Meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff, 2:30 p.m.1
1. C. C. S. 196th Meeting.
| Present | ||
| United States | United Kingdom | |
| General of the Army Marshall | Field Marshal Brooke | |
| Fleet Admiral King | Marshal of the Royal Air Force Portal | |
| General of the Army Arnold | Admiral of the Fleet Cunningham | |
| General Somervell | Field Marshal Wilson | |
| Lieutenant General Hull | General Ismay | |
| Vice Admiral Cooke | Major-General Laycock | |
| Major General Norstad | Major-General Hollis | |
| Captain Oster | ||
| Captain McDill | ||
| Secretariat | ||
| Brigadier General McFarland | Brigadier Cornwall-Jones | |
| Captain Moore | Lieutenant-Colonel Haddon |
[[Unnumbered document following Document 710 (#27)]] Combined Chiefs of Staff Minutes
Potsdam, July 18, 1945
J. C. S. Files