| Malta Conference ARGONAUT CRICKET | |
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 Franklin D. Roosevelt andWinston Churchill at the Malta Conference | |
| Host country |  Malta |
| Date | January 30 – February 3, 1945 |
| Cities | Floriana, Malta |
| Venues | Montgomery House |
| Participants |  United Kingdom United States |
| Precedes | Yalta Conference |
TheMalta Conference was held from January 30 to February 3, 1945, between PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt of the United States and Prime MinisterWinston Churchill of the United Kingdom on the island ofMalta. The purpose of the conference was to plan the final campaign against the Germans with theCombined Chiefs of Staff (the United StatesJoint Chiefs of Staff and the BritishChiefs of Staff Committee). Politically, the overriding purpose was to present a united front against Stalin in theYalta Conference a few days later. That did not happen once Yalta began, much to Churchill's disappointment. Both leaders agreed on the undesirability of theRed Army advancing into central Europe.
The Conference was given the code names of ARGONAUT and CRICKET, as well as several others.
The Malta Conference began on January 30, 1945, but Roosevelt did not arrive until February 2, the last day of the conference.[1]
Among the participants of the Conference wereU.S. Secretary of State Edward Stettinius,U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union W. Averell Harriman,Harry L. Hopkins,General of the Army George C. Marshall,Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, Fleet Admiral Leahy,Prime Minister Churchill,British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, Major GeneralLaurence S. Kuter (representing General of the Army H.H. Arnold who was unable to attend due to illness), Field MarshalH. Maitland Wilson, Field MarshalSir Alan Brooke, Air Chief MarshalSir Charles F.A. Portal, Admiral of the FleetSir A.B. Cunningham, General SirHastings L. Ismay and Lieutenant GeneralJacob Devers.[1]
On Tuesday, January 30, 1945, at 10 a.m., the Joint Chiefs of Staff met in Montgomery House, Malta. Present were General of the Army Marshall, Fleet Admiral King, Major General Kuter, Lieutenant General Somervell, Lieutenant General Smith, Rear Admiral Duncan,Rear Admiral McCormick, Major General Bull, Major General Hull, Major General Wood, Major General Anderson, Brigadier General Loutzenheiser, Brigadier General Lindsay, Captain McDill, Colonel Peck, Colonel Dean, Colonel Lincoln.
The minutes show they worked on the agenda for the next American-British Staff Conference, an overall review of cargo shipping and strategy in Northwestern Europe.[1]
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