Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, The Conference of Berlin (The Potsdam Conference), 1945, Volume I

J. C. S. Files

No. 132
The Secretary of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (McFarland) to the British Secretary of the Combined Chiefs of Staff (Cornwall–Jones)

top secret

[Washington,] 8 July 1945.

SM–2438

Memorandum for Brigadier Cornwall-Jones

Reference is made to your memorandum 725/CJ, dated 6 July 1945.¹

The Secretary of War’s party, consisting of the following members, will arrive at Gibraltar at approximately 0800Z² 14 July 1945:

• Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson
• Assistant Secretary of War John J. McCloy
• Special Assistant to Secretary of War Harvey H. Bundy, Sr.
• Major General Norman J. Kirk, Surgeon General
• Colonel William H. Kyle
• Colonel Kenneth R. Kreps
• Colonel Richard A. Cutter
• Colonel Harrison A. Gerhardt
• Lieutenant Colonel John B. Cabell
• Warrant Officer James R. Costello
• Technical Sergeant J. P. Leveritty, Jr.
• Staff Sergeant Arthur F. Rall

The numbers of the two aircraft (C–54 and C–47) for transportation of the party to their ultimate destination³ are not yet available and will be forwarded as soon as they can be determined.

A. J. McFarland

1. Not printed.
2. i. e., 8:00 a.m., Greenwich Civil Time.
3. i. e., Babelsberg.