Series
War Cabinet and Cabinet: Minutes
Catalogue reference: CAB 23
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CAB 23
This series consists of the minutes and conclusions of the War Cabinet, December 1916 to October 1919, and of the Cabinet, from November 1919 to September 1939 including the conclusions noted in the Secretary's File. The series contains also: the...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CAB 23
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Cabinet and Cabinet: Minutes
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1916-1939
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of the minutes and conclusions of the War Cabinet, December 1916 to October 1919, and of the Cabinet, from November 1919 to September 1939 including the conclusions noted in the Secretary's File. The series contains also: the A minutes of the War Cabinet, including the more secret matters not entered in the ordinary minutes; the X minutes, which note conversations on military affairs between May and November 1918; conclusions of Conferences of Ministers, from November 1919 to September 1922; and minutes of the Imperial War Cabinet, 1917 to 1918.
Please Note: for further information, please see the Cabinet Papers website.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Chronological within subject
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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)
- WC and IWC file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Cabinet, 1919-1939
- Conferences of Ministers, 1919-1922
- Imperial War Cabinet, 1917-1918
- War Cabinet, 1916-1919
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 101 volume(s)
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
- (Open unless otherwise stated).
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Available in digital format unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 1964 Cabinet Office
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1916-1919.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals expected.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- See also transcript of CAB 23/90B which contains confidential annexes removed from other 1926-1937 volumes. Indexes to CAB 23/1-31, War Cabinet minutes, 1916-1919 and Cabinet conclusions, 1919-1921. Lists of contents of CAB 23/1-29, 35 and CAB 37-44.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3830/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: CAB
Records of the Cabinet Office
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War Cabinet and Cabinet: Minutes