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Memorandum by the United States Chiefs of Staff 1
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C.C.S. 520/4 ( Octagon )
C.C.S. 520/4 ( Octagon )
[
Quebec
,] 13 September 1944.
Control of Strategic Bomber Forces in Europe Following the Establishment of Allied Forces on the Continent
References: | a. C.C.S. 150th Mtg.,2 Item 5 |
b. C.C.S. 520 Series3 | |
c. C.C.S. 304/134 | |
d. C.C.S. 172d Mtg., Item 105 |
- 1.
- While not accepting all points in C.C.S. 520/3, the United States Chiefs of Staff agree in principle with the establishment of control of the Strategic Bomber Forces in Europe by the Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, RAF 6 and the Commanding General, United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe,7 acting jointly for the Chief of the Air Staff, RAF 8 and the Commanding General, United States Army Air Forces,9 the latter acting as agents of the Combined Chiefs of Staff.
- 2.
- In the opinion of the United States Chiefs of Staff, the directive proposed in the Annex to C.C.S. 520/3 is in several respects inadequate, and therefore they recommend that the Combined Chiefs of Staff approve and dispatch a revised directive as set forth in the Enclosure.10
- For the consideration of this paper by the Combined Chiefs of Staff at their 173d and 174th Meetings, September 13 and 14, 1944, see ante, pp. 320, 331.↩
- Held at Washington, March 17, 1944; minutes not printed.↩
- Earlier papers in this series are not printed. With respect to C.C.S. 520/3, see ante, p. 309, fn. 8.↩
- “Forces Available to the Supreme Allied Commander for Operation Overlord ”, March 14, 1944; not printed.↩
- See ante, p. 309.↩
- Air Marshal Sir Norman Bottomley.↩
- Lieutenant General Carl Spaatz.↩
- Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Charles Portal.↩
- General Henry H. Arnold.↩
- The enclosed draft directive is not printed as such, but it can be reconstructed from the enclosure to C.C.S. 520/6, post, p. 432, and the footnotes thereto.↩