Cap Mandrake
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**********Meeting of Steering Committee, Operation You Know What, SEAC HQ, Ledo, January 18, 1943********* ...... Staffer 1: Right, may we have the Secretary read back the last resolution, then? Secretary: <barely concealing his annoyance...no..I would say it was more in the vein of barely restraining himself from calling all of them "bloody useless twits"> RESOLVED: THAT THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF OPERATION YOU KNOW WHAT DOES HEREBY RESOLVE TO FORMALLY SUSPEND DELIBERATIONS UNTIL 14:00 HOURS ON THE 18TH OF JANUARY, NINTEEN AND FORTY THREE, ANNO DOMINI, IN ORDER TO TAKE A LUNCHEON REPAST." Staffer 1: That sounds superb! Any comments? Staffer 3: What about the use of the lavatory, then? The resolution is silent on that. Staffer 1: Good point. Suggestions? Staffer 2: I would also feel better if we clarified that. Staffer 3: Very well, I move we be permitted to take a luncheon repast AND use the lavatory...if needed, of course. Staffer 2: Point of order, Mr. Chairman. I believe this will have to be a modification of the motion before us rather than a new motion, unless the Major wishes to withdraw his motion and reintroduce it as a separate resolution after we act on the one before us.............. Sentry 1: <As a whispered aside to the sentry beside him. They stand some 20 feet from the conference table> Bloody useless twits is wot I say. The resolution is silent on the issue of which hand to wipe his bloody arse with too. Wot do you think? Sentry 2: Oh, they are bloody useless twits alright. Sentry 1: No, I meant about Operation You Know Wot. Sentry 2: Ah, yes. Well if you ask me, if we are looking for a more "energetic remedy" then I say we bypass Mandalay and Rangoon and come at them by sea. What 'as the bloody Royal Navy been doing lately? Sentry 1: My thoughts exactly! Moulemein then or Tavoy, perhaps? Sentry 2: Steady on, mate. Tavoy is within range of your A6M2 flying out of Bangkok. Sentry 1: So is Moulemin. Sentry 2: Is it then? Well, in any event, I favor Moulemein as the landing forces could use rail transport to quickly seize the crossings over the Salween. Sentry 1: Wot good would that do? They shant 'ave any locomotives or rolling stock. 'ave you any idea what the port facilities at Moulemein are like? Sentry 2: Paragraph 24, Section A, Naval Treaty of 1925. ....Let's see. <pullls out a dog-eared paperback copy>...yes, "in the event of a capture of a rail hex, the previous owner of the hex shall provide locomotives, rolling stock, service facilites and unlimited coal supplies sufficent to transport up to 2000 vehicles and 100,000 men along with their logistical tail up to 60 miles in 2 day..." Sentry 1: Bloody 'ell! That is one bloody great loophole. What about Andaman? Isn't there a Daitai of Sallys there?........
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