Record revealed
Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
After six years of brutal global conflict, this document marked the end of the Second World War.
Series
Committee of Imperial Defence, Standing Defence Sub-Committee: Memoranda (SS Series)
Catalogue reference: CAB 34
What's it about?
CAB 34
This series consists of the memoranda of the Standing Defence Sub-committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence (CID). Subjects covered include a new base at Singapore, policies to be adopted at the Washington (Disarmament) Conference and reform...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CAB 34
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Title (The name of the record)
- Committee of Imperial Defence, Standing Defence Sub-Committee: Memoranda (SS Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1921-1922
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of the memoranda of the Standing Defence Sub-committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence (CID).
Subjects covered include a new base at Singapore, policies to be adopted at the Washington (Disarmament) Conference and reform of the Royal Air Force.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Chronological.
The minutes of this Sub-Committee were subsequently re-numbered as CID minutes.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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SS file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Committee of Imperial Defence, Standing Defence Sub-Committee, 1920-1923
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Available in digital format unless otherwise stated
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Asia
- Disarmament
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1921-1922
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No future accruals expected
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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After the First World War, the Committee of Imperial Defence did not meet formally until 1920, when a Standing Defence Sub-committee was set up. At the end of 1923, it was decided that the meetings of the Standing Defence Sub-committee should be regarded as full meetings of the CID.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3841/
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Committee of Imperial Defence, Standing Defence Sub-Committee: Memoranda (SS Series)
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