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    "ocrText": "THE PRESIDENT said that since there was no agenda for the conference\nhe thought it would be a good idea to have a report from the military\nstaffs who had met this morning, and if there was no objection they might\nhear from General Brooke, Marshal Voroshilov and General Marshall.\nGENERAL BROOKE said that the committee had not finished its work\nand had merely made a survey of the vari ous operations mentioned, and\nhad also examined the operation OVERLORD, taking into account the period\nof time which must elapse before OVERLORD was put into effect. He\nsaid that the committee considered the fact that if active operations\nwere not undertaken in the Mediterranean during this period it would\nprovide the Germans with an opportunity to remove their forces from\nthat area either for the Soviet front or for the defense against OVER-\nLORD. The committee also examined the advantages of continuing the\noperations up the leg of Italy until they had brought the Germans to a\ndecisive battle. The committee brie fly reviewed the question of pro-\nviding the Partisans in Yugoslavia with aid and supplies in order to\nassist them in containing German forces. The advantages of Turkey's\nparticipation in the war from the point of view of opening up the\nDardenelles, the supply route to Russia and its effect on the Balkans\nwas also considered. The possibility of in operation in southern\nFrance in connection with OVERLORD was also briefly discussed. The\neffect of the air attacks on Germany was outlined to the comsittee\nby Air Marshal Portal, and General Marshall provided the figures of the\nUnited States build-up in England, and General Brooke himself had de-\nscribed the change-over from the defense to offensive preparations\nin England. General Brooke concluded that Marshal Voroshilov had\nput forth a number of questions and had received answers.\nGENERAL MARSHALL said he had little to add to what General Brooke\nhad said and he did not intend to go into any detail. He said that the\nchief problems were landing craft and suitable airfields to afford\nfighter protection for any operation. He emphasized that the question\nof adequate landing craft came first in importance, and added that by\nlanding craft he meant those capable of carrying 40 tanks. He said\nthat he had endeavored to make clear to the committee the manner in\nwhich preparations for OVERLORD were proceeding; that the flow of\ntroops from the United States were on schedule and that one million\ntons of material had already been shipped to England. He repeated\nthat the variable factor was production of landing craft and that the\nschedule of production had been stepped up. He said that some veteran\ndivisions had already been transferred from the Italian theater to\nEngland.\nMARSHAL VOROSHILOV said that the answers which he had'received to\nhis questions at the committee meeting ha been confirmed here at the\nconference by General Brooke and General Marshall. lie added that the\nquestions of Yugoslavia and Turkey mentioned by General Brooke had not\nbeen considered in detail.\nDECLASSIFIED\nE.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (#)\nDept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972\nNE-HC NARS Date 2-12-76"
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