Future of the Combined Chiefs of Staff, Washington

A file of reports and memoranda addressing the future of the Combined Chiefs of Staff in Washington (a body formed during the war to improve Anglo-American military coordination). Documents include a proposal for a staff conference to discuss this topic; a summary of the resulting conference, including contributions from the Prime Minister, Clement Attlee; a memorandum on the history and purpose of the Combined Chiefs of Staff; a report recommending the consolidation of separate British service missions to Washington, and the closure of several lesser ancillary missions such as the British supply mission; several reports outlining the staff assigned to these missions and giving details of the reorganisation; and a discussion of the effect these actions might have on Anglo-Soviet relations, as well as the necessity of a close relationship with the United States of America.