 This resulted in the creation of the Pacific War Council , which met for the first time in London on 10 February 1942 . Churchill , Clement Attlee ( Deputy Prime Minister ) and Anthony Eden ( Foreign Secretary ) represented the United Kingdom , and Earle Page represented Australia , along with representatives from the Netherlands , New Zealand , India and China . Page was replaced as the Australian representative by Stanley Bruce in June 1942 . A parallel Pacific War Council was created in Washington , D.C. , that first met on 1 April 1942 . It was chaired by Roosevelt , with Richard Casey and later Owen Dixon representing Australia , and Prime Minister Mackenzie King representing Canada . The Pacific War Council never became an effective body , and had no influence on strategy , but did allow the Dominions to put their concerns before the President . 
