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Conclusion WM (40) 108 N Chamberlain J Simon K Wood O Stanley Halifax W Churchill...

Catalogue reference: CAB 65/6/53

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This record is about the Conclusion WM (40) 108 N Chamberlain J Simon K Wood O Stanley Halifax W Churchill... dating from 30 April 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 65/6/53
Date
30 April 1940
Description
Record type
Conclusion
Former reference
WM (40) 108
Attendees
N Chamberlain
J Simon
K Wood
O Stanley
Halifax
W Churchill
S Hoare
Hankey
J Anderson
M MacDonald
A Cadogan
D Pound
A Eden
R Hudson
C Newall
W Ironside.
Agenda
1. The Air Situation - Enemy activity - Royal Air Force activity - Use of searchlights - Attacks on U-boats; 2. The Naval Situation; 3. Operations in Norway - Narvik area - Namsos - Trondhjem - Fleet Air Arm - Andalsnes and the southern front - Norwegian Royal Family and Government; 4. Invasion of Great Britain - Precautionary measures - Question of recalling British regular battalions from India; 5. Norway - Visit to London of Norwegian Ministers; 6. U.S.S.R. - Trade negotiations; 7. Spain - Probable attitude; 8. Germany - Probable intentions; 9. Italy - Probable intentions; 10. Italy - Naval dispositions in the Mediterranean; 11. Italy - Precautionary measures; 12. Gibraltar - Measures to enable the surplus civilian population to be evacuated; 13. Italy - Allied policy in the event of an Italian attack on Yugoslavia; 14. Norwegian tanker tonnage - Tankers bound for Italy
Related material

For Italy Allied Policy in the event of an Italian attack on Yugoslavia, WP (40) 141 CAB 66/7

Separated material

For Operations in Norway, see Confidential Annex (formerly Secretary's Standard File) WM (40) 108 (3)

CAB 65/12

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
WM (40) 108
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9025018/

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