nacunlu LI I'll law all an Immune muls 's Gu l m The circulatiun a this papcr has him arrmh- It is Hut-d far ht pcrsunnl use In 5 TOP SECRET 93 IE3 OF THIS DOGUHHJT gt Ito mus a litDF tram HF AUTHOR THE $513 5 any 34W HEJTIHU U K 53 5 ONLY CHIEFS t3 STAFH DULJITTEE Oi Heat-in held in Shi 1556 at 2 3 p-m FR ES 32 Lieutenant-5% i-livrr-r Vim Chic of the Imphvial General Staff In the Chair Vim i ml ir illiam Davis ir Chi 351315-321 Vice Chief cf Naval Staff Sir Ranali 12'1 the 1 1 Staff Stir-ling Principal Staff fficcr to the Chairman chiefs 0f Staff rmmhittz-e THE ALE Hr Elhil Hr FMS T mllin n Fur-313 11 foice Foreign Lf i ice Fur Item 1 For Item 2 Hr G L HcD amatt HP- R-R-C- Hunt-J Cmmonwealth Relations Effie-9 Far-3i ica I Far trail 5 ILch Item 1 Air Cummian Tram Air Ministr Far- Item LS Air D J P Lee Colonel H G rmly TOP SECRET TOP 3 ext ragga 5 THE MIDDLE EAST U E ogre out gagerange Meeting Minuge 15 J P 7 in THE GGHHITTEE had before them a report by the Joint Planning Btaff commenting on the conclusions reached at the recent talks on oil denial in the Riddle East and making suggestions regarding future procedure MR Foreign Office eaid that the approval er the Chiefe of Btaff to the report Would gi c the Foreign Office the guidance they'required He mentioned that an American Expert had visited Iran after the Anglo American talks and had later informed him that the United Kingdom plane for surface denial were technically sound He rointed out that in the AnglovAmerioan talks the United KinngH would not agree to take UVEP planning of oil denial meoeurce until agreement had been reached on the financial and other reeponoibilitice The following point one made in That an there were numbers of United States nationals now in Iran end that ae Accrican influence in that country made it increasingly likely that ground denial an opposed to destruction by nuclear bombing could be achieved there was an added roaaon why the Americana ehould accept responsibility for oil denial there In further THE COVIITTEE agreed That paragraph 3 a of the report should be amended to rea would for might in the fourth line That the British Defence Cowordination Committee middle East should nominate a suitable officer to agnompahy the American representative on a tour of the oil fields in Iran the Levant Gulf Bheikdome THE E1 the report he the Joint Planning a taf iauhject to the amendment at above Elwi g i cted the Secretary to arrange for the British Defence Go ordination Committee iddle Eaet to nominate the officer at c above