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Conclusion WM (39) 52 N Chamberlain J Simon Chatfield L Hore-Belisha Halifax W Churchill...

Catalogue reference: CAB 65/1/52

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This record is about the Conclusion WM (39) 52 N Chamberlain J Simon Chatfield L Hore-Belisha Halifax W Churchill... dating from 19 October 1939 in the series War Cabinet and Cabinet: Minutes (WM and CM Series). It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference

CAB 65/1/52

Date

19 October 1939

Description
Record type
Conclusion
Former reference
WM (39) 52
Attendees
N Chamberlain
J Simon
Chatfield
L Hore-Belisha
Halifax
W Churchill
S Hoare
Hankey
J Anderson
W Morrison
E Brown
G Lloyd
C Newall
W Ironside
A Eden
O Stanley
J Gilmour
H Wilson
D Pound
A Faulkner.
Agenda
1. Air Operations; 2. Naval Operations; 3. Military Operations; 4. The Employment of Major-General J.F.C. Fuller; 5. Security of Fleet Bases; 6. Air Raid Warnings; 7. Italy: Possible Mediterranean Detente; 8. Turkey - Signature of the Anglo-Franco-Turkish Treaty; 9. Wages in the Coal Mining Industry; 10. The Urgent Freight Requirements of the Ministry of Food and the Chartering of Neutral Tonnage; 11. Press and Censorship Bureau; 12. Eire - Wearing of uniform by members of the United Kingdom forces when on leave
Related material

For Italy see WP (39) 85, 92; Urgent Freight Requirements, see WP (G) (39) 42; Press and Censorship Bureau, see WP (G) (39) 40; Eire, see WP (G) (39) 39. CAB 67/1 CAB 66/2

Separated material

For Security of Fleet Bases, see Confidential Annex, (formerly Secretary's Standard file), WM (39) 52 (5)

CAB 65/3

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

WM (39) 52

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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8972528/

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CAB 65

War Cabinet and Cabinet: Minutes (WM and CM Series)

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