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It is requested that special care may be taken te ensure the secrecy of this document.
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*DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS TANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT).
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This document was considered at c.0.8(4)406 Meeting.
SECRET,
C.O.S.(41) 713.
1ST DECEMBER. 1941.
WAR CABINET.
CHIEFS OF STAFF COMMITTEE.
COPY NO.
LANDING CRAFT REQUIREMENTS UNITED KINGDOM.
Note by the Chief of Imperial General Staff.
I attach a copy of a memorandum from Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces, on the Control and Allotment of Special Shipping and Craft for Training and Operations for the information of the Chiefs of Staff.
The War Office,
26th November. 1941.
(Signed)
J.G. DILL,
C. I. G. S.
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Annex,
(HFP(41) 8).
1.
ANNEX.
CONTROL AND ALLOTMENT OF
SPECIAL SHIPPING AND CRAFT FOR TRAINING AND OPERATIONS.
Memorandum by the Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces,
I think it right to state the present situation with regard to the special shipping and craft available in Home Waters for training and operations in which Home Forces night take part.
Control.
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At their 356th Meeting, the Chiefs of staff approved Directives to the Adviser on Combined Operations (C.O.S. (41) 682) and myself (C.0. S. (41)630).
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From these, it would appear that the allotment of special shipping and craft was controlled by the Chiefs of Staff through the Admiralty, with whom and with whose Commanders-in-Chief I and my Army Commanders are authorised to deal direct.
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