On 6 August 1943, the Joint Chiefs of Staff adopted a plan that called for the neutralisation rather than the capture of Rabaul, and scheduled the invasion of the Admiralty Islands for 1 June 1944.
Den 6. august 1943 vedtog stabscheferne en plan, som gik ud på at neutralisere frem for at erobre Rabaul, og planlagde invasionen af Admiralitetsøerne til at finde sted den 1. juni 1944.