for circulation inside the Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry; (b) To reconsider the draft Memorandum at a future meeting of the SubCommittee in the light of remarks put forward by the Departments concerned in the Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry. 2. REVIEW OF THE MILITARY SITUATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH-EAST AFRICA. (Paper No. J.I.C. 27) THE SUB-COMMITTEE had under consideration a Note by the Secretary covering an outline draft of a Review by the Joint Planning Sub-Committee of the military situation in the Mediterranean, Middle East and Northeast Africa (Paper No.