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Committee of Imperial Defence, Principal Supply Officers Committee: Minutes and Memoranda...
Catalogue reference: CAB 60
What's it about?
CAB 60
This series consists of minutes, memoranda and reports of the Principal Supply Officers Committee (PSO), the minutes and memoranda of the Supply Board, and the minutes and papers of sub-committees appointed by both the PSO and by the Supply...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CAB 60
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Title (The name of the record)
- Committee of Imperial Defence, Principal Supply Officers Committee: Minutes and Memoranda (PSO Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1924-1939
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of minutes, memoranda and reports of the Principal Supply Officers Committee (PSO), the minutes and memoranda of the Supply Board, and the minutes and papers of sub-committees appointed by both the PSO and by the Supply Board.
Subjects covered include all issues concerned with the supply of armaments, engineering tools, scientific materials, raw materials, foodstuffs and medical supplies, and the location of war-like stores.
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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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See also
Records of the Principal Supply Officers Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence and the Board of Trade are in SUPP 3
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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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PSO and PSO(SB) file
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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, Principal Supply Officers Committee, 1924-1927
- Committee of Imperial Defence, Supply Board, 1927-1939
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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73 volume(s)
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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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- Topics
- Weapons
- Resources
- Food and drink
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1924-1939
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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 Principal Supply Officers Committee (PSO) was set up in 1924 under the Master of the Ordnance's aegis. It was reconstituted in 1927 under the Board of Trade. From 1936, the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence became Chairman. The PSO functioned largely through sub-committees whose work was co-ordinated by the Supply Board.
After 1927, the PSO was designated wider functions of locating capacity and considering the expansion of industry.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3867/
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