ATLANTIC POOL
                                
                      (See Appendix "A" )
 
7. Upon completion of HUSKY, the great majority of the landing
 
craft in the ATLANTIC POOL will be in the vicinity of TUNISIA.
 
    8. Problem: To determine the implications of moving landing
 
 craft subsequent to HUSKY.
 
a. To ROUNDUP.
 
b. To ANAKIM.
 
c. To PACIFIC.
 
9. To ROUNDUP.
 
       a. If no further operations are conducted in the MEDITER-
 
RANEAN subsequent to HUSKY, and the landing craft are re-
 
leased by mid-August, seagoing types can arrive in U. K. about 
 
mid-November,  and shipborne types can arrive with the last 
 
echelon of the troops about 1 January 1944.
 
      b. If further operations are conducted in the MEDITERRANEAN,
 
it is probable that shipping other than that used for the
 
transfer of combat troop divisions to U. K. must be made
 
available to transport the shipborne types of landing craft.
 
If the shipping is made available, landing craft can be used
 
without prejudice to the 1 April 1944 target date provided they
 
 are released for ROUNDUP as follows:
 
(1) Eastern MEDITERRANEAN - early December 1943
 
(2) Western MEDITERRANEAN - mid-December 1943
 
c. Losses incurred in operations in the MEDITERRNEAN
 
subsequent to HUSKY can only be made good by diversions from
                                                                                          
 the PACIFIC or ROUNDUP (See J.C.S. 291/1).                                    
 
10. To ANAKIM
 
a. If no further operations are conducted subsequent to
 
HUSKY, and the landing craft are released by mid-August, 
 
following are estimated dates of availability for ANAKIM at
 
CALCUTTA.
 
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