Editorial Note
No minutes of this meeting have been found and apparently none were taken in view of the informal nature of the gathering. The information given above as to the time of the meeting and the participants is taken from the Log (ante, p. 294). Leahy (p. 199) indicates that the Combined Chiefs joined the President’s dinner party after the meal and that “Mountbatten outlined his plans and his needs for the Burma campaign which had been assigned to him at the Quebec Conference held in August 1943.” Alanbrooke (p. 51) states that the purpose of the meeting was “to discuss Dickie Mountbatten’s plans and to prepare for meetings with Chiang Kai-shek.” Arnold (p. 461) mentions Chiang as one of the participants, while the Log indicates that Chiang, Madame Chiang, and three Chinese generals were present. It appears doubtful that the Chinese contingent actually attended; see Roosevelt’s welcome to the Chinese at the Plenary Meeting on the following morning (post, p. 312) and the diary entry for November 23 in Alanbrooke, p. 51.