Series
Committee of Imperial Defence: Joint Planning Committee: Minutes and Memoranda
Catalogue reference: CAB 55
What's it about?
CAB 55
This series consists of the minutes and memoranda of the Joint Planning Committee. Topics covered included all planning, strategic and operational issues of defence.
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 55
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Title (The name of the record)
- Committee of Imperial Defence: Joint Planning Committee: Minutes and Memoranda
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1923-1939
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of the minutes and memoranda of the Joint Planning Committee. Topics covered included all planning, strategic and operational issues of defence.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Chronological
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Minutes and memoranda of the Joint Planning Committee continue in: CAB 84 CAB 119
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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)
- 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)
- Committee of Imperial Defence, Joint Planning Committee, 1927-1939
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 19 volume(s)
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- 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 Joint Planning Committee was appointed by the Committee of Imperial Defence (CID) in 1927. It supported the Chiefs of Staff Committee (COS), allowing the Chiefs of Staff to exercise properly their joint responsibility for advising on defence policy as a whole. The members of the Joint Planning Committee were the directors of plans of the three services. In 1936 they were re-inforced by three officers drawn respectively from the Navy, Army and Air Force.
The minutes and memoranda were circulated to members of the Committee, to members of the COS, to the Prime Minister, and to other ministers and officials as required.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3862/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: CAB
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Committee of Imperial Defence: Joint Planning Committee: Minutes and Memoranda