Meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff, 10:30 a.m.1
1. C. C. S. 58th meeting. The meeting adjourned from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. According to Alanbrooke, p. 448, the meeting finally ended at 5:15 p.m.
| Present | ||
| United States | United Kingdom | |
| General Marshall | General Brooke | |
| Admiral King | Admiral of the Fleet Pound | |
| Lieutenant General Arnold | Air Chief Marshal Portal | |
| Lieutenant General Somervell | Field Marshal Dill | |
| Rear Admiral Cooke2 | Vice Admiral Mountbatten | |
| Brigadier General Wedemeyer2 | Lieutenant General Ismay | |
| Colonel Smart2 | Major General Kennedy | |
| Commander Libby | Air Vice Marshal Slessor | |
| Secretariat | ||
| Brigadier Dykes | ||
| Brigadier General Deane |