Foreign Relations of the United States, Conferences at Washington and Quebec, 1943

J. C. S. Files

Memorandum by the Secretaries of the Combined Chiefs of Staff¹

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C.C.S. 242/5

[Washington,] 25 May 1943.

Final Report to the President and Prime Minister

Following are changes in C.C.S. 242/4 which have been suggested by the Prime Minister:

1. At the bottom of page 4, add the following sentence:

“The possibility of adding one French Division will be considered at a later date.”²

2. At the end of the first paragraph on page 5, add the following subparagraph:

“The preparation and constant keeping up to date of plans for an emergency crossing of the Channel in the event of a German collapse will proceed in accordance with the directive already given to General Morgan. In addition, General Morgan will prepare and submit to the Combined Chiefs of Staff a plan for sending forces to Norway in the event of a German evacuation becoming apparent.”³

3. Subparagraph c on page 5, after the words “The Combined Chiefs of Staff have resolved” substitute the following:

“That the Allied Commander-in-Chief North Africa will be instructed, as a matter of urgency, to plan such operations in exploitation of Husky as are best calculated to eliminate Italy from the war and to contain the maximum number of German forces. Which of the various specific operations should be adopted, and thereafter mounted, is a decision which will be reserved to the Combined Chiefs of Staff.”⁴

H. Redman
J. R. Deane

Combined Secretariat

1. At their meeting on May 25, 1943 (ante, p. 199), the Combined Chiefs of Staff approved the amendments set forth in this memorandum. For the final version of the “Final Report to the President and Prime Minister”, see C.C.S. 242/6, May 25, 1943, infra.
2. As approved by the Combined Chiefs of Staff and incorporated into the final version of the Report, C.C.S. 242/6, this sentence appears in section 2b, immediately following the projected listing of divisions present and available for cross-Channel operations, post, p. 367.
3. As approved by the Combined Chiefs of Staff and incorporated into the final version of the Report, C.C.S. 242/6, this paragraph appears as the final paragraph in section 2b, post, p. 367.
4. As approved by the Combined Chiefs of Staff and incorporated into the final version of the Report, C.C.S. 242/6, this section appears at the beginning of section 2c, post, p. 368.