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Memorandum by the British Chiefs of Staff1

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C.C.S. 678
[Quebec,] 13 September 1944.

Planning Date for the End of the War Against Japan

1.
The British Chiefs of Staff feel that it is important that the Combined Chiefs of Staff should agree and promulgate a planning date for the end of the war against Japan. The following planning must be related to an estimated date for the end of the war against Japan:—
a.
The redeployment of forces against Japan.
b.
The planning of production.
c.
The allocation of manpower.
2.
The British Chiefs of Staff recommend that, in order to make due allowance for contingencies, the Combined Chiefs of Staff should accept as a planning date two years after the defeat of Germany.
  1. For the discussion of this paper by the Combined Chiefs of Staff at their 174th Meeting, September 14, 1944, see ante, p. 339.↩