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 From Washington... By the authority of the Arcadia Conference, Chiang Kai-shek is named
Commander in Chief of Allied Forces in China. General Wavell is appointed to the newly establish
American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDA). Wavell's task is to hold the Malay Barrier, the line from Malaya through the Dutch East Indies to Borneo against the Japanese.
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