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...aff decision to split the strategic command between [[Chester Nimitz]]'s [[Pacific Ocean Areas]] and [[Douglas MacArthur]]'s [[Southwest Pacific Area]],<ref name=Drew>{{c ...thur]] for the [[Southwest Pacific Area]] and [[Chester Nimitz]] for the [[Pacific Ocean Areas]]. JCS guidance to Nimitz and MacArthur, dated March 12, 1944, stated "The