Instead, the senior service chief served as Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee.

Instead, the Joint Chief of Staff Committee is a principal military advisory body, and coordinates command operations between the services.

A Staff Committee had been mooted as one way of overcoming these difficulties.

Mountbatten in turn took the proposal to the Chiefs of Staff Committee, who approved the raid after a brief debate.

He presented it to the Chiefs of Staff Committee on 15 July.

He proposed giving life to a Military Staff Committee meant to enforce peace under the Security Council's five permanent members.

Cold war rivalry put Article 43 on hold, and the Staff Committee has never worked as intended.

The Chiefs of Staff Committee met on 20 May to consider the situation and evacuation options if they were necessary.

The plan was rejected by the British Chiefs of Staff Committee as militarily unfeasible.

September 3: British Chiefs of Staff Committee approve nuclear weapons project.