RESTRICTED 1. INTELLIGENCE GERMANY MAJOR GENERAL SHORTT described to the Committee difficulties in obtaining intelligence, reported by H.Q. Northern Army Group. He outlined the nature of a letter that he proposed to send to H.Q. Northern Army Group, and asked the Committee whether they were in agreement. After a short discussion THE COMMITTEE:Agreed to the line of action proposed by the Director of Military Intelligence. CONFIDENTIAL 2. PLANNING ASSUMPTIONS FOR THE LATER STAGES OF A GENERAL WAR THE COMMITTEE had a discussion on the above subject, a record of which has been circulated separately as a Confidential Annex.