JSC Memos
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JSC Memos
Hello Everybody.
I'm trying to find a copy of a joint chiefs of Staff memo sent to FDR in 1944. I can't find it at the FDR library website or in the Official histories. Does anyone have an idea where I can get a copy of it?
Thanks in advance.
I'm trying to find a copy of a joint chiefs of Staff memo sent to FDR in 1944. I can't find it at the FDR library website or in the Official histories. Does anyone have an idea where I can get a copy of it?
Thanks in advance.
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Which memo? Weren't more than one sent that year? Have a date, or subject, or other identification?
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Thanks for the response. Maybe this isn't the right place to ask, but itsCarl Schwamberger wrote: ↑11 Apr 2021 02:47Which memo? Weren't more than one sent that year? Have a date, or subject, or other identification?
JCS 718/1, 16 Mar 44, title: Effect of "Unconditional Surrender" Policy on German Morale.
We have FDR's response on April 1st but its not printed in the Foreign Relations Documentary history. Nor does Matloff go into much detail in his "Strategic Planning for Coalition warfare 1943-1944". A search of the FDR library files turned up zero. And in general, I'm just wondering how you access the JSC files. The national archives are confusing.
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Not a clue how to access all that. Been running a construction business the past 27 years and not been able to do real research.
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Yer welcome Lol. Im surprised someone with experience there has not jumped in.
I thought my copy of Pogues bio of Marshal might have a citation, but no joy.
I thought my copy of Pogues bio of Marshal might have a citation, but no joy.
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Marshall was not Chairman, Leahy was. See:Carl Schwamberger wrote: ↑12 Apr 2021 15:19Yer welcome Lol. Im surprised someone with experience there has not jumped in.
I thought my copy of Pogues bio of Marshal might have a citation, but no joy.
NARA II, RG 218, Records of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Records of the Chairman 1942-70, formerly security-classified correspondence, memorandums, and messages of JCS Chairmen Adm. William D. Leahy, 1942-48.
"Is all this pretentious pseudo intellectual citing of sources REALLY necessary? It gets in the way of a good, spirited debate, destroys the cadence." POD, 6 October 2018
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Much thanks. This should help me a lot in getting a copy of the memo.
NARA II, RG 218, Records of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Records of the Chairman 1942-70, formerly security-classified correspondence, memorandums, and messages of JCS Chairmen Adm. William D. Leahy, 1942-48.
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I don't have a bio of Leahy. Thought there might be a clue in the book I do have.Richard Anderson wrote: ↑12 Apr 2021 16:02Marshall was not Chairman, Leahy was. See:Carl Schwamberger wrote: ↑12 Apr 2021 15:19Yer welcome Lol. Im surprised someone with experience there has not jumped in.
I thought my copy of Pogues bio of Marshal might have a citation, but no joy.
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Carl Schwamberger wrote: ↑13 Apr 2021 00:50I don't have a bio of Leahy. Thought there might be a clue in the book I do have.Richard Anderson wrote: ↑12 Apr 2021 16:02Marshall was not Chairman, Leahy was. See:Carl Schwamberger wrote: ↑12 Apr 2021 15:19Yer welcome Lol. Im surprised someone with experience there has not jumped in.
I thought my copy of Pogues bio of Marshal might have a citation, but no joy.
I looked at the Leahy book. "I was there". He's rather vague about the subject. which is true for almost everything.
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That is constrained by being an autobiography and by postwar secrecy. You would do better probably with O'Brien's The Second Most Powerful Man in the World.rcocean wrote: ↑14 Apr 2021 20:39Carl Schwamberger wrote: ↑13 Apr 2021 00:50I don't have a bio of Leahy. Thought there might be a clue in the book I do have.Richard Anderson wrote: ↑12 Apr 2021 16:02Marshall was not Chairman, Leahy was. See:Carl Schwamberger wrote: ↑12 Apr 2021 15:19Yer welcome Lol. Im surprised someone with experience there has not jumped in.
I thought my copy of Pogues bio of Marshal might have a citation, but no joy.
I looked at the Leahy book. "I was there". He's rather vague about the subject. which is true for almost everything.
"Is all this pretentious pseudo intellectual citing of sources REALLY necessary? It gets in the way of a good, spirited debate, destroys the cadence." POD, 6 October 2018
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Thanks for the heads up. I just ordered it.That is constrained by being an autobiography and by postwar secrecy. You would do better probably with O'Brien's The Second Most Powerful Man in the World.