In addition, King (along with Marshall) had continually resisted operations that would assist the British agenda in reclaiming or maintaining any part of her pre-war colonial holdings in the Pacific or the Eastern Mediterranean.
Hertil kom, at King (sammen med Marshall) vedvarende havde modsat sig operationer, som ville bistå briterne med at generobre eller beholde nogen af sine førkrigskolonier i Stillehavet eller den østlige del af Middelhavet.