DEPARTMENT OF STATE                     
 
                            WASHINGTON                      
 
                                                            
 
 
                  Extract from C.C.S. 653                   
 
      (8) The British Chiefs of Staff would be pre-pared to provide 
for the following from British sources. The 2 columns below 
 
                                                            
 
 
(1) Those squadrons probably remaining immediately after the 
                        defeat of Germany.                  
 
                                                            
 
 
      (2) The build-up during the following 12 months.      
 
                                                            
 
                               (1)                          
 
                            Squadrons                       
 
                       France 2 H. B. Sqs.                  
 
                             5 S.E.F.                       
 
                              1 G.R.                        
 
                              1 F.B.                        
 
                           2 Transport                      
 
                                                            
 
                               (2)                          
 
                            Squadrons                       
 
                           4 H. B. Sqs.                     
 
                            10 S.E.F.                       
 
                              2 G.R.                        
 
                              1 F.B.                        
 
      2 Transport