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1. Meeting with Directors of Intelligence. 2. "OVERLORD" - A quick decision. 3....

Catalogue reference: CAB 79/82/6

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This record is about the 1. Meeting with Directors of Intelligence. 2. "OVERLORD" - A quick decision. 3.... dating from 1944 Oct 24 in the series War Cabinet and Cabinet: Chiefs of Staff Committee: Minutes. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
CAB 79/82/6
Date
1944 Oct 24
Description

1. Meeting with Directors of Intelligence.

2. "OVERLORD" - A quick decision.

3. Situation in Greece.

4. Treatment of captured Soviet personnel.

5. Visits by Chinese Officers to the Western Front.

6. Strategic bombing offensive - Russian participation.

7. Retention of British Forces in Sardinia and certain ports in the Mediterranean.

8. No 30 Mission.

9. Proposed Combined Committee in Moscow.

10. "CROSSBOW". COS(44)911(O). COS(44)918(O).

11. Directive to Commander-in-Chief, India. COS(44)907(O).

12. Operation "HIGHBALL". COS(44)916(O).

13. Presentation and circulation of certain Post Hostilities Planning Sub-Committee Papers.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
COS(44)(O)346th
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9192978/

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CAB 79

War Cabinet and Cabinet: Chiefs of Staff Committee: Minutes

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Minutes of Meetings (O) nos. 341-370

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1. Meeting with Directors of Intelligence. 2. "OVERLORD" - A quick decision. 3....

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