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Conclusion WM (40) 39 N Chamberlain J Simon S Hoare W Churchill K Wood Halifax Chatfield...

Catalogue reference: CAB 65/5/39

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This record is about the Conclusion WM (40) 39 N Chamberlain J Simon S Hoare W Churchill K Wood Halifax Chatfield... dating from 12 February 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 65/5/39
Date
12 February 1940
Description
Record type
Conclusion
Former reference
WM (40) 39
Attendees
N Chamberlain
J Simon
S Hoare
W Churchill
K Wood
Halifax
Chatfield
O Stanley
Hankey
J Anderson
H Wilson
W Ironside
M MacDonald
D Pound
R Peirse.
Agenda
1. The Air Situation; 2. The Naval Situation - U-boat sinkings - Shipping losses - General; 3. The Military Situation - Western Front - Finland - Supply of military information from Finland; 4. Weekly Resume; 5. Assistance to Finland - Request for field-guns and ammunition - Supply of aircraft; 6. Assistance to Finland; 7. Assistance to Finland - Recruitment of volunteers; 8. Finland - Visit of Sir Walter Citrine and Mr. Noel Baker - Interview with Mr. Attlee and Mr. Arthur Greenwood; 9. Sweden - Attitude towards aid for Finland; 10. The Balkans - Meeting of the Balkan Entente at Belgrade; 11. Italy - Economic relations; 12. Palestine - General policy - Control of land transfers; 13. Palestine - Recruitment of Palestinian armed forces: release of British garrison; 14. Palestine - Illegal Jewish military organisation
Related material

For Weekly Resume, see WP (40) 46; Palestine: General, see WP (G) (40) 38 and Land Transfers, see WP (G) (40) 3, Palestine: Recruitment of Palestinian Armed Forces, WP (G) (40) 16; Palestine: Jewish Military Organisation, see WP (40) 17, 25. CAB 67/4

Separated material

For Assistance to Finland, see Confidential Annex (formerly Secretary's Standard File) WM (40) 39 (6)

CAB 65/11

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
WM (40) 39
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9016895/

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CAB 65

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

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