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Conclusion WM (39) 34 N Chamberlain J Simon Chatfield K Wood Halifax W Churchill...

Catalogue reference: CAB 65/1/34

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Reference
CAB 65/1/34
Date
02 October 1939
Description
Record type
Conclusion
Former reference
WM (39) 34
Attendees
N Chamberlain
J Simon
Chatfield
K Wood
Halifax
W Churchill
S Hoare
J Anderson
Zetland
E Burgin
R Cross
F Stewart
D Pound
A Eden
O Stanley
Macmillan
H Wilson
C Newall
W Ironside.
Agenda
1. The Air Situation - R.A.F. losses; 2. Dropping of leaflets in Germany; 3. Naval Operations - Report of Operations in Western Atlantic by German surface ship; 4. Visit of His Majesty The King to the Home Fleet; 5. The Military Situation; 6. British Air Strength in France; 7. Anglo-Soviet Trade Negotiations - Proposed exchange of rubber and tin for Soviet timber - Proposed exchange of machine-tools and copper for Soviet cereals; 8. Turkey - Turco-Soviet Conversations; 9. Violation of Netherlands Neutrality; 10. Italy; 11. Sino-Japanese Conflict; 12. The Far Eastern Situation - Tientsin negotiations; 13. Germany; 14. German-Soviet Agreement - Request by Australian Government for an Appreciation of the military situation; 15. The Russian Threat to India; 16. India and the War - Relations with Congress - Proposal for an All-Parties Conference; 17. India and Burma at the Outbreak of War; 18. Ministry of Information - Arrangements for distribution of news and for censorship
Related material

For the Russian threat to India see WP (39) 55 (15); India and the War see WP (G) (39) 24; and India and Burma at the Outbreak of War see WP (R) (39) 5 and 6. CAB 67/1 CAB 68/1 CAB 66/2

Separated material

For the Air Situation, see Confidential Annex, (formerly Secretary's Standard file), WM (39) 34 (1); Naval Operations, see Confidential Annex WM (39 ) 34 (3); Visit of His Majesty The King to the Home Fleet, see Confidential Annex WM (39) 134 (4); Germany: Internal Situation, see Confidential Annex WM (39) 34 (13)

CAB 65/3

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
WM (39) 34
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8970935/

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