London, Feb. 2.
The machinery which has been established for the supreme direction of the war was outlined by Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, in a written reply to a question in the House of Commons last night.
The Ministerial Committee on Military Ca-ordination was established by the War Cabinet in October, 1939, he stated, and consisted of Lord Chatfield, the Chairman; Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty; Mr. Oliver Stanley, War Minister, and Sir Kingsley Wood, Air Minister, with their three Chiefs of Staff as advisers.
The terms of reference of the Committee, Mr. Chámberlain said, were "to keep under constant review, on behalf of the War Cabinet, the main factors regarding the strategical situation and the progress of operations, and.to make recommendations to the War Cabinet in connection with the general conduct of the War."
The three Chiefs of Staff composed a committee with terms of reference: "to advise the War Cabinet on any matter affecting, or affected by, the military aspect of the conduct of the war, and consider in common all matters referred to the committee by the War Cabinet,"
The Chiefs of Staffs were served by joint planning, and joint intelligence staffs, which were in continuous session, Mr. Chamberlain, concluding, also referred to committees which were dealing with the economic policy, the policy of civil defence, and priority questions—Reuter,
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