, Mediterranean to convoys,
thus enormously shortening the route to the Middle East and saving considerable tonnage now
employed in the long haul around the Cape.
The Undermining and Wearing Down of the German Resistance.
15.  In 1942, the main methods of wearing down Germany's resistance will be:-
     a.   Ever-increasing air bombardment by British and American Forces.
     b.   Assistance to Russia's offensive by all available means.
     c.   The blockade.
     d.   The maintenance of the spirit of revolt in the occupied countries, and the           organization of subversive movements.
     
 
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