(8th Air Force): Major General Carl
Spaatz is informed that Operation ROUNDUP (plans for the invasion of
Western
Europe) has been put off until Spring 1943. This postponement is due
to a
decision to mount Operation TORCH (plan for Allied landings in North
and
Northwest Africa in Nov 42), which will necessitate the diversion of
large
numbers of aircraft earlier slated for the 8th Air Force in the UK.
