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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) 137 W Churchill N Chamberlain Halifax C Attlee A Greenwood A Alexander...
Catalogue reference: CAB 65/7/32
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This record is about the Conclusion WM (40) 137 W Churchill N Chamberlain Halifax C Attlee A Greenwood A Alexander... dating from 24 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 65/7/32
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Date (When the record was created)
- 24 May 1940
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Record type
- Conclusion
- Former reference
- WM (40) 137
- Attendees
- W Churchill
- N Chamberlain
- Halifax
- C Attlee
- A Greenwood
- A Alexander
- A Sinclair
- Caldecote
- A Cadogan
- D Pound
- A Eden
- J Anderson
- A Duff Cooper
- C Newall
- W Ironside
- A Percival.
- Agenda
- 1. The Western Front - Progress of operations - Co-ordination of command in North France and Belgium - Information for the public; 2. The Western Front - Air operations. Bomber Command. Fighter Command. Advanced Air Striking Force. Air Component of the B.E.F. Awards for the Royal Air Force. Royal Air Force resources; 3. The Naval Situation - U-boat activity; 4. Norway - Progress of operations; 5. The King of the Belgians; 6. Italy - Possible plan for blocking the Suez Canal; 7. Italy - French proposal for another approach by President Roosevelt to Signor Mussolini; 8. United States of America - Proposed reply by the Prime Minister to an American enquirer; 9. Invasion of Great Britain - Information from Rome; 10. Communication Centres - Alleged sabotage plans; 11. Invasion of Great Britain - Security measures: control of aliens; 12. Invasion of Great Britain - Security measures: arming of the police
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For Invasion of Britain; arming the police, see WP (G) (40) 134 CAB 67/6
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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For The King of the Belgians see the Confidential Annex (formerly Secretary's Standard File) WM (40) 137 (5)
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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) 137
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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/C9025072/
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CAB 65
War Cabinet and Cabinet: Minutes (WM and CM Series)
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