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Conclusion WM (40) 128 W Churchill N Chamberlain Halifax C Attlee A Greenwood J Anderson...

Catalogue reference: CAB 65/7/23

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Reference
CAB 65/7/23
Date
18 May 1940
Description
Record type
Conclusion
Former reference
WM (40) 128
Attendees
W Churchill
N Chamberlain
Halifax
C Attlee
A Greenwood
J Anderson
A Cadogan
Hankey
T Phillips.
Agenda
1. The War Effort - Need for additional powers; 2. Civil Defence Measures - Dispersal of persons resident in the immediate neighbourhood of specific targets; 3. Invasion of Great Britain - Aliens and the Fifth Column
Related material

For Civil Defence Measures see WP (G) (40) 130, for Invasion of Great Britain see WP (G) (40) 131. CAB 67/3

Separated material

For The War Effort see the Confidential Annex (formerly Secretary's Standard File) WM (40) 128

CAB 65/13

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
WM (40) 128
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9025063/

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CAB 65

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

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