Foreign Relations of the United States, Conferences at Washington and Quebec, 1943

J.C.S. Files

Memorandum by the United States Chiefs of Staff

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C.C.S. 301/2

[Quebec,] 20 August 1943.

Specific Operations in the Pacific and Far East, 1943–44

References:	a. C.C.S. 3011
	b. C.C.S. 301/12

1. The U.S. Chiefs of Staff believe that the proposed subparagraph for inclusion in paragraph 8 of C.C.S. 301, circulated as C.C.S. 301/1, does not express the importance of the maintenance and build-up of the air route into China, or the intention of the Combined Chiefs of Staff in regard thereto.

2. The U.S. Chiefs of Staff recommend the inclusion of the following subparagraph in paragraph 8 of C.C.S. 301, in lieu of the subparagraph presented in C.C.S. 301/1:

(i) Air Route into China³

Present plans provide for first priority of resources available in the China–Burma–India Theater, on the building up and increasing of the air routes and air supplies to China, and the development of air facilities, with a view to:

1. Keeping China in the war.

2. Intensifying operations against the Japanese.

3. Maintaining increased U.S. and Chinese Air Forces in China.

4. Equipping Chinese ground forces.

1. Ante, p. 426.
2. Ante, p. 971.
3. This draft of subparagraph 8(i) was approved by the Combined Chiefs of Staff at their 114th Meeting, August 21, 1943. See ante, p. 921.