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Conclusion WM (40) 141 W Churchill N Chamberlain Halifax C Attlee A Greenwood A Alexander...

Catalogue reference: CAB 65/7/36

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This record is about the Conclusion WM (40) 141 W Churchill N Chamberlain Halifax C Attlee A Greenwood A Alexander... dating from 27 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
CAB 65/7/36
Date
27 May 1940
Description
Record type
Conclusion
Former reference
WM (40) 141
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
J Dill
R Peirse.
Agenda
1. The Western Front - Progress of operations - Information for the Dominions; 2. The Air Situation - Bomber Command - Coastal Command - Air Component - Fighter Command - Advanced Air Striking Force; 3. Norway - Progress of operations - Allied military policy; 4. Middle East - Question of reinforcements; 5. Iceland - Proposed despatch of further reinforcements; 6. U.S.S.R. - Despatch of special Mission to Moscow; 7. The United States of America - Suggested grant of facilities in certain British possessions; 8. Belgium - Disappearance of His Majesty's Ambassador - The King of the Belgians; 9. British strategy in the near future
Related material

For British strategy in the near future see WP (40) 168, 169 and 171. CAB 66/7 CAB 66/8

Separated material

For The Western Front: Progress of Operations see Confidential Annex (formerly Secretary's Standard File) WM (40) 141 (1); for Norway: Allied Military Policy, see Confidential Annex WM (40) 141 (3); for British strategy in the near future, see Confidential Annex WM (40) 141 (9)

CAB 65/13

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
WM (40) 141
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9025076/

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CAB 65

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

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