U. S. ABC-4/CS4 BRITISIt WW-16
 
J. ~an_~hry 14, 1942
 
z WASHINCION WAR CONFERENCE
 
POST-ARCADIA COLLABORATION
 
MEMORANDUM .BY CO~INED CHIEFS OF 'ST.A~
 
!    In order to prOv. ide for the .continuance of the necessary
machinery
to effect collaboration between the United Nations after the departure
from Washington of the British Chiefs of Staff, the Combined Chiefs of
Staff (formerly designated as "Joint Chiefs of Staff") propose the
broad pr. inciples and basic organization herein outlined.
 
        2.    To avoid confusion we suggest that hereafter the word
"Joint" be applied to Inter-Serv. ice collaboration of ONE NATION, and
the word "Combined" to collaboration between two or more of the UNITED
N~TIONS.
 
         3.       DEFINITIONS. -
 
                   a. The term "Combined Chiefs of Staff" is defined as
the British
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    Chiefs of Staff (or in their absence from Washington, their duly
accredited representatives), andthe United States opposite numbers of
the British Chiefs of Staff.
 
            b_. The term "Combined Staff Planners" is defined as the
body of officers duly appointed by the Combined Chiefs of Staff to make
such studies, draft such plans, and perform such other work as may from
time to time be placed on the "Combined Chiefs of Staff Agenda" by that
Body, and duly delegated bythem to the Combined Staff Planners.
 
                    ~. The "Combined Secretariat" is defined as the
body of officers
          duly appointed by the Combined Chiefs of Staff to maintain
necessary rec-
          ords, prepare and distribute essential papers, and perform
such other
          work as is delegatedto them by the Combined Chiefs of Staff.
 
          4.       PERSONNEL. -
 
            _a The Heads of the Joint Staff Mission, Admiral Sir
Charles Little, Lt. General Sir Colville Wemyss, and Air Marshal A. T.
Harris, will rep- . resent the British Chiefs of Staff in Washington.
 
                    b. The Joint Staff Planners will be'
 
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