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Conclusion WM (39) 57 N Chamberlain J Simon Chatfield L Hore-Belisha S Hoare Halifax...

Catalogue reference: CAB 65/1/57

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This record is about the Conclusion WM (39) 57 N Chamberlain J Simon Chatfield L Hore-Belisha S Hoare Halifax... dating from 23 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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CAB 65/1/57

Date

23 October 1939

Description
Record type
Conclusion
Former reference
WM (39) 57
Attendees
N Chamberlain
J Simon
Chatfield
L Hore-Belisha
S Hoare
Halifax
W Churchill
K Wood
Hankey
J Anderson
O Stanley
J Gilmour
H Wilson
D Pound
A Eden
E Burgin
E Wallace
C Newall
W Ironside.
Agenda
1. Air Operations - Press Reports; 2. The Naval Situation; 3. Unrestricted action by German Submarines; 4. Military Operations; 5. Naval, Military and Air Situation; 6. Manufacture of Arsene Gas in Germany - Stocks of arsenic in Sweden; 7. Bofors Guns; 8. Finland - Negotiations with Russia; 9. The Far Eastern Situation; 10. Germany; 11. Diversion of Shipping from East Coast to West Coast Ports - Effect on Production
Related material

For Diversion of Shipping from the East Coast to West Coast Ports see WP (G) (39) 49 CAB 67/1

Separated material

For Germany, see Confidential Annex, (formerly Secretary's Standard file), WM (39) 57 (10)

CAB 65/3

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

WM (39) 57

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Closure status

Open Document, Open Description

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CAB 65

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

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

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Conclusion WM (39) 57 N Chamberlain J Simon Chatfield L Hore-Belisha S Hoare Halifax...

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