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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) 170 W Churchill N Chamberlain Halifax C Attlee A Greenwood A Alexander...
Catalogue reference: CAB 65/7/65
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CAB 65/7/65
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Date (When the record was created)
- 17 June 1940
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Record type
- Conclusion
- Former reference
- WM (40) 170
- Attendees
- W Churchill
- N Chamberlain
- Halifax
- C Attlee
- A Greenwood
- A Alexander
- A Sinclair
- Caldecote
- Hankey
- H Dalton
- A Cadogan
- D Pound
- A Eden
- J Anderson
- A Duff Cooper
- Lloyd
- G Shakespeare
- C Newall
- J Dill.
- Agenda
- 1. The Air Situation - Middle East - British air force in France; 2. The Military Situation - The Western Front; 3. The Naval Situation - Arrival of Australian and New Zealand convoy - Attacks on trade - Enemy mining activities; 4. France - Formation of new Government - British consent to the French seeking an armistice; 5. Evacuation of Belgian military personnel; 6. U.S.S.R. - Action in the Baltic States - Rumours of concentration against Roumania; 7. Egypt; 8. Japan - Relations with the U.S.A.; 9. Defence against invasion - State of readiness of the army and the Local Defence Volunteers - Strength of the army - The Local Defence Volunteers - Rifles from the United States of America - The press; 10. French request for an armistice - Our requirements from the French - French Colonial Empire and mandated territories; 11. Evacuation of children from Great Britain overseas; 12. French proposals for an armistice; 13. Prime Minister's statement in Parliament - Suggested broadcasting
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For French Request for an Armistice, see WP (40) 207, WP (G) (40) 156; Evacuation of Children from Great Britain Overseas, see WP (G) (40) 152. CAB 67/7 CAB 66/8
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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) 170
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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/C9025105/
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CAB 65
War Cabinet and Cabinet: Minutes (WM and CM Series)
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