U.S.
BRITISH
 
It is recommended that, until such time as the wider problem of the unified control of all available
forces in the South West Pacific Area is solved--
 
     (a)  Under the assumption that the Philippines and Singapore both hold, the total
reinforcemmnts available up to 1st February, 1942, as shown on the attached table, should go
forvard as now arranged, subject to the direction of the commander to whom they are assigned.
     (b)  Under the assumption that Singapore and the Netherlands East Indies hold, but the
Philippines do not, the total U.S. reinforcements available up to 1st February, 1992, should be
employed in furtherance of the defences of key points on the Malay Barrier, and for protection of
the vital lines of communication from the east  In the absence of unity of command, detailed
dispositions of these reinforcements must be left to the senior U. S. Army commander, in
collaboration with the senior British, Dutch, and Australian commanders. Under this assumption
the planned disposition of British reinforcements remains unchanged.
     (c)  Under the assmuption that neither Singapore nor the Philippines hold, the total
reinforcements available up to 1st February, 1942, be used for the defence of the remainder of the
Malay Barrier, Burma, and Australia, U.S. reinforcements being used to the eastward, and British
reinforcements to the Westward.
 
NOTE:- The subject of reinforcements for New Zealand and Fiji is being considered separately.
 
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