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Minutes of Meeting Number 65 of 1953. 1) Meeting of Commonwealth Prime Ministers...

Catalogue reference: DEFE 4/63/65

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DEFE 4/63/65
Date
1953 May 21
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Minutes of Meeting Number 65 of 1953.

1) Meeting of Commonwealth Prime Ministers - Draft Statement on United Kingdom Defence Policy.

2) Crews for WD LST's - Middle East.

3) Review of RAF/RN airfield requirements in Malta.

4) Report on the State of the Air Defences of the United Kingdom.

5) Relief for Admiral Carney.

6) Tour of French Officers from the Centre des Hautes Etudes de Defense Nationale to the Mediterranean.

7) Provision of Air Reconnaissance in the Trucial Oman.

8) Employment of 3 Commando Brigade.

9) Exercise "Hostage II".

10) World Tour by Commandant(Designate) Imperial Defence College.

11) Evacuation of British Subjects from Egypt.

12) Future of Malta and Gibraltar.

13) South-East Asia.

14) COS 946/14/5/53.

15) Application of UTM Grid to land maps in SACEUR's area.

16) Defence of Malaya in the Cold War.

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Language
English
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