The location here is one of the major targets of the plan.

War Plan Red

Joint Army and Navy Basic War Plan Red, also known as the Atlantic Strategic War Plan, was a war plan created by the United States investigating the measures required to fight a war with Great Britain (the "Red" forces)."^[1] War Plan Red discussed the potential for fighting a war with Britain and its Empire and outlined those steps necessary to defend the Atlantic coast. It further discussed fighting a two-front war with both Japan and the British Empire simultaneously (as envisioned in War Plan Red-Orange).^{[citation needed]}

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War Plan Red