Endnotes for Chapter XIX
1 See Ch. XVI, above.
2 Msg, Chiang Kai-shek to President, 9 Dec
43 CM-IN 5966.
3 SS 197, 15 Dec 43, title: Reply to the Generalissimo's Msg of 9 Dec 43,
App. A, ABC 381 SS Papers,
Nos. 196-213 (7 Jan 43).
4 Msg, President to Stilwell for the Generalissimo, 20 Dec 43, in Stilwell
Personal File, Book 5, Item 1946.
5 Msg, Chiang Kai-shek to Roosevelt, 23 Dec 43 CM-IN 14570.
6
(1) Msg, Stilwell to Marshall, 19 Dec 43, CM-IN 11918. (2) Msg, Hearn to
Marshall, 23 Dec 43, CMIN 14577. (3) Msg, President to Chiang Kai-shek, 27
Dec 43, CM-OUT 9888.
7 (1) SS 217, 6 Jan 44, title: Offensive Operations in the Southeast Asia
Theater During the Present Dry Season, ABC 381 SS Papers, NOS. 214-27 (7 Jan
43) (2) Msg, Hearn to Marshall, 2 Jan 44, CM-IN 1161. (3) Msg, Hearn to
Marshall, 4 Jan 44, CMIN 2562. (4) Min, 140th mtg CCS, 7 Jan 44. (5) Memo,
Hearn for Mme. Chiang, 11 Jan 44, no sub, in Stilwell Personal File, Book
3, Item 263. (6) Msg, President to Chiang, 14 Jan 44, in Stilwell Personal
File, Book 5, Item 1629. (7) Mountbatten Report, pp. 29-30.
8 (1) Msg, Maj Gen Daniel I. Sultan to Gen Marshall, 6 Jan 44, GM-IN 3447 (2)
Msg Sultan to Marshall, 9 Jan 44, CM-IN rgg8. (3) Ltr, Wedemeyer to
Marshall, 17 Jan 44, no sub, OYD file on A. C. Wedemeyer.
9 (1) Ltr, Wedemeyer to Marshall, 17 Jan 44, no sub, OPD file on A. C.
Wedemeyer. (2) Msg, Sultan to Stilwell, 14 Jan 44, in Stilwell Personal
Radio File, Book 6A, Item 16. Although Stilwell in his capacity as
commanding general of the U.S. forces in the CBI was authorized to send a
mission to the War Department, Mountbatten felt that as Deputy Commander,
SEAC, Stilwell was undercutting his commanding officer.
10 JIC 154/1, 30 Dec 43, title: China's Relations to the United Nations in
the War Against Japan,
11 Memo, Roberts for ACofS OPD, 8 Jan 44, sub: Future Military Value of the
China Theater, OPD file on A. C. Wedemeyer.
12 Memo, Handy for Roberts, 8 Jan 44, no sub, OPD file on A. C. Wedemeyer.
13 Memo, Billo for Roberts, 13 Jan 44, sub: Future Military Value of the China
Theater, OPD file on A. C. Wedemeyer.
14 Memo, Hull for Handy, 20 Jan 44, no sub, OPD file on A, G. Wedemeyer.
15 Memo, Billo for Roberts, 1 Feb 44, sub: Asiatic Conf, filed with SS z44,
in ABC 381 SS Papers, Nos. 241-50 (7 Jan 43).
16 SS 244, 8 Feb 44, sub: Asiatic Conf, in ABC 381 SS Papers, Nos. 241-50 (7
Jan 43). General Ferris, Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boatner, Col. Francis G.
Brink, and Lt. Col. Francis Hill were the CBI representatives.
17 Memo, Marshall for Leahy, 20 Feb 44, no sub,
with two incls, Item 64, Exec 10.
18 Ibid.
19 Memo, Marshall for Leahy, 20 Feb 44, no sub, Item 6.1, Exec 10.
20 Msg, Marshall to Stilwell, 21 Feb 44, CM-OUT 8879.
21 Memo, Marshall for Leahy, 24 Feb 44, no sub, OPD 381 Security, 297.
22 (1) Msg, SEACOS 99, Mountbatten to Br COS, 21 Feb 44, Item 66, Exec
10.
(2) Ltr, Marshall to Dill, 23 Feb 44, no sub, OPD 381 Security, 297. (3) Msg,
Prime Minister to President, 25 Feb 44, Item 6gb, Exec 10. (4) Memo, P. L.
F. [Col Paul L. Freeman, Jr.] for Gen Roberts, 25 Feb 44, no sub, OPD 381
Security, 297. (5) Memo, F. D. R. for Leahy, 1 Mar 44, no sub, Item 70, Exec
10.
Although Wedemeyer supported SEAC's strategy loyally during the Axons
mission, he later stated that he did not believe in it in "heart and mind."
See ltr, Wedemeyer to Handy, 27 Oct 44, no sub, OPD 384 TS, 77.
23 Msg,
Marshall to Stilwell, 2 Mar 44, in Stilwell Personal Radio File, Book 6,
Item 2063.
The British and American staffs both explored the possibility of
easing this strained situation by dividing the CBI into two theaters (China
and Burma-India) and of simplifying the complicated command structure, but
the logistical interdependence between China and Burma-India made the
proposed solutions appear unfeasible to the War Department staff for the
present. See: (1) msg, Dill to SACSEA, 10 Mar 44, Item 57, Exec 10; (2) msg,
Mountbatten to Dill, 19 Mar 44, Item 57, Exec 10; and (3) memo for CofS,
unsigned, 14 Mar 44, sub: Arguments Pro and Con Separating CBI Into Two
Commands, Item 66, Exec 10.
24 (1) Msg, Stilwell to Marshall, 17 Mar 44, CMIN tt455. (2) Memo, Marshall
for President, 19 Mar 44, no sub, Item 55, Exec to. (3) Msg, Mountbatten to
Br COS, 17 Mar 44, Item 66, Exec 10. (4) Msg, Chiang to President, 29 Mar
44, Stilwell Personal Radio File, Book 6, Item 2145.
25 (1) Memo, Marshall for President, 3 Apr 44. no sub, Item 55, Exec to.
(2) Msg, Hearn to Marshall, 14
Apr 44, CM-IN 10243.
26 Memo, Handy for Somervell, 19 Apr 44, sub: CCS 421-Expansion of India as
a Base of Operations, OPD 381 TS, 351.
27 Memo, Wood for Bandy, 21 Mar 44, sub: Burma Operations, OPD
381 Security,
297.
28 (1) Min, 151st mtg CCS, 24 Mar 44. (2) Msg, Handy to Stilwell, 27 Mar
44, CM-OUT 14679.
29 (1) Msg, Sultan to Marshall, 16 Apr 44, CM-IN 11846. (2) Msg, Stilwell to
Marshall, 16 Apr 44, CM-IN 11727. (S) Memo, Marshall for President, 17 Apr
44, no sub, Item 55, Exec 10. (4) Msg, Stilwell to Marshall, 29 Apr 44,
CM-IN 18200. (9) Msg, Sultan to Marshall, 29 Apr 44, CM-IN 22340.
30 (1) Msg, Wedemeyer to Marshall, 17 Apr 44. CM-IN 12321. (2) Msg, JCS to
Stilwell, 2 May 44, CM-OUT 31202. .
31 (1) Msg, Stilwell to Marshall, 24 May 44, CMIN 18256. (2) Msg, Marshall
to Stilwell, 26 May 44, CM-OUT 42202. (9) Memo, Somervell for ACofS OPD, 22
May 44, sub: Strategy in SEAC, JCS 974/1, OPD 384 Security, 6. (4) Memo,
Handy for CG ASF, 24 May 44, sub: Strategy in SEAC, JCS 774/c, OPD 384
Security, 6.
32 (1) Min, 16ist mtg CCS, 2 Jun 44. (2) Msg, CCS to Mountbatten, S Jun 44,
CM-OUT 2665.
33 Msg, Marshall to Stilwell, 26 May 44, CM-OUT 42202.
34 Craven and Cate, AAF IV, 4Sg
35 (1) Msg, Maj Gen Barney M. Giles to Gen Arnold, 3 Dec 43, CM-OUT 1239.
(2) Msg, Marshall to Hull, Giles, and Styer, 7 Dec 43, CM-IN 4303. (3) Msg,
Marshall to Stilwell, 27 Dec 43, CM-OUT 9949.
36 (1) Msg, President to Chiang Kai-shek, 27 Dec 43. CM-OUT 9888. (2) Msg,
Arnold to Stratemeyer, 31 Dec 43, CM-OUT 11708. (3) Msg, President to Chiang,
4 Jan 44, in Stilwell Personal Radio File, Book 5, Item 1629. (4) Msg,
Eisenhower to Marshall, 6 Jan 44, CM-IN 3545 (5) Memo, McNarney for Edwards,
12 Jan 44, sub: Shipment of Fighters for MATTERHORN, OPD 452.1 TS, 29. (6)
Memo, King for CofS, 17 Jan 44, sub: Shipment of Fighters for MATTERHORN,
OPD 452.1 TS, 29. (7) Msg, Marshall to Devers, 14 Jan 44, CM-OUT 7861.
37 In ail probability Churchill meant three squadrons.
38 (1) Msg, Prime Minister to President, 16 Feb 44, OPD 452.1 TS, 32. (2)
Msg, President to Prime Minister, 18 Feb 44, Item 63b, Exec 10.
39 (1) Msg, Somervell to Covell, 26 Jan 44, CMOUT 10418. (2) Min,
143d mtg
CCS, 28 Jan 44. (S) Memo, Marshall for President, 29 Jan 44, sub: Failure of
Calcutta-Assam Line of Communications, CG ASF files, CofS USA, 1944 (5) (4)
Memo Marshall for President, 19 Feb 44, no sub, Item 55, Exec 10. (5) Min,
150th mtg CCS, y Mar 44. (6) Msg, Kuter to Arnold, 14 Mar 44, CM-IN 10088.
(9) Msg, Gen Somervell to Maj Gen William E. R. Coven, 14 Mar 44, CM-OUT
7290. (8) Msg, Hoag to George, 18 Mar 44, CM-IN 13807. (9) Msg, Covell to
Somervell, 19 Mar 44, CM-IN 13455. (10) History of the CBI Theater, Sec Two,
Ch. VIe, XXth Bomber Command, OPD gi4.7 CTO. (ti) Romanus and Sunderland,
Stilwell's Command Problems, Ch. III.
40 (1) OPD brief, title: Notes . . . 123d mtg JPS, 26 Jan 44, filed with JPS
381 in ABC 384.5 Japan (9 Nov 48), 1. (2) Memo, Arnold for Marshall, 4 Feb
44, sub: Employment of B-29's Against Enemy Shipping, OPD 381 Security, 282.
(8) Min, 127th mtg JPS, 9 Feb 44 (4) Memo, Bessell for Roberts, 17 Feb 44,
sub: Use, Timing and Deployment of VLR Bombers in the War Against Japan,
filed with JPS SS11n ABC 884.5 Japan (9 Nov 43), 1. (5) Msg, MacArthur to
CofS, 26 Mar q4, CM-IN 18550. (6) Msg, Marshall to MacArthur, 26 Mar 44,
GM-OUT 14640.
41 Quote is from ltr, Somervell to Sultan, 18 Apr 44. no sub, OPD
320.2 TS, 264. See also: (1) msg, JCS to Richardson for Nimitz, 6 Apr 44,
CM-OUT 19399; (2) msg, Arnold to Sultan, 8 Apr 44, CMOUT 20656; (3) msg, Marshall
to Stilwell, 11 Apr 44 GM-OUT 21670; (4) msg, Sultan to Somervell, 13 Apr
44, CM-IN g468.
42 (1) Msg, Marshall to Sultan, 15 Apr 44, CMOUT 28614. (2) Msg, Sultan to
Marshall, 27 Apr 44. CM-IN 20487. (8) Msg, Marshall to Sultan, 9 May 44,
CM-OUT 32939.
43 (1) Msg, Arnold to Stratemeyer, 16 Mar 44 CM-OUT 6678. (2) Msg, Sultan to
Marshall, 14 May 44, CM-IN 10854. (8) Msg, Sultan to Marshall, 28 May 44,
CM-IN 22m7.
44 (1) Msg, Marshall to Stilwell, 5 Jan 44, CMOUT 1482. (2) Msg,
Marshall to Stilwell, 8 Mar 44. CM-OUT 8058.
45 See Ch. II, above.
46 (1) Memo, Carter for Roberts, 30 Mar 44, sub: JCS 742 Series, filed with
JCS 742 in ABC 384.5 Japan (9 Nov 43), 1. (2) JCS 742/5, 1 Apr 44, title: Comd and Control of VLR Bombers in the War Against Japan. (9) JCS
742/6, 6
Apr 44, same title. (4) Memo, Roberts for Lindsay, 4 Jun 44, same sub, filed
with CCS 501/6 in ABC 384.5 Japan (9 Nov 43) 2-A.
47 (1) Msg, President to Chiang Kai-shek, 12 Apr 44. CM-OUT 22183, (2) Min,
156th mtg CCS, 21 Apr 44. (9) CCS 501/5, 19 May 44, title: Control of the
Strategic Air Force (VLR). (4) CCS 501/6, 31 May 44, same title.
48 Craven and Cate, AAF IV, 501.
49 (1) Msg, Arnold to Giles, 26 Nov 43, CM-IN 16222. (2) Msg, Kuter to Giles,
26 Nov 43, CM-IN 16312. (3) Msg, Giles to Arnold, 27 Nov 43, CMOUT 10690.
50
(1) Msg, Mountbatten to Br COS, 18 Feb 44 CM-IN 15138. (2) Msg, Br COS
to Mountbatten, 24 Feb 44, CM-IN 17578 (3) Msg Br Joint Staff Mission to
Br COS, 25 Feb 44, CM-IN 18290. (4) Craven and Cate, AAF IV, 502-03.
51 (1) Msg, Sultan to Marshall, 15 Mar 44, GM-IN 10628. (2) Msg, Mountbatten
to Br COS, 16 Mar 44. GM-IN 13015. (3) Msg, Mountbatten to Br COS, 15 Mar 44, CM-IN 11302- (4) Msg, Marshall to Stratemeyer, 16 Mar
44, CM-OUT 6853.
(5) Min, 150th mtg CCS, 19 Mar 44. (6) Msg, Marshall to Stilwell, y Mar 44,
CM-OUT 7292.
52 Wingate was killed in an airplane crash on 25 March.
53 (1) Msg, Sultan to Marshall, 26 Mar 44, CM-IN 18698. (2) Msg, JCS to
Sultan, 26 Mar 44, CM-OUT 14606. (3) CCS 494/5, 26 Mar 44, title: Diversion
of Transport Aircraft From Air Lift to China. (4) Msg, Portal to Arnold, 28
Mar 44, CM-IN 21093. (5) Msg, Arnold to Devers, 28 Mar 44, CM-OUT 15481. (6)
Msg, Marshall to Devers, 30 Mar 44, CM-OUT 16489. (7) Msg, Wilson to Br COS,
3 1 Mar 44, CM-IN 105. (8) Msg, Marshall to Stilwell, 1 Apr .44, CM-OUT
17512. (9) Craven and Cate, AAF IV, 507-08.
54 (1) Msg, Sultan to Marshall,
9 Apr 44, CM-IN 6274. (2) Msg, Mountbatten to Br COS, 20 Apr 44, CM-IN 15583. (3) Msg,
Mountbatten to Br COS, 25 Apr 44, CM-IN 22242. (4) CCS 494/12, 5 May 44
title: Diversion of -aircraft Prom Air Lift to China. (4) Msg, CCS to
Mountbatten, 16 May 44, CM-OUT 12800. (6) Msg, Wilson to Br COS, 18 May
44. CM-IN 13791. (7) Craven and Cate, AAF IV, 509.
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