Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, The Conferences at Cairo and Tehran, 1943

J. C. S. Files

Memorandum by the Commander in Chief, United States Fleet (King), and the First Sea Lord (Cunningham)

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C.C.S. 415/3

[Cairo,] 6 December 1943.

The Provision of Merchant Shipping for the British Fleet for the War Against Japan

The Combined Chiefs of Staff are requested to approve that the Ministry of War Transport and the War Shipping Administration should take into consideration the need for Fleet Auxiliaries for the British Fleet for operations in the war against Japan, and that they should take steps to provide the requisite ships after agreement in detail between the Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, and the First Sea Lord.