Furthermore, the Japanese officer corps has been the driving force behind this wretched ideology that has led them into war- first against their legitimate government and in China, then with the Soviets, and now with us-. They are the ones who subverted their government into tyranny. They are the ones who have murdered millions upon millions. They are the ones who attacked you and MURDERED your bretheren!

To destroy them is to strike at the heart and the brain of Japanese militarism, for if we can cut off the head and rip out the heart the body will die that much quicker and more effectively. .

FOR PEARL!

The second is a general advisement to those in the field to seek out and destroy the Japanese Officer Corps. In particular, you are to identify, single out, and eliminate with extreme prejudice Japanese Commanders, Officers, and Staff- and vehicles (such as flagships) designated to carry them- wherever practical, You are furthermore advised to eliminate "Elite" units like the SNLF.

Based on my own experiences with the Japanese military in the Boxer Rebellion, Russo-Japanese War, WWI, and exchanges, the Japanese chain of command is extremely authoritarian and rigid. They do not have the same appreciation for initiative that we do, hammering in unthinking obedience to the majority of their forces. Eliminating their officers and other inspirational units will likely decapitate the chain of command and throw them into chaos, making them easier to defeat and destroy ont he whole.

ATTENTION! I have a further two instructions for the American Naval forces and advisements for the Government, allies, and other branches.

The First Order is that- while pursuing the objectives outlined before- we should seek to prevent the Japanese from transporting their land forces out of the occupied areas of the mainland, and to seal off Indochina and the Pacific from penetration by the Japanese forces based on Mainland Asia and the outlying pre-existing colonies.

Over the past several years, the Imperial Japanese Army and Marine, aeronautic, and shallow water forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy have been almost completely engaged in the Chinese land war, and will be reliant on transport from air and especially sea to reach our holdings. If we can eliminate their transports and supplies, we can trap them in China and spare ourselves a major headache.

This will be a trying time for all of us, but prompt action now will save lives and bring a speedier end to this war.

God Save The United States and Her Allies, God Save Democracy, God Save Liberty, God Save Freedom, God Save The Republic, And God Save Those Under Arms!

(OOC: Pardon me for asking, but how are we "playing" the conflict out?)

I have also advised that our Reising Submachine Guns(SMGs) be replaced with Thompson SMGs, that our Springfield rifles be replaced from general service by British SMLEs, M1 Garands, and the Johnson Automatic Rifle. I furthermore recommend retirement of the Lewish with the BAR, Johnson Light Machine Gun, and Browning Machine Guns.

I furthermore advise we jointly declare a naval and aerial building program in light of this and other crises. I also advise a tank research and building program.

I also advise that we examine similar upgrade requirements for our allies in the War Front, especially for the Dutch. When possible, we should consider marketing more Johnson Rifles and LMGs to the Dutch to both remove their presently inadaquate armaments and to turn a profit.

I also advise that the presence of SMGs, LMGs, MGs, artillery, AFVs, and flamethrowers be increased in general.

I furthermore advise research into the use of amphibious and parachute assaults, and defense against them.

9. To defend against Japanese attempts to bring us to battle when it is not favorable, to inderdict us, or to prevent our joining with the armed forces of our Western Allies.

10. To minimize and neutralize Japanese aerial superiority, and ensure proper protection of ships, facilities, and planes from air attack.

As of this moment, I can already report Japanese landings in Siam, British Malaysia, and the Philippines. I can also report local tactical victories against the Japanese in the Philippines and at sea.

It is my humble recommendation that plans for evacuations of Hong Kong and Guam be drawn up, followed by plans for evacuations of the Philippine islands, the Philippines as a whole, and Malaysia. Hopefully we shall not require them!

3. Organize the orderly evacuation of civilians, servicepeople, and supplies from areas that cannot be held.

4. Interdict and isolate Japanese colonial possessions with the aim to counterattack when possible.

5. To- using cautious judgement and the full capabilities of their forces and soldiery- judge when it is proper to seek battle with the enemy at sea, and to preserve a combined Fleet-In-Being that can be used to defend our peoples and our Pacific even in the face of Japanese victories.

6. When facing Japanese naval or aerial invasions, to reorganize, isolate, and utterly destroy them.

7. To isolate and utterly destroy those Japanese forces that can be done so reasonably.

8. To protect strategic resources detailed in my personal communications from falling to Japanese hands.

I have also asked the French if they can help prepare for an uprising in their occupied territories in Indochina and elsewhere.

Having done this, I find it safe to say that our task is simple and our goal noble. Our objective must be nothing less than the complete and utter destruction of Japan's ability to wage war, the retainment or- failing that- liberation of all Western colonies and territories, and the liberation of Japan itself from the yoke of tyranny.

From this point ontward, all naval forces have these tasks, acting in concert with our Western Allies:

1. Seek out, interdict, and ultimately destroy Japanese targets of oppertunity, especially weakly defended supply lines or invasion forces.

2. Secure for ourselves lines of resupply, reinforcement, reorganization, and if need be evacuation from Japanese interdiction.

In my capacity as Chief of the Navy, I have cabled the British, Canadians, Dutch, and French in Singapore, Batavia, Melborne, the Herbides, and Toronto. I have asked the British and Dutch fleets to converge with our Philippine station at a covert but agreeable location in order to coordinate our actions.

I have also ordered that we concentrate our forces throughout the Philippine theater and our other Pacific fronts to best resist the overwhelming might of the Japanese Empire. In view of Siam's teneous state, I have asked British and French officials for a joint policy decision in regards to it, and if we can spare Marine forces if need be.