Japanese Strategy with Particular Reference to South China and Burma Note by Sec.

THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT The circulation of this paper has been strictly limited. It is issued for the personal use of TOP SECRET Copy No. 14 J.I.C.(44) 504 (0) 13TH DECEMBER, 1944 WAR CABINETS JOINT INTELLIGENCE SUB-COMMITTEE JAPANESE STRATEGY WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO SOUTH CHINA AND BURMA Note by the Secretary The Joint Planning Staff are preparing a paper reviewing the implications on our strategy for the war against Japan, both in the Pacific and in South East Asia Command, of developments in China, having regard to the possibility of a collapse of organised resistance there and the time at which a crisis in Chinese affairs is likely to arise.