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Local Joint Military Defense Sub-Committee.

8. A Local Joint Military Defense Sub-Committee shall be formed at each of the Territories concerned, and it shall be responsible for the preparation and co-ordination of the Local Defense Plans of all the combatant Services with a view to their embodiment in the Local Combined Defense Plan (Scheme).

9. The Presiding Officer of the Local Joint Military Defense Sub-Committee shall be the officer designated for the appointment as Commander of the Combined Local Defense Forces when unity of command is brought into force, and the deliberations of the Committee shall be carried out in a spirit of mutual co-operation.

10. The Sub-Committee shall include in the Local Defense Plans of the combatant Services, plans inter alia for the following:--

Manning and operation of coast defenses.

Manning and operation of anti-aircraft and aerodrome defenses. Manning and operation of under-water defenses.

Air Operations.

Mine-sweeping.

Entry and departure of military aircraft, warships and auxiliary war vessels of the Associated Powers.

Establishment of inshore and offshore naval patrols.

Machinery for affording facilities of one Power to the armed forces of the other.

Inter-change of operational intelligence affecting the defenses of the Base and Territory.

Routing and protection of shipping while in local waters.

11. In order to facilitate the compilation of the Local Combined Defense Plan (Scheme), Governments and representatives of the Associated Powers will exchange full and frank information of the forces, armaments and defense devices allocated to the Bases and Territories for their defense, together with details concerning their exact location and operation. This information will be passed to the appropriate Local Joint Military Defense Sub-Committee, which shall make recommendations to meet any deficiencies and to prevent overlapping.

12. The forces, armaments and defense devices stationed or erected at the leased areas, sites and locations acquired or that may be acquired under the pro- visions of Article XXVII of the Agreement for the Use and Operation of Certain Bases in British Possessions (Signed the 27th March, 1941), shall be decided by the United States Government and at each territory outside of the leased areas, sites and locations by the United Kingdom Government. Each Government shall be free to allocate such forces, armaments and defense devices to the defence as it may desire, but there shall be consultation in order to avoid duplication or deficiency.

Chain of Command.

13. Matters on which the Local Combined Defense Committees or the Local Joint Military Defense Sub-Committees are unable to agree shall be referred to the next respective higher authority shown in the diagram* of the Chain of Command. These higher authorities shall endeavour to reach agreement, but if this is not possible they, in turn, shall refer the matter in dispute to the next higher authority, and so on.

The Governor.

14. The Governor of a British colony is the single and supreme authority responsible to and representative of His Majesty The King. Although bearing the title of Captain-General or Commander-in-Chief, he is not, except on special appointment from His Majesty, invested with the command of His Majesty's Forces in the colonies. He is not, therefore, entitled to take the immediate direction of any military operations.

15. In matters concerning the defense of a Territory the Governor shall be the convening and presiding authority of the Local Combined Defense Committee and shall represent, as head of the civil administration, the views of the local

* Enclosure.

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