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...this state of affairs, there were two reasons: 1) General MacArthur had not received from Washington a clear, specific directive defining his command area and responsibilities; 2) he lacked clear authority to direct U.S. naval operations within his area, whatever it might be. The directive could come only from President Roosevelt; naval cooperation could come only from the Navy, by consent or by command of the President...
...Japs more than they liked the British, the Allies all but conceded the loss of Burma last week. As the retreating British prepared to demolish the oilfields and refineries in their rear, TIME'S Correspondent Jack Belden visited the front where Chinese troops defended Burma under U.S. command. His dispatch follows...
Last week lean, weather-beaten Colonel Harold Lee ("Bombardment") George, 48, replaced Brigadier General Bob Olds as chief of the U.S. Air Force Ferrying Command. Bombardment George's job is a lulu: he is responsible for the transport of all planes from U.S. factory lines to the place of use, whether in the U.S. or at front lines in Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. He must cram all possible men, equipment and supplies into every outgoing plane, must find and train pilots on the side...
Arguments that Dakar and the French flect might be turned over to the Axis if the U. S. took decisive action on Vichy collaboration may have been valid in the days when that regime was still playing mouse to Germany's cat, but with Laval in command of all military and political resources, France becomes a full fledged member of the still growing corporation. Vichy's navy will be on hand when the Axis is ready to use it, and with every indication of the start of a spring offensive, that time must be near...
Japanese bombers had been over her for hours. Within 24 hours the Japanese High Command must have known the Langley's whereabouts-on the bottom-but the U.S. public was kept in the dark for 34 days more...