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Japanese Intentions. Note by the Secretary

1 Aug 1942

6. Her shipping limitations, though not sufficient seriously to hamper her present military operations, are preventing her from exploiting her conquests to the full and from expanding to the full her own industrial productive capacity. The need to conserve shipping for these important purposes will act as a further deterrent against undertaking seaborne operations, not essential to her strategic security, in areas in which she cannot freely operate. 7. In India, Japan's principal aim is to neutralize it as a base for Allied counter-attack.
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Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Australia Burma Ceylon China Germany Great Britain Guinea Hawaii India Japan Malaya New Zealand Russia United States of America
Document Reference
CAB 81/110/81
Document Types
Memorandum Report
File Reference
CAB 81/110
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0110.081
Keywords
Japanese Strategy Predicting Enemy Intentions Strategy Naval Strength Japanese Navy Japanese Air Force Air Power Resources Economy Shipping Assessing Enemy Strength Japanese War Effort Military Objectives Japanese War Aims German-japanese Relations Axis Powers Axis Strategy Invasion Threat Subversion Colonies Empire Soviet-japanese Relations Geographic Intelligence Former Colonies Submarines Sino-japanese War Japanese-chinese Relations Threat Of War With The Ussr
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
Pages
5
Persons Discussed
Thomas Haddon
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Memoranda. August - October 1942. Papers Numbers. JIC 321-406. Volume XX
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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