Record revealed
Report on the British Indian Army, 1943
This Second World War War Office document assessed the British Indian Army's battle readiness and made recommendations for its development.
Series
Ministry of Defence: Chiefs of Staff Committee: Reports of the Joint Planning Staff...
Catalogue reference: DEFE 6
What's it about?
DEFE 6
This series consists of reports of the Joint Planning Staff of the Chiefs of Staff Committee and its successors, the Defence Planning Staff, the Defence Policy Staff and the Defence Operational Planning Staff.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DEFE 6
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Defence: Chiefs of Staff Committee: Reports of the Joint Planning Staff and successors
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1947-1982
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of reports of the Joint Planning Staff of the Chiefs of Staff Committee and its successors, the Defence Planning Staff, the Defence Policy Staff and the Defence Operational Planning Staff.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Mostly by former file reference.
The organisation of the original bound volumes is occasionally found to differ from the way in which the photocopies were presented and piece numbered; as far as possible piece numbers have been maintained and any discrepancy between the bound volumes and the photocopies is indicated in the list. Joint Planning Staff issued papers in the JP series up to 1963 when it changed to DP to reflect the change to Defence Planning Staff, although the numbering system was continued for both memoranda and notes. This continued up to 1967. In 1968 Defence Planning was divided into Defence Policy Staff and Defence Operational Planning Staff; DPS continued to produce DP memos and notes, while DOPS produced DOP memos and notes. Those for 1968 were bound up and now form part of this series.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Later records (1969 onward) bound with COS minutes in DEFE 4
Earlier records (pre-1947) are in CAB 84
See also the Records of the Chief of the (Imperial) General Staff and its directorates:
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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DP and DOP papers were presented to meetings of the Chiefs of Staff and bound with the COS meetings (see DEFE 4). This practice continued from 1969 up to 1974 when no other papers were bound in with the COS minutes. Only occasional DPS and DOPS Secretariat files survive from this period. No complete set of DPS or DOPS papers after 1968 are known to survive.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Originals held at (The organisation that holds the original record)
- Ministry of Defence , holds originals of some pieces.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 107 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Ministry of Defence
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Series began in 1947
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- 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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When the unified Ministry of Defence was established in 1964, the Joint Planning Staff was redesignated the Defence Planning Staff.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5764/
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Ministry of Defence: Chiefs of Staff Committee: Reports of the Joint Planning Staff and successors
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