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Conclusion WM (40) 154 W Churchill N Chamberlain Halifax C Attlee A Greenwood A Alexander...

Catalogue reference: CAB 65/7/49

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This record is about the Conclusion WM (40) 154 W Churchill N Chamberlain Halifax C Attlee A Greenwood A Alexander... dating from 04 June 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 65/7/49
Date
04 June 1940
Description
Record type
Conclusion
Former reference
WM (40) 154
Attendees
W Churchill
N Chamberlain
Halifax
C Attlee
A Greenwood
A Alexander
A Sinclair
Caldecote
H Morrison
Beaverbrook
C Newall
J Dill
A Eden
J Anderson
A Duff Cooper
E Bevin
A Cadogan
D Pound
W Ironside
R Peirse.
Agenda
1. The Western Front - Future assistance to France; 2. The Western Front - Evacuation from Dunkirk - Position on the Somme: German intentions - Evacuation of the B.E.F.: publication of numbers evacuated; 3. The Air Situation - Bomber Command - Fighter Command - Coastal Command - British air forces in France - Norway - Enemy activity; 4. The Naval Situation - Blocking of Dunkirk; 5. Norway; 6. Italy - Contraband control; 7. Italy - Probable intentions; 8. Belgium - Proposed statement by the Belgian Government; 9. United States of America - Supply of destroyers; 10. Invasion of Great Britain - Defence measures; 11. Invasion of Great Britain - Campaign to prepare public opinion for the possibility of invasion; 12. Invasion of Great Britain - Proposed secret session of Parliament; 13. Timber - Development of production in Great Britain and France
Related material

For Invasion of Great Britain: Campaign to prepare public opinion for the possibility of invasion, see WP (40) 190; Timber, see WP (G) (40) 143. CAB 67/6 CAB 66/8

Separated material

For The Western Front: Future assistance to France, see WM (40) 154 (1); Norway, see WM (40) 154 (5)

CAB 65/13

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
WM (40) 154
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9025089/

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CAB 65

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

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Conclusion WM (40) 154 W Churchill N Chamberlain Halifax C Attlee A Greenwood A Alexander...

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