Meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff, 3:30 p.m.
CCS 198th Meeting
| Present | ||
|---|---|---|
| United States | United Kingdom | |
| Fleet Admiral Leahy | Field Marshal Brooke | |
| General of the Army Marshall | Marshal of the Royal Air Force Portal | |
| Fleet Admiral King | Admiral of the Fleet Cunningham | |
| General of the Army Arnold | General Ismay | |
| General Somervell | Lieutenant-General Macready | |
| Lieutenant General Hull | Major-General Hollis | |
| Vice Admiral Cooke | ||
| Major General Norstad | ||
| Rear Admiral Flanigan | ||
| Captain McDill | ||
| Secretariat | ||
| Brigadier General McFarland | Brigadier Cornwall-Jones | |
| Captain Moore | Lieutenant-Colonel Haddon |
CCS Minutes
Potsdam, July 21, 1945
Top secret
Approval of the Minutes of the 197th Meeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff, 20 July 1945
The Combined Chiefs of Staff:
a. Approved the conclusions of the CCS 197th Meeting subject to the amendment of conclusion b. under item 2 to read as follows:
Took note that the British Chiefs of Staff would take steps to obtain the agreement of the Australian, New Zealand, and Dutch Governments to the proposed reallocation of areas and command setup in Southwest Pacific and Southeast Asia.
b. Approved the detailed report of the meeting, subject to:
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The amendment of the 3rd paragraph under item 2 to read as follows:
General Marshall said that the United States Chiefs of Staff were prepared to accept the directive on the understanding that the British Chiefs of Staff would be responsible for obtaining the approval of the Australian, New Zealand, and Dutch Governments to the proposed reallocation of areas and command set-up in Southwest Pacific and Southeast Asia, since these governments had been party to the original arrangements.
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Any later minor amendments.
Basic Objectives, Strategy, and Policies (CCS 877, 877/1, 877/2, 877/4, and 877/5)
SIR ALAN BROOKE said that the British Chiefs of Staff had considered CCS 877/5 and had come to the conclusion that the matter had now reached a stage which was outside the scope of the British Chiefs of Staff. He said that the hands of the British Chiefs of Staff were bound just as were those of the United States Chiefs of Staff. He regretted, therefore, that nothing further could be done in the matter until a decision had been reached on a higher level. He requested that the matter be deferred until such time as a decision on a higher level was forthcoming.
The Combined Chiefs of Staff: Agreed to defer consideration of CCS 877/5.
British Troopship Employment in U.S. Trans-Atlantic Programs, First Half of 1946 (CCS 679/7)
The Combined Chiefs of Staff: Agreed to defer consideration of this matter.
Disposition of Captured German Passenger Ships (CCS 679/6)
The Combined Chiefs of Staff: Agreed to defer consideration of this matter.