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    "title": "Quadrant Conference",
    "description": "This volume on the Quadrant Conference includes the papers and minutes of Combined Chiefs of Staff meetings 106 to 116.  These were held from August 14 to 24, 1943, in Quebec at the Chateau Frontenac.  Also included in the conference were two meetings at the Citadel of Quebec, attended by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on August 19 and 23, 1943.  A wide range of topics were presented including various aspects of the war against Japan and Operation Overlord.",
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    "ocrText": "U.S. SECRET\nBRITISH MOST SECRET\nC.C.S. 304\n10 August 1943\nCOMBINED CHIEFS OF STAFF\nWAR CABINET\nCHIEFS OF STAFF COMMITTEE\nOPERATION \"OVERLORD\" - OUTLINE PLAN\nCovering Note by the British Chiefs of Staff\n1. We have examined carefuly the outline plan for operation OVERLORD\nwhich General Morgan has submitted. We have the following observations: -\na. It will be observed that General Morgan lays down three main con-\nditions which must be created if the operation is to have a reasonable pros-\npect of success. These are:-\n(1) There must be an overall reduction in the strength of the German\nFighter forces between now and the time of the assault.\n(2) German reserves in France and the Low Countries as a whole,\nexcluding Divisions holding the coast, G.A.F. divisions, and training\ndivisions, should not exceed on the day of the assault 12 full strength,\nfirst quality, divisions. In addition, the Germans should not be able to\ntransfer more than 15 first quality divisions from Russia during the first\ntwo months.\n(3) The problem of beach maintenance over a prolonged period in\nthe Channel must be overcome.\nWe entirely agree with General Morgan that these conditions are essen-\ntial, and we shall have certain proposals to make during the QUADRANT\ndiscussions with a view to their fulfillment.\nb. The annexed table (Annex \"A\") shows:-\n(1) The Allied rate of build-up as planned by General Morgan.\n(2) The maximum rate of German build-up which General Morgan\nconsiders acceptable.\n92"
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