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Cabinet Office: Defence and Oversea Policy Committees and Sub-Committees: Minutes...

Catalogue reference: CAB 148

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CAB 148

This series contains the minutes and papers of the Defence and Oversea Policy Committee (Ministerial and Official) and its sub-committees.The terms of reference for the Ministerial Committee and Official Committee can be found in CAB 148/15 and...

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Reference
CAB 148
Title
Cabinet Office: Defence and Oversea Policy Committees and Sub-Committees: Minutes and Papers (DO, DOP, OPD and OPDO Series)
Date
1963-2002
Description

This series contains the minutes and papers of the Defence and Oversea Policy Committee (Ministerial and Official) and its sub-committees.

The terms of reference for the Ministerial Committee and Official Committee can be found in CAB 148/15 and 16 respectively.

Arrangement
Arrangement

CAB 148/1-64 are listed in alphabetical order of symbol (i.e. the letters used as the first part of the reference for the committee's papers). Later papers will be added in chronological order of administration. It should be noted that the symbol changed with each change of administration.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
DO, DOP, OPD and OPDO file series
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • Cabinet Office, 1916-1916
  • Cabinet Office, Defence and Oversea Policy Committee, 1963-1970
Physical description
409 files and volumes
Access conditions
Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition

From 1993 Cabinet Office

Accruals
Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background

As part of the reorganisation of the Central Organisation for Defence (Cmnd 2097) the Defence and Oversea Policy Committee (DOPC) was formed on 1 October 1963 by direction of the Prime Minister. It succeeded the Defence Committee dating from 1940 and the Oversea Policy Committee dating from 1962.

The DOPC was chaired by the Prime Minister. Its terms of reference was 'to keep under review the Government's defence and oversea policies'. Membership of the committee included the first Secretary of State, the Foreign Secretary, the Chancellor of the Exchequer or Chief Secretary to the Treasury, the Home Secretary, the Commonwealth and Colonial Secretary and the Minister of Defence.

The terms of reference for the Official Committee was 'to consider questions of defence and oversea policy'. The Official Committee was chaired by the Secretary of the Cabinet. Membership of the committee included the Permanent Under Secretary at the Foreign Office, the Joint Permanent Secretary to the Treasury, the Permanent Under Secretary at the Commonwealth Relations Office, the Permanent Under Secretary at the Colonial Office, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence, the Chief of the Defence Staff, the Chief Scientific Adviser at the Ministry of Defence and the Permanent Secretary at the Board of Trade.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3955/

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Cabinet Office: Defence and Oversea Policy Committees and Sub-Committees: Minutes and Papers (DO, DOP, OPD and OPDO Series)