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Committee of Imperial Defence, Committee on the Co-ordination of Departmental Action...
Catalogue reference: CAB 15
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CAB 15
This series consists mainly of the minutes and papers circulated by and to the Committee on the Co-ordination of Departmental Action on the Outbreak of War, together with the War Books for 1912-1914, 1935-1937 and 1939, and the minutes and papers...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CAB 15
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Title (The name of the record)
- Committee of Imperial Defence, Committee on the Co-ordination of Departmental Action on the Outbreak of War, and War Cabinet, War Priorities Committee: Minutes, Papers and War Books
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Date (When the record was created)
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1911-1939
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists mainly of the minutes and papers circulated by and to the Committee on the Co-ordination of Departmental Action on the Outbreak of War, together with the War Books for 1912-1914, 1935-1937 and 1939, and the minutes and papers of a number of post war sub-committees and War priorities committee records.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Chronological by sub-committee
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Records of the War Priorities Committee can be found in CAB 40
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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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K, P and WP 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)
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- Committee of Imperial Defence, Committee on the Co-ordination of Departmental Action on the Outbreak of a future War, 1911-1938
- War Cabinet, War Priorities Committee, 1917-1918
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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39 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 unless otherwise stated
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1911-1939
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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 Committee on the Co-ordination of Departmental Action on the Outbreak of War was established in 1911 as a principal standing committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence. Its main function was the preparation of a War Book, a comprehensive list and codification of the individual actions and responsibilities of service and other departments in the event of war becoming imminent.
The committee established sub-committees and co-opted individuals from spheres outside government and the services as necessary.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3822/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: CAB
Records of the Cabinet Office
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Committee of Imperial Defence, Committee on the Co-ordination of Departmental Action on the Outbreak of War, and War Cabinet, War Priorities Committee: Minutes, Papers and War Books