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    "ocrText": "J. 333305MONO-State\nGalley\n435\nUNCORRECTED GALLEY PROOF\nWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1945\nMEETING OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, JANUARY 31, 1945, 10 A. M.,\nMONTGOMERY HOUSE\nPRESENT\nGeneral of the Army Marshall\nMajor General Anderson\nFleet Admiral King\nBrigadier General Loutzenheiser\nMajor General Kuter\nBrigadier General Lindsay\nLieutenant General Somervell\nCaptain McDill\nLieutenant General Smith 1\nCaptain Stroop\nRear Admiral Duncan\nColonel Peck\nRear Admiral McCormick\nColonel Dean\nMajor General Bull\nColonel Lincoln\nMajor General Hull\nColonel Cary\nMajor General Wood\nLieutenant Colonel Woodward\nSecretariat\nBrigadier General McFarland\nCaptain Graves\n1 Present for items 4-7 only.\nJ. C. S. Files\nJoint Chief of Staff Minutes 2\nTOP SECRET\n2 J. C. S. 184th Meeting.\n1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE C. C. S. 182D MEETING\n8\n3 Ante, p. -\nThe JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF:\nAgreed to recommend approval of the Conclusions of the C. C. S.\n182d Meeting and approval of the detailed record of the meeting\nsubject to later minor amendments.\n2. STRATEGY IN NORTHWEST EUROPE\n(C. C. S. 761/3 and 761/4)\n4\n4\nNot printed.\nGENERAL MARSHALL said that the memorandum by the United\nStates Chiefs of Staff in C. C. S. 761/4 had been presented at the 182d\nMeeting of the Combined Chiefs of Staff (30 January 1945) and\ndiscussed at that time. He called on General Bull for any additional\ncomments he might wish to make at this time.\nGENERAL BULL said that immediately following the meeting of the\nCombined Chiefs of Staff, General Smith had dispatched a telegram\nto General Eisenhower outlining certain changes that had been recom-\nmended in his plan, and that General Eisenhower's reply was expected\nto arrive shortly. There was nothing that he could add until General\nEisenhower's views had been received.\nThe JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF:\nTook note of the foregoing statement.\n3. PLANNING DATE FOR END OF WAR WITH GERMANY\n(C. C. S. 772 5 and J. C. S. 1239\n5 Ante p. -\n6\nNot printed.\nGENERAL MARSHALL said that C. C. S. 772, the British memo-\nrandum on this subject, had been presented at the Combined Chiefs\n333305-55-pt 2"
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