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RefNoPB/4/4/11
Previous numbersD.71
LevelItem
TitleCopy of AU (43) 96, memo dated 29 March 1943 by Marshal AT Harris (Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Bomber Command) strongly deprecating plan to divert air power from bombing Germany to the anti U-boat campaign.
Date29 March 1943
DescriptionThe memo is annotated by Blackett and accompanied by 2pp manuscript notes amplifying his comments and putting forward his own contrary view.

Blackett's formal memo in reply to Harris's paper could not be traced when he enquired in 1962 (see D.76-D.78), but a copy had been taken by SW Roskill and was passed on to Blacket by him. The memo 'Bombing of U-boat bases', tentatively dated 30 March 1943, is included here and another copy remains in D.76
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