The Military Secretariat of the Ministry of Defence was essentially inter-Service, but he would, if the Committee agreed, raise this question with the Chief Staff Officer to the Minister of Defence and find out whether there was any helpful representation that could be made to assist him in providing secretaries from the various Services. There was general agreement with this suggestion. AIR VICE MARSHAL PENDRED circulated a revised chart of the J.I.C. layout for attaching as an Appendix to the report to the Chiefs of Staff.