Yet, Eisenhower, maintaining a delicate balance, and following to the letter the plans of the Combined Chiefs of Staff, made the system work.

It was renamed to the Combined Chiefs of Staff Building on January 30, 1942.

Churchill and Eden strongly opposed the suggestion, but the matter was passed on to the Combined Chiefs of Staff for study.

In the event that discussions had already begun, London wanted the talks suspended until the Combined Chiefs of Staff had reviewed the situation.

Further, they believed it would be "appropriate for the Combined Chiefs of Staff to give Eisenhower guidance on the matter."

But there was no time for the Combined Chiefs of Staff to give the problem any lengthy consideration.

The Combined Chiefs of Staff, meanwhile, continued their secret and ad hoc talks.

The Combined Chiefs make the rules around here.

The next year he became Secretary to the Combined Chiefs of Staff.

He drafted a cable to the Combined Chiefs demanding a unified command structure, but Smith persuaded him to tear it up.