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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT

TO BE KEPT UNDER LOCK AND KEY.

It is requested that special care may be taken to ensure the secrecy of this document.

SECRET

C.O.S.(40) 258 (J.P.

(40)60)

(Also Paper No. J.P.(40)60)

14th March, 1940.

WAR CABINET

CHIEFS OF STAFF COMMITTEE

200

COPY NO. 22

PLANNING ORGANISATION

Report by the Joint Planning Sub-Committee

On the 4th March the Chiefs of Staff instructed us

to put up proposals for increasing and/or reorganising the

existing Joint Planning organisation, with a view to ensuring

that long term planning can proceed uninterruptedly and with

due regard to the necessity for collaboration with the

French.

2.

The first point to be considered is whether the

existing Joint Planning Staff is adequate to carry out long

term planning currently with the preparation of the many

ad hoc Reports and Memoranda with which they are presented.

At present each Director of Plans has under him one first

grade staff officer, each in turn being assisted by a

second Grade Staff Officer, With this complement, and

having regard to the heavy pressure of current problems, it

has not been found possible to devote the time desirable,

indeed necessary, to the constant study of long range

strategical planning. We therefore recommend the addition

of three second grade Staff Officers, one from each service.

The Secretary to the Joint Planning Committee will also

require reinforcement and we recommend that steps should be

taken to provide him with suitable assistance.

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