Salonika on which the Yugo-Slav Army could fall back and re-form.
(d) Salonika would provide a bridge- head for ultimate offensive operations which would be more difficult from further south,
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(a) and (e) The British Chiefs of Staff have so far only considered operations up to the Spring of 1940 with the forces which will be available then.
the Bo [ans she will almost certainly do so through Yugo-Slavia as the only through railway line to Bulgaria, Turkey and Greece, runs through Belgrade and Nish. French are convinced that Yugo-Slavia will resist at any rate in old Serbia.
The
The French consider that apart from the guarantees granted, due weight is also to be given to strategical advantages likely to result from operations in the Balkans.
(d)
The French consider that the Balkans may eventually offer us
opportunity for decisive operations against Germany.
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(f) Germany would be prevented from cutting the Greco-Turkish front.
(f) Agreed.
(e) An Allied force at Salonika would constitute a threat which would contain large German forces.
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(g) Germany would be prevented from (g) Agreed, establishing air bases in Southern
Macedonia, and thereby from
increasing the scale of attack
in the Eastern Mediterranean,
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