NARA Collection dde-1114 — Collection dde-1114

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.

This volume contains the papers and minutes of the Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS) meetings at the Sextant and Eureka Conferences. Five plenary meetings were held during the Sextant Conference between November 23 and December 6, 1943. These were held at the Villa Kirk and were attended by both President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Also in attendance at the first of these sessions was a Chinese delegation headed by Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. In addition, the conference held the 127th through 138th meetings of the CCS at Mena House (November 22 to December 7, 1943). General Dwight D. Eisenhower was present at one of these sessions. The SEXTANT Conference volume also includes minutes of the EURKEA Conference held in the Russian Legation in Tehran, Iran. The parties involved were the U.S., Great Britain, and the U.S.S.R. The Conference consisted of three plenary sessions (November 28, 29 and 30, 1943) attended by President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, and Marshal Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union; and one military conference (November 29, 1943) attended by military officials of the three countries. Discussions included a general survey of the war and the Soviet strategic concept of the war in Europe.

The Trident Conference included six White House meetings of military officials, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, held May 12-25, 1943; and the 83d through 96th meetings of the Combined Chiefs of Staff held from May 13 to 25, 1943, in Washington, D.C. Items considered during these meetings included HUSKY, global strategy, India-Burma-China theater, U-boat warfare, conduct of the war in 1943-44, defeat of the Axis Powers in Europe, and operations UPKEEP and QUEENS. The volume contains the minutes of the Algiers Conference which consisted of three meetings (May 27 and 31 and June 3, 1943) at General Dwight D. Eisenhower's villa in Algiers. Present at these meetings were U.S. and British members of the Combined Chiefs of Staff plus Prime Minister Churchill and Anthony Eden. These meetings centered on HOBOGOBLIN, Post-HUSKY, operation SOAPSUDS, and the situation in the Mediterranean.