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    "ocrText": "TOP SECRET\nC-10\nStaff for the purpose of discussing operations for\nthe recapture of Burma (Doc. C, p. C-22)\nAt the meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff\nthe next day, November 24; 1943, General Marshall\nreported on the discussion he had had with the\nGeneralissimo regarding operations in the Southeast\nAsia Command, in which the Generalissimo had\nstipulated that there must be an amphibious operation\nsimultaneous with the land attack in Burma, and\nhad suggested action against the Andaman Islands.\nAfter the Chinese representatives jointed the meeting\nGeneral Shang Chen, Director of the Foreign Affairs\nBureau of the National Military Council, reiterated\nthe Generalissimo's views on synchronizing naval\naction in the Bay of Bengal with land operations.\nGeneral Shang also stated that the Generalissimo\nwas insistent that the air lift to China must not\ndrop below 10,000 tons a month, the amount required\nto meet the needs of the Yünnan force and the Chinese\nAiriForce. During the course of the ensuing dis-\ncussion General Stilwell said that he had been\ninstructed by the Generalissimo to put forward\nfour points which the Generalissimo considered\nessential: (1) naval and amphibious operations to\nbe synchronized with the land campaign; (2) the\nIndaw and Imphal advances should continue. as far\nas Mandalay; (3) the Yunnan force should advance\nto Lashio; and (4) the meeds of the Chinese Air\nForce should be met. It was finälly decided that\nAdmiral Mountbatten should wait on the Generalissimg\nto explain the details of the plan of operations,\nthe reasons underlying it, the effort involved, as\nwell as the implications with respect to the air\nlift to China (Doc. E, p. C-26).\nAt the meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff\non November 25, 1943 Admiral Mountbatten made a\nreport on his conference with. the Generalissimo at\nwhich the latter had again stressed the importance\nof carrying out an amphibious operation simultaneousl\nwith land operations in Burma. Sir Alan Brooke,\nChief of the British Imperial General staff, commen-\nted, with regard to an ämphibious operation, that\nthe ¹Generalissimo must be told that he must wait\nTOP SECBET"
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