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Conclusion WM (40) 174 W Churchill N Chamberlain Halifax C Attlee A Greenwood A Alexander...

Catalogue reference: CAB 65/7/69

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Reference
CAB 65/7/69
Date
21 June 1940
Description
Record type
Conclusion
Former reference
WM (40) 174
Attendees
W Churchill
N Chamberlain
Halifax
C Attlee
A Greenwood
A Alexander
A Sinclair
Caldecote
R Cross
R Peirse
A Eden
J Anderson
A Duff Cooper
A Cadogan
T Phillips
R Haining.
Agenda
1. The Air Situation - Air raids on Great Britain - Attacks on enemy aerodromes - Attacks on Germany - Attacks on submarines - Egypt - East Africa; 2. The Military Situation - Evacuation of B.E.F. from France - Middle East; 3. Channel Islands; 4. The Naval Situation - The French fleet - The German fleet - The Italian fleet: sinking of an Italian submarine - Seizure of Swedish destroyers - Enemy attacks on shipping - Miscellaneous; 5. France - Arrangements for evacuation of the French Government - Transfer to custody in the United Kingdom of German air pilots taken prisoner by the French; 6. French Colonial Empire - French Somaliland; 7. France: Requests made by M. Corbin - Suggested dropping of food by aircraft for French troops - French shipping - The Emile Bertin; 8. Deportation of internees; 9. Evacuation of children from Great Britain overseas; 10. Belgium - The children of the King of the Belgians; 11. H.R.H. the Duke of Windsor; 12. Egypt; 13. Urgent measures to meet invasion - Internment of enemy aliens: repatriation of Italians - Suggested formation of a foreign legion - Decentralisation of control to regional commissioners - Calling up of men registered for military service - Declaration of an extended defended area - Delegation of executive and financial powers, and avoidance of administrative delays; 14. Man-power in the army
Related material

For Urgent Measures to meet Invasion, see WP (40) 210; Man-Power in the Army, see also WP (40) 210 CAB 66/8

Separated material

For the Air Situation, see Confidential Annex (formerly Secretary's Standard File) WM (40) 174 (1)

CAB 65/13

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
WM (40) 174
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9025109/

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