Series
War Cabinet and Cabinet: Joint Technical Warfare Committee: Correspondence and Papers
Catalogue reference: CAB 137
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CAB 137
This series contains correspondence and papers of the joint secretaries of the Joint Technical Warfare Committee.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CAB 137
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Cabinet and Cabinet: Joint Technical Warfare Committee: Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1943-1948
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains correspondence and papers of the joint secretaries of the Joint Technical Warfare Committee.
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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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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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- Cabinet, Joint Technical Warfare Committee, 1945-1948
- War Cabinet, Joint Technical Warfare Committee, 1943-1948
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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23 file(s)
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1976 Cabinet Office
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Series is accruing
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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 Technical Warfare Committee was set-up following a minute dated 27 November 1943 by the Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff, and was composed of Assistant Chiefs of Staff and Scientific Advisers to the three services.
The terms of reference were: (a) To co-ordinate and direct the technical study of such operational projects and problems as may be referred to them. (b) To report to the Chiefs of Staff when important inter-service technical studies were initiated by the committee, and to detail their progress and results. (c) To maintain close touch with the Joint Planning Staffs (JPS) on matters falling within the terms of reference of the committee.
The first chairman was Rear Admiral W R Patterson, who was succeeded in March 1945 by Rear Admiral R D Oliver, with secretariat facilities provided by two members of the armed services.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3944/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: CAB
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War Cabinet and Cabinet: Joint Technical Warfare Committee: Correspondence and Papers