(Untitled), 24 Mar 1944

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/188A/72-74

Scope and Contents

Telegram from the Chiefs of Staff to Lord Louis Mountbatten [later Lord Mountbatten of Burma, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia] passing on message from United States Chiefs of Staff stating that they cannot agree to support Culverin [attack on the Japanese-held Dutch East Indies, later Indonesia] and urging that Mountbatten is instructed to undertake the capture of Upper Burma [later Myanmar] in order to increase the capacity of the air ferry route to China and to expedite the laying of a pipeline to China; and requesting his comments. Flagged: "V".

Dates

Creation: 24 Mar 1944

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