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Annex.
The Charter of the Combined Civil Affairs Committee (under the co-Chairman- ship of British and American representatives) was approved by the Combined Chiefs of Staff in September, 1943. Paragraph six of this Charter reads as follows:-
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"Six. When an enemy occupied
territory of the United States, the United Kingdom or one of the Dominions is to be recovered as a result of an operation, combined or otherwise, the military directive to be given to the force commanders concerned will include policies to be followed in the handling of civil affairs as formulated by the government which exercised authority over the territory before enemy occupation. If paramount military requirements, as determined by the Force Commander, necessitate the departure from those policies, he will take action and report through the Chiefs of Staff to the
Combined Chiefs of Staff.
There is thus clear agreement with the Americans that in British territories in the Far East which are in an American command, the policies to be followed on the liberation of those territories shall be laid down by H.M.G. and accepted by the American Force Commander.
3. This agreement relates to policies only. We have assumed, however, that it carries the implication that British Civil Affairs personnel should be used to carry out British policies, and
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