PACIFIC STRATEGY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 March 1942, Page 3

PACIFIC STRATEGY

AUSTRALIAN=AMERICAN FRONT MEMBERSHIP OF COUNCIL. ASSURED TO DOMINIONS. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) (Received This Day, 10.55 a.m.) WASHINGTON, March 26. General MacArthur’s assumption of the -supreme command has formed an Australian-American front which will operate as a parallel to the British-American-Chin-ese Command, says the United Press and explains that this means that a Pacific War Council will soon be established in Washington, within the framework of the General Allied War Council, and that Australia and New Zealand will be given membership of the new Pacific Council. Washington circles declare that Australia, has received assurances from Washington that the battle lines in the Philippines, Australia, Burma, China and India will be co-ordinated under a central strategy in Washington, with a view to the earliest possible counter-offensive against the Japanese. Informed quarters also disclose that the British-Australian dispute over Mr R. G. Casey’s appointment has been resolved. They explain that Mr Curtin accepted Mr Churchill’s reasons, but won concessions regarding strong Australian and New Zealand representation on the War Council.