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Conclusion WM (40) 185 W Churchill N Chamberlain Halifax C Attlee A Greenwood A Alexander...

Catalogue reference: CAB 65/7/80

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Reference
CAB 65/7/80
Date
28 June 1940
Description
Record type
Conclusion
Former reference
WM (40) 185
Attendees
W Churchill
N Chamberlain
Halifax
C Attlee
A Greenwood
A Alexander
A Sinclair
Caldecote
H Ramsbotham
C Newall
A Eden
J Anderson
A Duff Cooper
A Cadogan
D Pound
R Haining.
Agenda
1. The Air Situation - Enemy activity - Bomber Command - Aircraft losses - Malta; 2. The Military Situation - Raids on enemy coast; 3. The Naval Situation - Submarine losses in the Mediterranean; 4. United States of America - Allied purchases of arms; 5. France - French armed forces in the United Kingdom; 6. France - The Emile Bertin and Bearn; 7. France - The French fleet; 8. France - Detention of French civil aircraft; 9. France - Service aircraft and pilots in North Africa; 10. France - Situation in Algeria and French Morocco - Visit of the Minister of Information - Attitude of Spain; 11. French Somaliland - Future of Djibuti; 12. Egypt; 13. Roumania - Russian ultimatum for the return of Bessarabia and Bukovina; 14. South Africa - Telegram from General Smuts; 15. Select Committee on National Expenditure - Scope of its activities; 16. Army Expansion - Proposed use of public schools - Position of the universities
Related material

For France: Situation in Algeria and French Morocco, see WP (40) 225 and 226; Army Expansion, see WP (G) (4o) 161 and 163. CAB 67/7 CAB 66/9

Separated material

For France: The French Fleet, see Confidential Annex (formerly Secretary's Standard File) WM (40) 185 (7)

CAB 65/13

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
WM (40) 185
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9025120/

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

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