Meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff, 3 p.m.1
1. This was the 127th meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff and their first meeting during the First Cairo Conference.
| Present | ||
| United States | United Kingdom | |
| Admiral Leahy | General Brooke | |
| General Marshall | Air Chief Marshal Portal | |
| Admiral King | Admiral of the Fleet Cunningham | |
| General Arnold | Field Marshall Dill | |
| Lieutenant General Somervell | Lieutenant General Ismay | |
| Vice Admiral Willson | General Riddell-Webster | |
| Rear Admiral Cooke | Captain Lambe | |
| Rear Admiral Bieri | Brigadier Sugden | |
| Rear Admiral Badger | Air Commodore Elliot | |
| Major General Handy | Brigadier McNair | |
| Major General Fairchild | ||
| Brigadier General Hansell | ||
| Brigadier General Kuter | ||
| Brigadier General Tansey | ||
| Captain Doyle | ||
| Colonel Roberts | ||
| Secretariat | ||
| Brigadier Redman | ||
| Captain Royal | ||
| Colonel McFarland | ||
| Commander Coleridge |