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Note by the Secretaries of the Combined Chiefs of Staff

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C.C.S. 654/7

Program for the “Octagon” Conference

Reference: CCS 172d Meeting, Item 31

In their 172d Meeting the Combined Chiefs of Staff approved the following program for the Octagon Conference:

I.
Tuesday, 12th September
a.
Control of Strategic Bomber Force.
b.
Zones of occupation—provision of forces.
c.
Machinery for Inter-Allied coordination in Moscow.
d.
Situation report from SHAEF and SACMed.
e.
C.I.C. report on the enemy situation in Europe.
f.
General Eisenhower’s future plan of campaign.
g.
General Wilson’s plan of campaign.
II.
Wednesday, 13th September
h.
Prospect of redeployment of forces from European Theater for war against Japan.
i.
C.I.C. report on enemy situation in the Pacific.
j.
Situation report on the Pacific and from SACSEA.
k.
Strategy for the defeat of Japan.
III.
Thursday, 14th September
l.
British participation in the Pacific in the war against Japan.
m.
Future operations in Southeast Asia.
IV.
Friday, 15th September
n.
Continuation of discussion of items listed in III above.
o.
Further consideration of the redeployment of forces from the European Theater for the war against Japan.
p.
Possible Russian participation [in] the war against Japan.

A. J. McFarland
A. T. Cornwall-Jones
Combined Secretariat
  1. See post, p. 301.