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Conclusion WM (40) 48 N Chamberlain J Simon S Hoare W Churchill K Wood Halifax Chatfield...

Catalogue reference: CAB 65/5/48

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This record is about the Conclusion WM (40) 48 N Chamberlain J Simon S Hoare W Churchill K Wood Halifax Chatfield... dating from 21 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 65/5/48
Date
21 February 1940
Description
Record type
Conclusion
Former reference
WM (40) 48
Attendees
N Chamberlain
J Simon
S Hoare
W Churchill
K Wood
Halifax
Chatfield
O Stanley
Hankey
J Anderson
C Newall
A Eden
D Pound
W Ironside.
Agenda
1. The Air Situation; 2. The Naval Situation - Attacks on shipping; 3. The Military Situation - Western Front - Finland; 4. Assistance to Finland - Procedure for dealing with requests from Finnish Government - Governing principles; 5. Scandinavia - Stoppage of traffic in Norwegian territorial waters; 6. Assistance to Finland; 7. Middle East - Role of Australian forces; 8. Roumania - Oil policy: supply of equipment and raw materials; 9. Visit of the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to Egypt - Australian and New Zealand contingents - Situation in Egypt - Malta: Australian destroyers; 10. War Cabinet Arrangements
Related material

For Middle East, see WP (40) 57 CAB 66/5

Separated material

For Assistance to Finland, see Confidential Annex (formerly Secretary's Standard File) WM (40) 48 (6)

CAB 65/11

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
WM (40) 48
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9017131/

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