[151] N.H.Gibbs,Grand Strategy,Vol.1,p.402.
[152] CAB 24/247,C.P.64(34),Report of the Defence Requirements Sub-Committee,28th February,1934;CAB 24/259,C.P.26(36),Annex:Programmes of the Defence Services-Interim Report,24th July,1935;CAB 24/259,C.P.26(36),Programmes of the Defence Services:Third Report of Defence Requirements Sub-Committee,21st November,1935.
[153] N.H.Gibbs,Grand Strategy,Vol.1,pp.409-414.
[154] CAB 53/32/4,C.O.S.596,Appreciation of the Situation in the Far East 1937:Report by the Chiefs of Staff Sub-Committee,14th June,1937.
[155] S.Woodburn Kirby,The War against Japan,Vol.1,p.19.
[156] N.H.Gibbs,Grand Strategy,Vol.1,pp.421-423.
[157] Robert Self,ed.,The Neville Chamberlain Diary Letters,Vol.4,Chamberlain to Ida,12 Feb,1934,p.380.
[158] 該委員會隸屬帝國國防委員會,主席為國防協調大臣查特菲爾德勳爵,成員有掌璽大臣約翰·安德森(John Anderson)、陸軍大臣霍爾-貝利沙(Hore-Belisha)、海軍大臣斯坦諾普勳爵、空軍大臣金斯利·伍德(Kingsley Wood)、蘭開斯特郡大臣莫裏森(W.S.Morrison)和三軍參謀長,布裏奇斯爵士(Sir E.Bridges)任秘書。
[159] N.H.Gibbs,Grand Strategy,Vol.1,pp.423-425.
[160] N.H.Gibbs,Grand Strategy,Vol.1,pp.425-426.
[161] S.Woodburn Kirby,The War against Japan,Vol.1,p.19.
[162] CAB 53/50/7,C.O.S.928,Report by the Chiefs of Staff Sub-Committee:The Situation in the Far East,18th June,1939;C.O.S.931,Report by the Chiefs of Staff Sub-Committee:The Situation in the Far East,24th June,1939.英法參謀會談中,法國主張在遠東采取防禦態勢,依靠蘇聯尤其是美國遏製日本直到意大利被打敗,英國則強調地中海和遠東並重。最後達成一致的是:遠東的戰略是防禦性質的,英法壓倒一切的是在西方,不輕易作出削弱英國東地中海艦隊的決定。