NEW STRATEGY
ANGLO-U.S. COUNCIL EARLY OFFENSIVE PLAN ASSAULT FROM CHINA? (10 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Mar. 6. President Roosevelt held a threehour conference with the representatives of the British and American staff councils, including the Americans, Mr. H. L. Stimson, General Marshall, General Arnold, Admiral King, and Admiral Stark, and the Britons, FieldMarshal Sir John Dill, Admiral Sir Charles Little, Air Marshal Evill, General Wemyss and Commander Coleridge. The New York Times says the President called the conference in order to devise the new strategy necessitated by the fear that Japan may attack Australia and India.
The New York Herald-Tribune also describes President Roosevelt’s conference as being of major importance and says that the measures discussed give cause to expect an early land offensive and air attack against Japan from China.
The Herald-Tribune interprets the statement by Dr. Van Mook, Lieut.-Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, that an “attack can be expected from another side” as meaning that the Chinese army is receiving substantial aid with a view to establishing a crushing anti-Japanese offensive by the combined Chinese, British and American forces.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20708, 7 March 1942, Page 5
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