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Conclusion WM (40) 42 N Chamberlain Halifax Chatfield S Hoare K Wood Hankey J Anderson...

Catalogue reference: CAB 65/5/42

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This record is about the Conclusion WM (40) 42 N Chamberlain Halifax Chatfield S Hoare K Wood Hankey J Anderson... dating from 15 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 65/5/42
Date
15 February 1940
Description
Record type
Conclusion
Former reference
WM (40) 42
Attendees
N Chamberlain
Halifax
Chatfield
S Hoare
K Wood
Hankey
J Anderson
E Brown
W Ironside
M MacDonald
H Wilson
T Phillips.
Agenda
1. West Indies: Report of Royal Commission - Publication of recommendations - Short-term relief programme - Announcement of the Government's intention to act in the spirit of the recommendations; 2. The Colonial Empire: Statement of Policy on Development and Welfare and on Colonial Research - Development and welfare - Research - Mandated territories; 3. Compulsory Military Service - Liability of British subjects in France and French citizens in Great Britain; 4. The Air Situation; 5. The Naval Situation - Search for German merchant vessels - Shipping losses - U-boat sunk - U-boat sunk on the 12th February; 6. The Military Situation - Western front - Finland; 7. Assistance to Finland - Supply of aircraft - Pilots - Field guns and ammunition - Railway difficulties - Approach to France; 8. Italy - Economic relations; 9. Italy - Internal situation
Related material

For West Indies: Report of Royal Commission, see WP (G) (40) 45; The Colonial Empire, see WP (G) (40) 44; Compulsory Military Service, see WP (G) (4) 43 CAB 67/4

Separated material

For Italy: Internal Situation, see Confidential Annex (formerly Secretary's Standard File) WM (40) 42 (9)

CAB 65/11

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
WM (40) 42
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9016951/

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CAB 65

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

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