Minutes of the Seventh Meeting of the sub-committee, held in the Secretary's Room, Great George Street, S.W.1. on Tuesday 9th February at 10.15 am

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Minutes of the Seventh Meeting of the sub-committee, held in the Secretary's Room, Great George Street, S.W.1. on Tuesday 9th February at 10.15 am

GENERAL DAVIDSON suggested that it would be advisable to ask Lt.-Col. Churchill to make a list of a few names of Officers whom he would recommend for this appointment, and submit them to the Chief of Combined Operations for his approval. 'X' THE SUB-COMMITTEE:- Agreed with the Suggestion at 'X' above. 3. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER FOR COMBINED OPERATIONS HEADQUARTERS. LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN reminded the Sub-Committee that on his establishment he was still short of a Naval Officer. He was reluctant to make his own selection and would much prefer that the name of an Officer acceptable to the Naval Intelligence Division should be recommended by them. He thought it essential that the Officer concerned (who might be a R.N.V.R, Officer) should be one familiar with the working of the Division and with the Officers serving in it. COMMODORE RUSHBROOKE explained that hitherto his Division had had no pool of Officers from which to draw for appointments of this nature. The situation was now, however, being changed in this respect and he would do his best to meet the wishes of the Chief of Combined Operations. 4. REPORT ON THE DIEPPE RAID. (Previous Reference: J.I.C.(43) 5th Meeting, Item 1). LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN informed the Sub-Committee that his attention had been drawn to their decision that an amended form of the report on the Dicppe Raid should be handed to the Russian authorities. While he did not feel strongly on the matter, he asked the Sub-Committee to consider whether any real advantage was to be gained from holding back the full report. In his opinion, the growing coldness and mistrust between the Russians and ourselves, due to the knowledge on each side that the other was holding back information from it, could only be intensified by the policy recommended by the Sub-Committee. The Russians knew perfectly well that the full report was in existence. They would know that the document handed to them was a bowdlerised version. They would probably, through American or other sources, in due course obtain a sight of the full report. The reasons given by Commander Clanchy against handing over the full report seemed to him to argue in precisely the opposite sense. It was highly desirable that the Russians should be fully aware of the formidable difficulties of combined operations against a defended coast. He repeated that he did not feel strongly on the matter, but stated that he could see no sufficient advantage in the course previously decided upon by the Sub-Committee, to justify the trouble and expense of producing a special version of the report for communication to the Russians. -2-
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
CAB 81/91/9
File Reference
CAB 81/91
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0091.009
Keywords
Combined Operations British Intelligence Organisation Photographic Reconnaissance Operation Jubilee Intelligence Reports Dieppe Raid
Pages
5
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet: Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee: Minutes (JIC Series).
Themes
Intelligence Organisation and Administration Military Intelligence and Operations