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On Tues. 03 Mar 1942 Allied leaders approved the division of Western Pa.....

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Allied leaders approved the division of Western Pacific into two zones, with Burma and all Southeast Asia west of Java-Sumatra border under the command of British General Archibald Wavell, and areas to the east under the command of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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