ADMIRAL STARK, referring to Paragraph 8, said that the United States Chiefs of
Staff felt that if anyone could carry out the duties laid down therein, they would rather have Sir
John Dill than anyone else. They felt strongly, however, that there should be no Military
Representative of the British Government above the Chiefs of Staff level. They would not desire
for a moment to have any similar arrangement in London whereby a Military Representative of the
United States had direct access to higher political authority. He thought it only right to express
the views of the United States Chiefs of Staff quite frankly on this matter, though he realized that
the President and the Prime Minister might have come to some other agreement on
the matter.
 
 
               SIR DUDLEY POUND said that the British Chiefs of Staff would have to refer the
matter to the Prime Minister, as any decision on this point would have to be taken on a higher
level.
 
               ADMIRAL STARK said that the United States Chiefs of Staff accepted, without
comment, Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the paper, but in Paragraph 6 would like to have the following
amendments made:
 
Line 4- delete "either".
 
Lines 5 and 6- delete "or considered by the Combined Chiefs of Staff at their next meeting".
 
The principle that coordinated intelligence should be available for the Planning Staffs was fully
accepted, but the details would have to be worked out by the Planning Staffs in collaboration.
 
               As regards Paragraphs 8 to 11 (Priorities and Allocation), the UNITED STATES
CHIEFS OF STAFF entirely agreed with the principle enunciated in the first sentence of
Paragraph 8. The United States organization for allocation was'not, however, yet in final shape,
and before accepting the remainder of these paragraphs, they would like to examine the matter
further.
 
                SIR DUDLEY POUND suggested that the principle involved in this matter was so
important that it would be desirable for the Combined Chiefs of Staff to submit their
recommendations to the President and the Prime Minister.
 
A draft minute was handed round for discussion and agreed to, subject to certain amendments. A
copy of the agreed minute is attached to
Annex 1.
 
               GENERAL MARSHALL in this discussion emphasized that there could be no question
of having any duplication of the Combined Chiefs of Staff organization in Washington and in
London. There could 0nly be one Combined
 
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