Conclusion WM (40) 138 W Churchill N Chamberlain Halifax C Attlee A Greenwood A Alexander...

Record type

Conclusion

Former reference

WM (40) 138

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 - Telegrams between the Prime Minister and M. Reynaud - Calais - Movement of ammunition and stores from base depots in France; 2. The Air Situation - Western Front - Attacks on German shipping - Enemy attacks on the United Kingdom; 3. The Naval Situation - Naval casualties - Demolitions and blockships at Zeebrugge - Reported sinking of Lutzow (ex Deutschland) - Promise of Canadian destroyers; 4. Norway - Progress of operations; 5. Air Raid Precautions - Use of steel shelters; 6. Italy - Possible plan for blocking the Suez Canal; 7. Italy - Military plans in the event of participation in the war; 8. Italy - French proposal for another approach by President Roosevelt to Signor Mussolini - Sir Robert Vansittart's conversation with a member of the Italian Embassy; 9. National Day of Prayer - Service at Westminster Abbey; 10. Invasion of Great Britain - Security measures - Suggested evacuation of towns on South and South-East Coasts - Restrictions of movement of civil population; 11. France - Suggested Italo-German offer of a separate peace; 12. Norway - Swedish proposal for a cessation of hostilities in Northern Norway; 13. The King of the Belgians; 14. U.S.S.R. - Appointment of a British Ambassador; 15. B.B.C. - Action in the event of air attack; 16. Invasion of Great Britain - Security measures

For Norway see Confidential Annex (formerly Secretary's Standard File) WM (40) 138 (4), and The King of the Belgians see Confidential Annex WM (40) 138 (13)

CAB 65/13