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Series
Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence: Registered Files (CD Series)
Catalogue reference: CAB 64
What's it about?
CAB 64
This series consists of the files of the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence, and includes copies and extracts of minutes which may be found in full elsewhere.Topics covered include air defence, the Fleet Air Arm, food and oil supplies,...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CAB 64
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Title (The name of the record)
- Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence: Registered Files (CD 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 the files of the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence, and includes copies and extracts of minutes which may be found in full elsewhere.
Topics covered include air defence, the Fleet Air Arm, food and oil supplies, manpower, rearmament, the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty and the situation in Ireland.
The majority of the files cover the period 1936 to 1939.
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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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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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CD 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)
- Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence, 1936-1940
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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36 file(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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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1924-1938
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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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In March 1936, Sir Thomas Inskip was appointed Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence. The Minister was to be deputy chairman of the Committee of Imperial Defence and the Defence Policy and Requirements Sub-Committee, and chair of the Principal Supply Officers Committee. His duties were defined in Cmd 5103 as 'day to day supervision and control on the Prime Minister's behalf of the activity of the CID or any committee appointed by them', together with the co-ordination of monthly reports to the Cabinet and the execution of policy and plans arising.
The Minister took the chair of the CID in the Prime Minister's absence, and could convene the Committee of Chiefs of Staff as necessary.
Sir Thomas Inskip resigned in January 1939 and was succeeded by Lord Chatfield.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Statement Relating to Defence, (Cmd 5103) March 1936
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3871/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: CAB
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Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence: Registered Files (CD Series)
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