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Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
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Series
Committee of Imperial Defence and Standing Defence Sub-committee: Minutes
Catalogue reference: CAB 2
What's it about?
CAB 2
This series consists of the printed minutes of meetings of the Committee of Imperial Defence (CID) for the years 1902 to 1939, including the minutes of the Standing Defence Sub-committee from 1921 to 1922.Tthe First World War minutes addressed...
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CAB 2
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Title (The name of the record)
- Committee of Imperial Defence and Standing Defence Sub-committee: Minutes
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Date (When the record was created)
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1902-1939
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of the printed minutes of meetings of the Committee of Imperial Defence (CID) for the years 1902 to 1939, including the minutes of the Standing Defence Sub-committee from 1921 to 1922.
Tthe First World War minutes addressed all aspects of defence, including home, imperial and colonial defence, and the defence of India, co-operation between the UK and the dominions, the possibility of invasion, garrisons, the militia and volunteers, the control of aircraft, press and censorship, radio and telegraphic communication and the co-ordination of departmental action and supplies. Later topics included the re-organisation of defence, Grand Strategy, Disarmament, Re-armament, and relations between the services.
These volumes have been indexed
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Arrangement
Chronological
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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9 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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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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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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The minutes of meetings of the CID were recorded by the Secretary and printed in full before circulation to the Sovereign, the Prime Minister, members of the CID, ministers, naval and military officers present at the meetings, and others for information.
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Copies information (Indicates existence, availability, location and format of copies)
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Photographic copy of the minutes and papers of the
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3809/
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