SZ/AEAF/7/1/6-7 - General arguments about strategical plan
Reference code
SZ/AEAF/7/1/6-7
Level of description
Item
Title
General arguments about strategical plan
Date/s
1944
Quantity & Format
1 leaf
Scope and content
Copy [SZ/AEAF/7/1/6] is annotated by SZ, [circa 1974] "Dictated by SZ immediately after Defence Cttee of 5/4/44", and copy [SZ/AEAF/7/1/7] is annotated by SZ [circa 1974] "Immediately after meeting on April 5 1944 of Defence Cttee".
The paper refutes assertions "at the Defence Committee that with the exception of A.E.A.F. and S.H.A.E.F. all expert bodies, including the railway experts have been opposed to the [Transportation] plan", quoting the views of the Railway Executive Committee, Railway Research Service and the War Office, and those expressed at the meeting convened by the Chief of the Air Staff on 25/3/44 to discuss the AEAF plan for air attacks on rail centres in northwest Europe in support of Operation Overlord.
Two copies.
The paper refutes assertions "at the Defence Committee that with the exception of A.E.A.F. and S.H.A.E.F. all expert bodies, including the railway experts have been opposed to the [Transportation] plan", quoting the views of the Railway Executive Committee, Railway Research Service and the War Office, and those expressed at the meeting convened by the Chief of the Air Staff on 25/3/44 to discuss the AEAF plan for air attacks on rail centres in northwest Europe in support of Operation Overlord.
Two copies.
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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]
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SZ/AEAF/7/1 - Cabinet papers: Defence Committee papers
- SZ/AEAF/7/1/6-7 - General arguments about strategical plan
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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]