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From: NEW YORK M741
To: MOSCOW
No: 1721-1728 8 December 1944
[Part I] To VIKTOR[i].
[Part II]
PILOT[ii] reports about: Approximately mid-November the
[C% General Staff] of the COUNTRY[iii]
[58 groups unrecoverable]
with the sub-headings “Army Air Forces”, “Air Transport Command”,
“Army Airways Communication System”, “Army Ground Forces” and
“Army Service Forces.” Each sub-heading refers to two columns
of figures – June 1945 and June 1946. If the war with Germany
ends before 30 June 1945 then the figures will stay basically
the same; in this case the second column (figures for 30 June
1946) will reflect the [0% period] 12 months from the moment of
Germany’s defeat.
1. European Theater of Operations
422,176 , 83,140 ;
6,800 , 8,500 ;
3,199 , 3,199 ;
1,587,716 , 178,727 ;
548,790 , 78,664 .
2. North African Theater of Operations
174,368 0 (in the original instead of zero in
each case stands a minus)
1,100[sic], 19,500 ;
4,485 ,
[30 groups unrecoverable]
328,355 ;
14,000 , 20,000 ;
2,956 , 4,156 ;
234,928 , 376,409 ;
62,147 , 194,263 .
4. South Pacific Base Command
0 , 0 ;
0 , 0 ;
0 , 0 ;
26,091 , 28,074 ;
33,643 , 33,523 .
5. South Pacific Area
168,209 , 233,250 ;
5,750 , 6,500 ;
6,186 , 7,386 ;
[29 groups unrecoverable]
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