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On Fri. 12 Mar 1943 Richard Sutherland presented the Elkton II plan fo.....

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Richard Sutherland presented the Elkton II plan for operations in the Pacific to the US Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, United States. The plan was treated coldly by the JCS, as it did not wish to devote additional resources to the Pacific theater of war.

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