Smith, Robert Ross. «Chapter 21: Luzon Versus Formosa». A: Command Decisions. United States Army Center of Military History, 2000. CMH Pub 70-7 [Consulta: 8 desembre 2007]. «"Meeting with President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a conference at Pearl Harbor in late July 1944, ... MacArthur then argued persuasively that it was both necessary and proper to take Luzon before going on to Formosa, while Nimitz expounded a plan for striking straight across the western Pacific to Formosa bypassing Luzon. Apparently, no decisions on strategy were reached at the Pearl Harbor conferences. The Formosa versus Luzon debate continued without let-up at the highest planning levels for over two months, and even the question of bypassing the Philippines entirely in favor of a direct move on Formosa again came up for serious discussion."»Arxivat 30 de desembre 2007 a Wayback Machine.
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Smith, Robert Ross. «Chapter 21: Luzon Versus Formosa». A: Command Decisions. United States Army Center of Military History, 2000. CMH Pub 70-7 [Consulta: 8 desembre 2007]. «"Meeting with President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a conference at Pearl Harbor in late July 1944, ... MacArthur then argued persuasively that it was both necessary and proper to take Luzon before going on to Formosa, while Nimitz expounded a plan for striking straight across the western Pacific to Formosa bypassing Luzon. Apparently, no decisions on strategy were reached at the Pearl Harbor conferences. The Formosa versus Luzon debate continued without let-up at the highest planning levels for over two months, and even the question of bypassing the Philippines entirely in favor of a direct move on Formosa again came up for serious discussion."»Arxivat 30 de desembre 2007 a Wayback Machine.
