Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, Conferences at Malta and Yalta, 1945 - Office of the Historian

Meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, February 7, 1945, 10 a.m., Livadia Palace

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Present

Fleet Admiral Leahy	Brigadier General Roberts
General of the Army Marshall	Brigadier General Loutzenheiser
Fleet Admiral King	Brigadier General Lindsay
Major General Kuter	Brigadier General Bessell
Lieutenant General Somervell	Brigadier General Everest
Vice Admiral Cooke	Commodore Burrough
Major General Bull	Colonel Peck
Major General Deane	Colonel Lincoln
Major General Anderson	Colonel Cary
Major General Hull	Captain Stroop
Major General Wood	Captain McDill
Rear Admiral McCormick	Lieutenant Colonel McRae
Rear Admiral Duncan	Commander Clark
Real Admiral Olsen

Secretariat

Brigadier General McFarland

Captain Graves

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[359] Joint Chiefs of Staff Minutes

Leningrad, February 7, 1945, 10 a.m.

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[360] The British Foreign Secretary ( Eden ) to the Secretary of State

[ Yalta ,] 5th February, 1945.

740.00114 EW/2–545

[361] The War Shipping Administrator ( Land ) to the Secretary of State

[ Yalta ,] February 5, 1945.

740.00114 EW/2–545

[362] The British Foreign Secretary ( Eden ) to the Soviet Foreign Commissar ( Molotov )

[ Yalta ,] 5th February, 1945.

740.00114 EW/2–545

[363] The Acting Secretary of State ( Grew ) to the Secretary of State

Washington , February 7 [8], 1945. 1

740.0011 EW/1–2745: Telegram

[364] The Joint Chiefs of Staff to the President

[ Yalta ,] 6 February 1945.

[365] The President’s Chief of Staff ( Leahy ) to the First Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Soviet Army ( Antonov )

[ Yalta ,] 7 February 1945.

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[366] The First Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Soviet Army ( Antonov ) to the President’s Chief of Staff ( Leahy )

Crimea , 7 February 1945.

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The text of this message in the Defense Files bears the date February 8, which is the date under which it was transmitted.↩