J. C. S. Files

No. 132
The Secretary of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (McFarland) to the British Secretary of the Combined Chiefs of Staff (Cornwall–Jones)

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SM–2438

Memorandum for Brigadier Cornwall-Jones

Reference is made to your memorandum 725/CJ, dated 6 July 1945.1

The Secretary of War’s party, consisting of the following members, will arrive at Gibraltar at approximately 0800Z2 14 July 1945:

  • Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson
  • Assistant Secretary of War John J. McCloy
  • Special Assistant to Secretary of War Harvey H. Bundy, Sr.
  • Major General Norman J. Kirk, Surgeon General
  • Colonel William H. Kyle
  • Colonel Kenneth R. Kreps
  • Colonel Richard A. Cutter
  • Colonel Harrison A. Gerhardt
  • Lieutenant Colonel John B. Cabell
  • Warrant Officer James R. Costello
  • Technical Sergeant J. P. Leveritty, Jr.
  • Staff Sergeant Arthur F. Rall

The numbers of the two aircraft (C–54 and C–47) for transportation of the party to their ultimate destination3 are not yet available and will be forwarded as soon as they can be determined.

A. J. McFarland
  1. Not printed.
  2. i. e., 8:00 a.m., Greenwich Civil Time.
  3. i. e., Babelsberg.