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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\nFrom this table it will be seen that our margin of superiority over the\nmaximum acceptable rate of German build-up, particularly during the first\ntwo critical days, is small. Moreover, the figures in the Table do not suffi-\nciently reflect the handicap under which our newly-landed divisions must\nsuffer when engaging the enemy's divisions which have all along been estab-\nlished on land. We think it important, therefore, that the scale of German\nreserves should be reduced by some means below the maximum specified by\nGeneral Morgan in his second condition. Otherwise, the operation may not\nsucceed.\nC. We think the general rate of advance planned by General Morgan is\noptimistic. Recent experience in Sicily shows that if the enemy is resisting\nfiercely, and if the country lends itself to defense, the advance is bound to\nbe slow. The country south of the Caen beaches is in many respects admir-\nable for delaying actions. We think that this part of General Morgan's plan\nshould be carefully re-examined.\n2. Subject to the above observations, we recommend that the Combined\nChiefs of Staff should approve General Morgan's outline plan and authorize\nhim to proceed with detailed planning, and with full preparations. We gave\ninstructions to this effect before leaving England, in order that no time should\nbe lost, and we ask the Combined Chiefs of Staff to endorse our action.\nS. S. QUEEN MARY,\n10TH AUGUST, 1943.\n93"
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