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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) 173 W Churchill N Chamberlain Halifax C Attlee A Greenwood A Alexander...
Catalogue reference: CAB 65/7/68
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This record is about the Conclusion WM (40) 173 W Churchill N Chamberlain Halifax C Attlee A Greenwood A Alexander... dating from 20 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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CAB 65/7/68
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Date (When the record was created)
- 20 June 1940
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Record type
- Conclusion
- Former reference
- WM (40) 173
- Attendees
- W Churchill
- N Chamberlain
- Halifax
- C Attlee
- A Greenwood
- A Alexander
- A Sinclair
- Caldecote
- M MacDonald
- C Newall
- A Eden
- J Anderson
- A Duff Cooper
- A Cadogan
- D Pound
- J Dill.
- Agenda
- 1. Air Operations - Air raids on Great Britain - Bomber Command - Bombing operations 18th/19th June - Evacuation of British air forces in France - Fleet Air Arm aircraft - Aircraft reinforcements for Middle East; 2. Military Situation - Evacuation of the B.E.F. from France - Middle East; 3. France - Visit of the First Lord of the Admiralty to Bordeaux - Alleged message to the French fleet to stop fighting - Suggestion that the U.S.A. should offer to buy French war vessels - Position in North Africa - Transfer to custody in the United Kingdom of German air pilots taken prisoner by the French; 4. France - French shipping bound for France, French colonies or neutral ports - British army stores at Brest; 5. The Naval Situation - The French fleet - Evacuation of Polish troops - Enemy attacks on shipping; 6. Proposed seizure of Swedish destroyers; 7. Japan - Reported move of U.S.A. fleet; 8. Egypt; 9. Defence of Ireland
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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) 173
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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/C9025108/
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CAB 65
War Cabinet and Cabinet: Minutes (WM and CM Series)
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