Key Information
Reference code
GRACEY 4/4
Title
Instructions for the occupation of Burma, Malaya, French Indo-China (Vietnam) and Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), Aug-Dec 1945
Date(s)
- 1945 Aug 23 - 1945 Dec 29 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
23pp
Scope and content
Typescript directions by Gen Sir William Joseph Slim, Commander in Chief, Allied Land Forces, South East Asia, South East Asia Command Headquarters, to the Allied Landing Forces in South East Asia, appointing Gracey Commander Allied Land Forces, South East Asia, and giving details of troop deployment for the occupation of Burma, Malaya, French Indo-China (Vietnam) and Dutch East Indies, including two sketch maps showing the position of Japanese 38 Army at the start of operations on 9 Mar 1945. 23pp.