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This item number was allocated in error (duplicate of CAB 65/33/13 )
Catalogue reference: CAB 65/33/14
This item number was allocated in error (duplicate of CAB 65/33/13)
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Conclusion WM (40) 127 W Churchill N Chamberlain Halifax C Attlee A Greenwood A Alexander...
Catalogue reference: CAB 65/7/22
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This record is about the Conclusion WM (40) 127 W Churchill N Chamberlain Halifax C Attlee A Greenwood A Alexander... dating from 18 May 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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CAB 65/7/22
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Date (When the record was created)
- 18 May 1940
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Record type
- Conclusion
- Former reference
- WM (40) 127
- Attendees
- W Churchill
- N Chamberlain
- Halifax
- C Attlee
- A Greenwood
- A Alexander
- A Sinclair
- Caldecote
- H Dalton
- A Cadogan
- D Pound
- T Phillips
- A Eden
- J Anderson
- A Duff Cooper
- Beaverbrook
- C Newall
- W Ironside
- C Courtney.
- Agenda
- 1. The Western Front - Progress of operations - Air operations - Blocking of Belgian ports: operation Lyster; 2. The Naval Situation - Naval reinforcements for the Mediterranean - German raider in the South Atlantic - Movements of Italian liners; 3. Norway - Naval casualties - Air operations; 4. Iceland - Arrival of British reinforcements; 5. United States of America - Press comments in Great Britain; 6. Netherland East Indies - Reported Japanese demands; 7. Egypt - Unidentified bomber aircraft to be fired on in certain circumstances; 8. Spain - Reported infiltration of Germans - Franco-Spanish relations - Proposed despatch of Sir Samuel Hoare on a special mission to Madrid - Alleged presence of German submarines in Vigo; 9. Italy - Possible intentions - Signor Mussolini's reply to the Prime Minister's message; 10. Italy - Contraband control; 11. Italy - Facilities for British broadcasts; 12. Belgium - Request for permission to transfer the seat of Government to France; 13. U.S.S.R. - Suggested despatch of a special envoy to Moscow; 14. Aircraft Production; 15. British Expeditionary Force - Supply of labour; 16. Invasion of Great Britain - Measures to prevent landing of aeroplanes on open spaces - Proposed defensive works
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For British Expeditionary Force see WP (G) (40) 129 CAB 67/3
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- WM (40) 127
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9025062/
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CAB 65
War Cabinet and Cabinet: Minutes (WM and CM Series)
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