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Conclusion WM (39) 58 N Chamberlain Halifax W Churchill K Wood Chatfield L Hore-Belisha...

Catalogue reference: CAB 65/1/58

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This record is about the Conclusion WM (39) 58 N Chamberlain Halifax W Churchill K Wood Chatfield L Hore-Belisha... dating from 24 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 65/1/58

Date

24 October 1939

Description
Record type
Conclusion
Former reference
WM (39) 58
Attendees
N Chamberlain
Halifax
W Churchill
K Wood
Chatfield
L Hore-Belisha
S Hoare
Hankey
J Anderson
O Stanley
R Cross
C Newall
A Eden
E Burgin
H Wilson
D Pound
W Ironside.
Agenda
1. The Air Situation; 2. The Naval Situation; 3. The Military Situation; 4. Size of the British Expeditionary Force - Letter from General Gamelin asking for the programme of expansion to be speeded up; 5. Canada - First Canadian Division; 6. Withdrawal of Regular British Troops from India; 7. War Aims; 8. Eire: The need for the use of Berehaven as a Naval Base - The Constitutional Position; 9. Russia: Proposal for a Trade Agreement; 10. Criminal Justice Bill; 11. Food Rationing
Related material

For Eire see WP (39) 93 and 98; Russia see WP (G) (39) 50 CAB 67/1 CAB 66/2

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

WM (39) 58

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Public Record(s)

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Open Document, Open Description

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CAB 65

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

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Conclusion WM (39) 58 N Chamberlain Halifax W Churchill K Wood Chatfield L Hore-Belisha...

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