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This item number was allocated in error (duplicate of CAB 65/33/13 )
Catalogue reference: CAB 65/33/14
This item number was allocated in error (duplicate of CAB 65/33/13)
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Conclusion WM (40) 18 N Chamberlain J Simon S Hoare W Churchill K Wood Halifax Chatfield...
Catalogue reference: CAB 65/5/18
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This record is about the Conclusion WM (40) 18 N Chamberlain J Simon S Hoare W Churchill K Wood Halifax Chatfield... dating from 19 January 1940 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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CAB 65/5/18
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Date (When the record was created)
- 19 January 1940
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Record type
- Conclusion
- Former reference
- WM (40) 18
- Attendees
- N Chamberlain
- J Simon
- S Hoare
- W Churchill
- K Wood
- Halifax
- Chatfield
- O Stanley
- Hankey
- J Anderson
- A Duncan
- J Gilmour
- D Pound
- A Robinson
- A Eden
- E Brown
- H Wilson
- W Ironside
- C Hurcomb
- R Peirse.
- Agenda
- 1. The Air Situation; 2. Aircraft Industry; 3. The Naval Situation - German submarine losses; 4. The Military Situation - Western Front - Finland; 5. Western Front - Possible German attack on Belgium; 6. German-Soviet Relations - Report of concessions to Germany in Southern Poland; 7. South-Eastern Europe - Possible German intentions; 8. Italy - Economic relations; 9. Scandinavia - German submarine attacks on Swedish and Norwegian vessels; 10. Scandinavia - General policy; 11. Finland - Allied assistance; 12. Preparation of Strategical Plans - Responsibility of the Chiefs of Staff Committee; 13. Anglo-Soviet Negotiations: Summer 1939 - Proposed publication of Blue Book; 14. Explosion at Royal Gunpowder Factory, Waltham Abbey; 15. Shipbuilding: Proposed increase in programme of Merchant Shipbuilding - The present position and the programme proposed - The need for and practicability of, a programme at the rate of 1.5 million tons per annum - Supply of steel - Supply of labour - Question of the Government Authority to be responsible
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For Scandinavia : General Policy, see WP (40) 23, 24; Shipbuilding, see WP (G) (40) 11 CAB 67/4 CAB 66/5
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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For Scandinavia: General Policy, see Confidential Annex (formerly Secretary's Standard File) WM (40) 18 (10); Finland: Allied Assistance, see Confidential Annex (formerly Secretary's Standard File) WM (40) 18 (11).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- WM (40) 18
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9016526/
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War Cabinet and Cabinet: Minutes (WM and CM Series)
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