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Conclusion WM (40) 20 N Chamberlain J Simon S Hoare W Churchill K Wood Halifax Chatfield...

Catalogue reference: CAB 65/5/20

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This record is about the Conclusion WM (40) 20 N Chamberlain J Simon S Hoare W Churchill K Wood Halifax Chatfield... dating from 22 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
CAB 65/5/20
Date
22 January 1940
Description
Record type
Conclusion
Former reference
WM (40) 20
Attendees
N Chamberlain
J Simon
S Hoare
W Churchill
K Wood
Halifax
Chatfield
O Stanley
Hankey
J Anderson
D Pound
A Eden
W Ironside
R Peirse.
Agenda
1. The Air Situation; 2. The Aircraft Industry; 3. Assistance to Finland - Aircraft and air personnel; 4. The Naval Situation - Loss of H.M.S. Exmouth - Attacks on merchant shipping - Attack on German U-boat - Germans taken from an intercepted Japanese ship; 5. B.B.C. News Bulletins - Broadcast of shipping losses; 6. The Military Situation - Western Front - Finland; 7. Weekly Resumes; 8. German-Soviet Relations - Alleged German occupation of districts in Southern Poland; 9. Finland: Soviet-Finnish Conflict - Reported offer of mediation by Germany; 10. Scandinavia - General policy; 11. Netherlands - Alleged violation of neutrality by British aircraft
Related material

For Weekly Resumes, see WP (40) 22 CAB 66/5

Separated material

For Scandinavia, see Confidential Annex (formerly Secretary's Standard File) WM (40) 20 (10)

CAB 65/11

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
WM (40) 20
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9016530/

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CAB 65

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

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Conclusion WM (40) 20 N Chamberlain J Simon S Hoare W Churchill K Wood Halifax Chatfield...

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