Meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff, January 31, 1945, 2:30 p.m., Montgomery House

Present

United States United Kingdom
General of the Army Marshall Field Marshal Brooke
Fleet Admiral King Marshal of the Royal Air Force Portal
Major General Kuter Admiral of the Fleet Cunningham
Lieutenant General Somervell Field Marshal Wilson
Lieutenant General Smith1 Field Marshal Alexander2
Vice Admiral Cooke General Ismay
Rear Admiral McCormick Admiral Somerville
Major General Bull1 General Riddell-Webster
Major General Hull Air Marshal Robb1
Major General Anderson Major General Laycock
Major General Wood
Brigadier General Cabell2
Brigadier General Loutzenheiser

Secretariat

Brigadier General McFarland Major General Jacob
Captain Graves Brigadier Cornwall-Jones
Colonel Peck Commander Coleridge

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  1. Present for items 1–4 only.
  2. Present for items 1 and 2 only.
  3. Present for items 1–4 only.
  4. Present for items 1–4 only.
  5. Present for items 1 and 2 only.