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Conclusion WM (40) 177 W Churchill N Chamberlain Halifax C Attlee A Greenwood A Alexander...

Catalogue reference: CAB 65/7/72

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This record is about the Conclusion WM (40) 177 W Churchill N Chamberlain Halifax C Attlee A Greenwood A Alexander... dating from 23 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 65/7/72
Date
23 June 1940
Description
Record type
Conclusion
Former reference
WM (40) 177
Attendees
W Churchill
N Chamberlain
Halifax
C Attlee
A Greenwood
A Alexander
A Duff Cooper
A Cadogan
R Peirse
Caldecote
Lloyd
D Pound
R Haining.
Agenda
1. The Air Situation - Bomber Command - Coastal Command - Mediterranean - Balloon Command; 2. The Military Situation - Evacuation of foreign troops; 3. The Naval Situation - Enemy attacks on shipping - Mutiny of enemy aliens en route to Canada - Attack on Italian submarines - Scharnhorst - Operations in the Mediterranean; 4. The French Fleet - Suggested visit of the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Vice-Chief of Naval Staff to Oran; 5. French Shipping; 6. France - The Emile Bertin and the Bearn; 7. France - Departure of His Majesty's Ambassador; 8. France - Formation of a "Council of Liberation"; 9. Seizure of Swedish destroyers
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
WM (40) 177
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9025112/

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CAB 65

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

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