SZ/AEAF/7/1 - Cabinet papers: Defence Committee papers
Reference code
SZ/AEAF/7/1
Level of description
Sub file
Title
Cabinet papers: Defence Committee papers
Date/s
1944
Quantity & Format
36 items
Scope and content
Contains 36 items which include minutes of meetings of the Defence Committee (Operations) of the War Cabinet held on 5/4/44 and 13/4/44 and associated correspondence, memoranda and reports. The Defence Committee authorised the AEAF's programme of air attacks subject to close monitoring of the effects and of the reaction of the French people (see also [SZ/AEAF/2/7]). Among the contents are: estimates by MOHS RE.8 of numbers of casualties; papers discussing the basis on which the casualty estimates were calculated; a memorandum from Air Chief Marshal Leigh-Mallory to General Eisenhower setting out the consequences for Overlord if the AEAF transportation plan were to be abondoned; target lists; a memorandum by the Director of Bomber Operations, Air Ministry, for the Chief of the Air Staff and the Prime Minister on the pros and cons of deploying delayed-action bombs in attacks on rail centrs; and the English text of a warning leaflet addressed to the populations of areas adjacent to rail centres scheduled for attack.
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SZ - Zuckerman Archive
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SZ/AEAF - [Allied Expeditionary Air Force]
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SZ/AEAF/7 - [Cabinet papers]
- SZ/AEAF/7/1 - Cabinet papers: Defence Committee papers
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SZ/AEAF/7 - [Cabinet papers]
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SZ/AEAF - [Allied Expeditionary Air Force]
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- SZ/AEAF/7/1/1 - [Covering note to draft minutes of the meeting of the Defence Committee held on 5/4/44, D.O.(44) 5th Meeting (Draft)], 7/4/44
- SZ/AEAF/7/1/2 - Minutes of the meeting held in the Defence Map Room on Wednesday, 5th April, 1944, at 10.30 p.m, 14/4/44
- SZ/AEAF/7/1/3 - Minutes of the meeting held in the Defence Map Room on Thursday, 13th April, 1944, at 10.30 pm, 14/4/44
- SZ/AEAF/7/1/4 - Bombing policy in connection with "Overlord", 19/4/44
- SZ/AEAF/7/1/5 - Notes by C.-in-C. [AEAF] for the information of the Supreme Commander [Allied Expeditionary Forces]
- SZ/AEAF/7/1/6-7 - General arguments about strategical plan
- SZ/AEAF/7/1/8 - Alternative plan
- SZ/AEAF/7/1/9-10 - Estimates of Civilian casualties to be expected as a result of attacks on railway centres in enemy occupied territories, 6/4/44
- SZ/AEAF/7/1/12-12a - Estimates of civilian casualties to be expected as a result of attacks on railway centres in enemy-occupied territories, 6/4/44
- SZ/AEAF/7/1/13-14a - [Letter, SZ, D.A.C. Dewdney and R.B. Fisher to The Deputy Supreme Commander, SHAEF], 6/4/44
- SZ/AEAF/7/1/15-16a - [Letter, SZ to Sir Arthur Tedder, 7/4/44]
- SZ/AEAF/7/1/17 - Weight of attacks and casualties during the period 1st October 1941 - 31st December 1942 (British Towns), 19/4/44
- SZ/AEAF/7/1/18-19 - Number of fatal casualties
- SZ/AEAF/7/1/20-21 - [Letter, D.A.C. Dewdney to SZ, 25/4/44]
- SZ/AEAF/7/1/22-23 - Interim Report on Estimates of Fatal Casualties from Strikes shown on Bomb Plots prepared for Attacks on Railway Targets, 25/4/44
- SZ/AEAF/7/1/24 - Assessment of casualties not included in previous list done by R.E.8
- SZ/AEAF/7/1/25 - Completed list of targets, including those already attacked, but excluding the S. of France list. French and Belgian Railway Targets classified according to estimated civilian casualties - assuming no evacuation.
- SZ/AEAF/7/1/26 - Completed list of targets, including those already attacked, but excluding the S. of France list. French and Belgian Railway Targets classified according to estimated civilian casualties
- SZ/AEAF/7/1/27 - [Letter, Personal Assistant to the Scientific Adviser, A.E.A.F. to Air Vice-Marshal J.M. Robb, 29/4/44]
- SZ/AEAF/7/1/28 - The Use of delayed action bombs in the attack of rail centres, 4/5/44
- SZ/AEAF/7/1/29 - [Letter, D.A.C. Dewdney to SZ, 5/5/44]
- SZ/AEAF/7/1/30-31 - Notes on meeting between Squadron Leader Dewdney, Dr R.B. Fisher, Dr F. Yates, Prof. Zuckerman
- SZ/AEAF/7/1/32 - AVIS
- SZ/AEAF/7/1/33 - [Rough notes tabulating target, population exposed and estimates killed showing estimates up and down, for rail centre targets in France and Belgium]