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Division
Records of Cabinet Committees, etc, 1945 onwards
Catalogue reference: Division within CAB
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Division within CAB
Most of the minutes and papers of Cabinet committees after the Second World War will be found in CAB 134 except for those of the Lord President's Committee in CAB 132 and of the Defence Committee and its successor, the Defence and Oversea Policy...
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Division within CAB
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of Cabinet Committees, etc, 1945 onwards
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Date (When the record was created)
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1942-1991
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Description (What the record is about)
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Most of the minutes and papers of Cabinet committees after the Second World War will be found in CAB 134 except for those of the Lord President's Committee in CAB 132 and of the Defence Committee and its successor, the Defence and Oversea Policy Committee, which are in CAB 131 and CAB 148 respectively. The minutes and papers of ad hoc committees will be found in CAB 130.
Minutes and papers of the Joint Intelligence Sub-committee (later Committee), including the period form 1942 to 1957 when the Committee was part of the Chiefs of Staff structure in the Ministry of Defence, will be found in CAB 158, CAB 159, CAB 176 and CAB 179. War Books are in CAB 175.
Committee organisation books up to 1965 will be found in CAB 161. Committee lists from 1965 onwards are in CAB 177.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Earlier records of many of these series will be found in
Selected Cabinet Secretariat files are in CAB 21 (to 1973), CAB 104 (to 1951), CAB 164 (from 1963), CAB 165 (from 1965) and CAB 196 (from 1965).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Cabinet, 1945-1945
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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13 series
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- See the lists of committees by title and symbol for 1945-1951. Please speak to staff at the enquiry desk for the precise location.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C699/
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