My immediately preceding telegram. Text of the agreement begins:-

(a) That unity of command shall be established in the south-
western Pacific. Boundaries are not yet finally settled but
presume that they would include Malay Peninsula, including Burma,
to the Philippine Islands and southwards to necessary supply
bases, principally Port Darwin, and (corrupt group) supply line in
Northern Australia.

(b) That General Wavell should be appointed Commander-in-Chief or
if preferred Supreme Commander of all United States, British
Empire and Dutch forces of land, sea and air who may be assigned
by the Governments concerned to that theatre.

(c) General Wavell, whose headquarters should in the first
instance be established at Sourabaya, would have an American
officer as Deputy Commander-in-Chief. It seems probable that
General Brett would be chosen. [2]

(d) That the American, British and Australian and Dutch naval
forces in the 'theatre' should be placed under the command of the
American Admiral in accordance with the general principles set
forth in (a) and (b).

(e) It is intended that General Wavell should have a staff in the
south Pacific accessible as Foch's [3] High Control Staff was to
the Great Staffs of the British and French armies in France. He
would receive his orders from an appropriate joint body who will
be responsible to me as the Minister of Defence and to the
President of the United States [4] who is also Commander-in-Chief
of all United States forces.

(f) The principal commanders comprised in General Wavell's sphere
will be the Commander-in-Chief, Burma [5]; Commander-in-Chief,
Singapore and Malaya [6]; Commander-in-Chief Netherlands East
Indies [7]; Commander-in-Chief, Philippines [8]; and Commander-in-
Chief of Southern Communications via the south Pacific and north
Australia. [9]

(g) India, for which an Acting Commander-in-Chief will have to be
appointed, and Australia, who will have their own Commander-in-
Chief, will be outside General Wavell's sphere except as
abovementioned and are the two great nations through which men and
material from Great Britain and the Middle East on the one hand,
and the United States on the other, can be moved into the fighting
zone.

(h) United States Navy will remain responsible for the whole of
the Pacific Ocean cast of the Philippine Islands and Australasia
including United States approaches to Australasia.

(i) A letter of introduction is being drafted for the Supreme
Commander safeguarding necessary residuary interests of the
various Governments involved and prescribing in major detail his
tasks.

(Text ends.) [10]