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Conclusion WM (40) 272 W Churchill C Attlee Halifax Beaverbrook J Anderson A Greenwood...

Catalogue reference: CAB 65/9/34

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Reference
CAB 65/9/34
Date
16 October 1940
Description
Record type
Conclusion
Former reference
WM (40) 272
Attendees
W Churchill
C Attlee
Halifax
Beaverbrook
J Anderson
A Greenwood
K Wood
E Bevin
Simon
Cranborne
Lloyd
H Morrison
L Amery
A Alexander
A Duff Cooper.
Agenda
1. Middle East - Visit of the Secretary of State for War to Egypt; 2. Middle East - Despatch of reinforcements; 3. France - Policy towards the Vichy Government; 4. Naval Operations - The Mediterranean - Home Waters - Coal traffic; 5. The Press - Subversive articles; 6. Armistice Day; 7. Air Raids - Damage and effect on civilian morale; 8. Government Departments - Protected accommodation; 9. Parliament - Undesirable Parliamentary Questions; 10. Parliament - Alternative place of meeting; 11. India - Proposal to appoint Indian political leaders to the Viceroy's Executive Council - Setting up of a War Advisory Council; 12. India - Suggested industrial training of Indians in the United Kingdom; 13. India - Proposed High Commissioner for India in South Africa
Related material

For the Middle East, see WP (40) 419; India: Proposal to appoint Indian political leaders, see WP (G) (40) 252 and 260; India : Proposed High Commissioner for India in South Africa, see WP (G) (40) 258. CAB 67/8 CAB 66/12

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
WM (40) 272
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9110550/

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