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    "ocrText": "J. 333305MONO-State\nGalley 432\nUNCORRECTED GALLEY PROOF\nThe object was to force the submarines back into deep water where\nthe ASDIC would be effective, and to achieve this deep mine fields\nwere being laid in order to shut the enemy out of the Irish Sea.\nTHE CHIEF OF THE AIR STAFF explained that from the air point of\nview new devices were being brought into action,\nIt must\nbe remembered, however, that with a submerged submarine using\nher schnorkel, the aircraft, even after it had contacted the submarine,\nfound difficulty in sinking it since it could dive in some three seconds\nand left no swirl at which to aim.\nSIR ANDREW CUNNINGHAM explained that the Germans were\nbuilding new types of submarines which were a vast improvement\nover those which had been used previously. There were two new\ntypes: one of 1600 tons with a speed of up to 18 knots submerged,\nand carrying twenty torpedoes; the other, a small coastal type, was\ncapable of 13 knots submerged and carried two torpedoes. The\nlarger boat had an extremely long range. It was thought that these\nnew boats would be coming into operation about the middle or end\nof February.\nTHE COMBINED CHIEFS OF STAFF:--\nTook note with interest of the foregoing statements.\nJ. c. S. Files\nMemorandum by the British Chiefs of Staff\nTOP SECRET\n1 Annexed to the Combined Chiefs of Staff minutes of this meeting.\nPROPOSED PROGRAMME OF WORK\nTuesday, 30th January\n1. A. War Against Germany\n1. C. Co-ordination of Operations\nBomblines, etc.\n1. E. Combined Bomber Offensive\n1. F. Planning Date for End of German War\nWednesday, 31st January\n1. B. Strategy in Mediterranean\n2. War Against Japan\nA. South-East Asia\nB. Allocation of Resources Between S. E. A. C. and China\nThursday, 1st February\n2. C. Pacific Opérations\n2. D. Planning Date for End of Japanese War\n1. D. U-Boat Threat\nFriday, 2nd February\n3. Review of Cargo Shipping\nAdditional Item. Oil Stocks\n4. Basic undertakings\nCASTILLE, 30.1.45.\n2 The Aubergé de Gastile, in Valletta, built in 1574 and altered in 1744, one\nof the national palaces of the Order of Malta."
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