Endnotes for Chapter XX
1 JCS 614, 2 Dec 43, title: Plan for the Defeat of Japan. The JCS
noted this paper. See min, 133d mtg JCS, 3 Dec 43.
2 (1) Churchill, Closing the Ring, pp. 571-72. (f) Ehrman,
Grand Strategy V, 425ff.
3 (1) Ltr, Thomas J. Hawkins, Secy Australian Naval Board, to Cmdr Seventh
Fleet, 14 Jan 44, no sub, filed with CCS 471/2 in ABC 381 Japan (827-42), 6.
(2) Ltr, Adm Sir Percy Noble to King, 31 Jan 44, no sub, filed with JPS 451
in ABC 384 Japan (3 May 44), 1-A. (3) Ltr, King to Noble, 5 Feb 44, no sub,
filed with JPS 451 in ABC 384 Japan (3 May 44), 1-A. (4) Memo, Maj Florence
T. Newsome, no addressee, 27 Feb 44, no sub, Item 57, Exec 10. (5) Msg,
Prime Minister to President, 10 Mar 44, item 63c, Exec 10. (6) Churchill,
Closing the Ring, pp. 577-80
4 (1) SS 266, 11 Mar 44, title: British Naval Operations in the Pacific,
.ABC 381 SS Papers, Nos. 251-70 (7 Jan 43). (2) Memo, Billo for Chief S&P Gp
OPD, 23 Apr 44, sub: Combined Planning for the War in the Pacific, filed
with SS 287 in ABC 381 SS Papers, Nos. 283-96 (7 Jan 43).
5 OPD brief, title:
Notes . . . 149th Rug JPS, 3 May 44, Policies, Combined Planning for the
Defeat of Japan (JPS 451), filed with JPS 451 in ABC 384 Japan (3 May 44)1.A.
6 Msg, Buford to Clarke for Pasco, 31 May 44, CM-IN 25706. (2) Memo,
unsigned, for Chief S&P Gp OPD, 5 Jun 44, no sub, ABC 381 (9-25-41), V. (3) Thrman,
Grand Strategy V, 459-62.
7 See Ch. XVI, above.
8 CCS 397 (rev), 3 Dec 43, title: Specific Operations for the
Defeat of Japan.
9 GRANITE, Outline Campaign Plan for Operations in the POA During
1944, 13
Jan 44, ABC 384 Pacific (1-17-43) 3-B-a.
10 (1) Memo, Col Carl D. Silverthorne for Handy, 6 Dec 43, sub: Additional
Points Which May Be Discussed in Central and South Pacific as Result of
SEXTANT, Folder 3, Item 15, Exec 5. (2) Memo, Billo for G. A. Lincoln, 7 Dec
43, sub: Specific Operations for the Defeat of Japan in 1944, filed with CCS
397 in ABC 384 Pacific (1-17-43), 2. (3) Memo for Handy, 7 Dec 43, no sub,
Folder 3, Item 15, Exec 5.
11 (1) Memo, Handy for Cooke, 14 Jan 44, sub: Dirs to CINCSWPA and CINCPOA .
. . , OPD 381 Security, 290. (2) Msg, Marshall to MacArthur, 17 Jan 44,
CM-OUT 6446. (3) Msg, MacArthur to Marshall, 19 Jan 44, CM-IN 12385. (4)
Memo, Marshall for King, 20 Jan 44, no sub, OPD 381 Security, 290. (5) Memo,
King for Marshall, 22 Jan 44, sub: Dir for Seizure or Control of Bismarck
Archipelago, OPD 381 Security, 290. (6) Memo, Marshall for King, 23 Jan 44,
same subject, same file.
12 (1) Memo for file (by Rear Adm Robert B. Carney), no sub, n.d.,
Item 68, Exec 10. (2) Memo, Ritchie for Handy, 4 Feb 44, sub: Brief of
Pacific Conf Held at Pearl Harbor, 27-28 Jan 44, filed with JPS 390/1 in ABC 384 Pacific
(1-17-43), 3-A. (3) Memo, Handy for Marshall, 7 Feb 44, no sub, WDCSA 323.3
CPA, TS.
13 Msg, MacArthur to Marshall, 2 Feb 44, CM-IN 1443.
14 Memo, King for CofS, 8 Feb 44, sub: CINCSWPAC Despatch C 121702, Feb 44,
filed with JCS 386/2 in ABC 384 Pacific (28 Jun 43).
15 Memo, Marshall for King, 10 Feb 44, no sub, filed with JCS 386/2 in ABC
384 Pacific (28 Jun 43).
16 Memo, King for Marshall, 11 Feb 44, sub: 1944 Operations in the Pacific
Theater, filed with JCS 386/2 in ABC 384 Pacific (28 Jun 43).
17 (1) JPS 390, 5 Feb
44, title: Campaign Plan "GRANITE." (2) Memo, Roberts
for Handy, 8 Feb 44, no sub, Item 11, Exec 2.
18 Min, 145th mtg JCS, 8 Feb 44.
19 Tel conf between Gen Sutherland and Maj Gen Richard J. Marshall, 15 Feb
44, OPD WD-TC 112, 1 Jan-31 Mar 44.
20 JCS 713, 16 Feb 44, title: Strategy in the Pacific.
21 (1) Msg, MacArthur to Marshall, 16 Feb 44, CM-IN 10909. (2) Tel conf
between Gen Sutherland and Gen R. J. Marshall, 16 Feb 44, OPD WDTC 112, 1
Jan-31 Mar 44. Sutherland felt that Nimitz sided with SWPA but did not want
to oppose King. Sutherland was promoted to lieutenant general on 20 February
1944. (3) Memo, Marshall for Leahy and King, 24 Feb 44, no sub, Item 64,
Exec 10. (4) Memo, Marshall for COMINCH and CNO, 2 Mar 44, no sub, OPD 381
Security, 297.
22 (1) Memo, Marshall for COMINGH and CNO, 2 Mar 44, no sub, OPD 381
Security, 297. (2) Ltr, Sutherland for CofS, 5 Mar 44, sub: Post-Kavieng
Operations, filed with JPS 404/D in ABC 384 Pacific (1-17-43), 3-A. (3) Msg,
MacArthur to Marshall, 5 Mar 44, CM-IN 3318. (4) Min, 150th mtg JCS, 7 Mar
44. (5) JCS Memo for Info z00, 7 Mar 44, sub: Sequence and Timing of
Operations, Central Pacific Campaign, ABC 384 Pacific (1-17-43), 3-A. (6)
Craven and Cate, AAF IV, 554.
23 (1) Memo, Sutherland for CofS, 8 Mar 44, sub: Strategy in the Pacific, OPD
381 Security, 320. (2) Min, 151st mtg JCS, 11 Mar 44.
24 (1) Min, 151st mtg JCS, m Mar 44.
(2) JCS Memo for Info 203, 11 Mar 44,
title: Mounting an Invasion Force for Luzon-Formosa, ABC 384 Pacific
(1-17-43) 3-A.
25 Msg, JCS to MacArthur and Nimitz, m Mar 44 CM-OUT 5137.
26 (1) Msg, MacArthur to JCS, 14 Mar 44, CM-IN
9774 (2) Msg, JCS to MacArthur, 17 Mar 44, CM-OUT 7149.
27 Ltr, Harmon to Handy, 23 Oct 43, no sub, OPD 381 Security, 261.
28 (1) Memo, King for CofS, 13 Jan 44, sub: Your Proposal To Transfer the
Thirteenth Air Force to CINCSWPA, OPD 381 Security, 290. (2) Memo, Roberts
for ACofS Plans, 13 Jan 44, sub: Proposed Transfer of the Thirteenth Air
Force to CINCSWPA, filed with JPS 391 in ABC 320.2 (10 Feb 44).
29 (1) Memo, Bessell for Roberts,
10 Feb 44, sub: Redeployment of South
Pacific Forces, filed with JPS 391 in ABC 320.2 (10 Feb 44). (2) Min, 128th mtg JPS,
16 Feb
44. (3) JPS 391/1, 28 Feb 44, title: Redeployment of Forces
in the Pacific Upon Completion of FOREARM and MERCANTILE. (4) JCS 713/5, y
Mar 44, title: Redeployment of Forces in the Pacific Following Operation
RECKLESS.
30 (1) Memo, Ritchie for Hull, 17 Mar 44, no sub, OPD 320.2 TS, 204. (2)
Memo, Silverthorne for Hull, 17 Mar 44, sub: Comments on Draft of Memo re SOPAC
Forces . . . , OPD 320.2 TS, 204. (3) Memo, Handy for CofS, 26 Apr
44, sub: Comd Organization in the Pacific, OPD 384 TS, 40. (4) Msg, Marshall
to Richardson, 24 May 44, CM-OUT 40903 (5) Ltr, Marshall to Richardson, to
Jul 44, no sub, WDCSA 323.3 POA.
31 See Ch. XVIII, above.
32 (1) Ltr, Marshall to MacArthur, 25 Jan
44, no sub, WDCSA 323.2 SOPAC, TS.
(2) See also above,
p. 409, n. 24.
33 Msg, MacArthur to Marshall, 23 Feb 44, CM-IN
16439.
34 (1) Msg, Marshall to MacArthur, 9 Mar 44, CM-OUT 5868. (2) Msg, Marshall
to MacArthur, 18 Mar 44, CM-OUT 8086. (3) Msg, Marshall to MacArthur, 2 Jun
44, CM-OUT 45292 (4) Min, 161st mtg CCS, 2 Jun 44. (5) Msg, MacArthur to
Marshall, 3 Jun 44, CM-IN 2006.
35 (1) Unsigned memo for Handy, 7 Dec 43, no sub, Folder 5, Item 15, Exec 5.
(2) Msg, Marshall to Richardson, 15 Feb 44, CM-OUT 6919. (3) Memo, Somervell
for CofS, 7 Mar 44, sub: SEXTANT Decisions, WDCSA 381 TS. (4) Msg, Nimitz to
King, 15 Mar 44, CM-IN 10496.
36 (1) Memo, Silverthorne for Handy, 6 Dec 43, sub: Additional Points Which
May Be Discussed in Central and South Pacific as Result Of SEXTANT, Folder
3, Item 15, EXEC 5. (2) Memo, Billo for Col. G. A. Lincoln, 7 Dec 43, sub:
Specific Operations for the Defeat of Japan (CCS 397), filed with CCS 397 in
ABC 384 Pacific (1-17-43), 2. (3) Memo, unsigned, no addressee, n.d., sub:
Brief Discussion of Particular Matters Which May Be Taken Up With General
MacArthur, Folder 3, Item 15, Exec 5.
37 (1) Msg, Marshall to MacArthur, 14 Nov 43, CM-OUT 5855. (2) Msg, Marshall
to Richardson, 15 Feb 44, CM-OUT 6919. (3) Msg, Nimitz to King, 15 Mar 44,
GM-IN 10496.
38 (1) Msg, Somervell to MacArthur, 27 Mar 44, CM-OUT 14990. (2) Msg,
MacArthur to CG ASF, 31 Mar 44, CM-IN 22847.
39 (1) Quote is from msg, JCS to MacArthur and Nimitz, 4 Apr
44, GM-OUT
18510. (2) JCS 762/2, 4 Apr 44, title: Amended Shipping Requirements for
Pacific Operations.
40 See Ch. XVIII, above.
41 (1) JCS 762/3, 25 Apr 44, title: Shipping Requirements and Availabilities
for Pacific Operations. (2) Msg, Gen R. J. Marshall to Gen MacArthur, 6 May
44, CM-OUT 33038. (3) Msg, JCS to MacArthur, 12 May 44, CM-OUT 35628. (4)
Msg, JCS to Richardson, 12 May 44, CM-OUT 35667. (5) Memo, Cooke for CofS,
8 Apr 44, sub: Availability of LCT (6)'s and LST's for the Army, Item 68,
Exec 10. (6) Msg, King to Kinkaid, 21 Apr 44, CM-IN 16195. (7) Tel conv,
Kenney, Col Julian H. Baumann, and Ritchie, 24 May 44, OPD Log File for May
1944.
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