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MOUNTBATTEN'S COMMAND
LONDON, September 22,
Admiral Mountbattcn's South-east Asia Command, says Reuter, extends over French Xndo-China, Thailand, Malaya, Sumatra, and Burma. It excludes India and Persia. The sea regions extend from the south-eastern coast of Sumatra, excluding1 the Sunda Straits, southward along a line entirely excluding Australia, and take in the Bay of Bengal, the Indian Ocean, and the Arabian Sea to its western boundary, cutting the Persia coast 140 miles east of the Jask line.
The boundary then just misses the tip of Arbaia and runs south to Albatross Island, thence south-eastward, avoiding Rodriguez Island, and thus excluding Madagascar, Reunion, and the Mauritius Group.
The eastern boundary goes due south from Singapore to the north coast of Sumatra and thence round the east coast of Sumatra'to a point 104 degrees east on the coast of Sumatra, then down to latitude 8 degrees south, thence south-east towards Onslow and, when longitude 110 is reached, due south along it.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 74, 24 September 1943, Page 7
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