740.0011 Pacific War/570: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant)
5603. Your 4979, October 18, 4 p.m. Existing communication channels and procedures are considered wholly adequate for the transmission of urgent and important information and for insuring that information of this character receives the prompt attention of the appropriate high authorities in Washington. These arrangements provide for communication between the Commander-in-Chief, Asiatic Fleet, and the Commander-in-Chief, British Chain station, the Commander-in-Chief of the Netherlands Navy and the Chief of the Netherlands Navy Department in the Netherlands East Indies. Arrangements have also been made for local cooperation on the spot between American army and navy intelligence officers and their Britsh counterparts.
In view of the foregoing it is not believe that any new arrangements need be made.