An item reported that the naval force sighted on 22 February underway to Christmas Island was friendly. The J.I.C. commented that Christmas Island on a distance of 300 miles south of Java, Dutch East Indies was British possessed and of importance for securing the communications.
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 79 dated 27 February 1942
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