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Committee of Imperial Defence: Colonial Defence Memoranda (C Series)

Catalogue reference: CAB 5

What's it about?

CAB 5

This series consists of the printed papers or memoranda of the Committee of Imperial Defence (CID), concerned with Colonial Defence.Subjects include the defence of colonial ports, naval bases in the Colonies, garrison stations abroad, air attack,...

Full description and record details

Reference

CAB 5

Title
Committee of Imperial Defence: Colonial Defence Memoranda (C Series)
Date

1902-1939

Description

This series consists of the printed papers or memoranda of the Committee of Imperial Defence (CID), concerned with Colonial Defence.

Subjects include the defence of colonial ports, naval bases in the Colonies, garrison stations abroad, air attack, postal and press censorship, the protection of oil stores and oil supplies, issues of neutrality, piracy at sea, trade with the enemy and reduction in armaments.

Arrangement
Arrangement

Chronological

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

C Series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

9 volume(s)

Access conditions

Available in microform only

Subjects
Topics
Army
Trade and commerce
Oil and gas
Piracy and privateering
Weapons
Navy
Accruals

No future accruals expected

Administrative / biographical background

From the establishment of the CID in 1902, it was the practice that as well as keeping full minutes of the meetings, the Secretary would keep and file separately memoranda for consideration by members. In 1908, at the 99th meeting of the CID, it was established that both minutes and memoranda circulated to the Sovereign and to all who had been present at the meetings, would be returned to the Secretary, apart from copies sent to officials who passed them on to their successors in office.

Copies information

to 1914 can be found in CAB 38.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3812/

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