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Conclusion WM (40) 46 N Chamberlain J Simon S Hoare W Churchill K Wood Halifax Chatfield...

Catalogue reference: CAB 65/5/46

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This record is about the Conclusion WM (40) 46 N Chamberlain J Simon S Hoare W Churchill K Wood Halifax Chatfield... dating from 19 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 65/5/46

Date

19 February 1940

Description
Record type
Conclusion
Former reference
WM (40) 46
Attendees
N Chamberlain
J Simon
S Hoare
W Churchill
K Wood
Halifax
Chatfield
O Stanley
Hankey
J Anderson
C Newall
H Wilson
W Ironside
T Phillips.
Agenda
1. The Air Situation; 2. The Naval Situation - Loss of H.M.S. Daring - Shipping losses - Attack on U-boat; 3. The Military Situation - Western Front: distribution of German divisions - Relative strength of Allied and German land forces - Finland; 4. Weekly Resume - Frequency of submission; 5. Assistance to Finland - Message from M. Daladier as to supply of aircraft - Field guns - Possibility of accelerating the arrival of material - Supply of military information from Finland; 6. Italy - Economic relations; 7. Roumania - Oil Policy: supply of equipment and raw materials; 8. Permanent Court of International Justice - The Optional Clause; 9. Scandinavia - Stoppage of traffic in Norwegian Territorial Waters
Related material

For Permanent Court of International Justice, see WP (G) (40) 50; Scandinavia, see WP (40) 60 CAB 67/4 CAB 66/5

Separated material

For Assistance to Finland, see Confidential Annex (formerly Secretary's Standard File) WM (40) 46 (5); Scandinavia, see Confidential Annex (formerly Secretary's Standard File) WM (40) 46 (9).

CAB 65/11

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

WM (40) 46

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Closure status

Open Document, Open Description

Record URL
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CAB 65

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

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