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No. 610
Memorandum by the Representatives of the British Chiefs of Staff
[Extract]1
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C. C. S. 877/1
[ Washington ,] 30 June 1945.

Basic Objectives, Strategy, and Policies

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5. Subject to the above remarks2 the British Chiefs of Staff are in full agreement with the memorandum by the United States Chiefs of Staff (C. C. S. 877),3. …

  1. For the full text of this memorandum, see document No. 600.↩
  2. None of the remarks referred to concerned paragraph 6 a of C. C. S. 877, quoted in footnote 3, infra. ↩

  3. Concerning the text of this memorandum, see document No. 600, ante, footnote 1, and document No. 1263, printed in vol. ii . The passage here pertinent reads as follows:

    “6. The following additional tasks will be undertaken in order to assist in the execution of the over-all strategic concept:—

    “a. Encourage Russian entry into the war against Japan. Provide such aid to her war-making capacity as may be necessary and practicable in connection therewith.”

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