Note by the Secretaries of CCS
Quebec, 12 September 1944
Top secret
CCS 654/7
Program for the OCTAGON Conference
Reference: CCS 172nd Meeting, Item 3
In their 172nd Meeting the Combined Chiefs of Staff approved the following program for the OCTAGON Conference:
I. Tuesday, 12 September
(a) Control of Strategic Bomber Force.
(b) Zones of occupation – provision of forces.
(c) Machinery for Inter-Allied coordination in Moscow.
(d) Situation report from SHAEF and SACMed.
(e) CIC report on the enemy situation in Europe.
(f) General Eisenhower’s future plan of campaign.
(g) General Wilson’s plan of campaign.
II. Wednesday, 13 September
(h) Prospect of redeployment of forces from European Theater for war against Japan.
(i) CIC report on enemy situation in the Pacific.
(j) Situation report on the Pacific and from SACSEA.
(k) Strategy for the defeat of Japan.
III. Thursday, 14 September
(l) British participation in the Pacific in the war against Japan.
(m) Future operations in Southeast Asia.
IV. Friday, 15 September
(n) Continuation of discussion of items listed in III above.
(o) Further consideration of the redeployment of forces from the European Theater for the war against Japan.
(p) Possible Russian participation [in] the war against Japan.
A. J. MCFARLAND
A. T. CORNWALL-JONES
Combined Secretariat