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Conclusion WM (40) 276 W Churchill C Attlee Halifax Beaverbrook J Anderson A Greenwood...

Catalogue reference: CAB 65/9/38

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This record is about the Conclusion WM (40) 276 W Churchill C Attlee Halifax Beaverbrook J Anderson A Greenwood... dating from 24 October 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 65/9/38
Date
24 October 1940
Description
Record type
Conclusion
Former reference
WM (40) 276
Attendees
W Churchill
C Attlee
Halifax
Beaverbrook
J Anderson
A Greenwood
K Wood
E Bevin
H Morrison
Lloyd
W Grenfell
C Newall
Cranborne
A Duff Cooper
A Cadogan
D Pound
J Dill.
Agenda
1. Poland - Polish Forces in the United Kingdom; 2. Supreme War Council - Proposed revival; 3. French and Polish Gold; 4. Parliament - Prolongation of Parliament Bill; 5. Iraq - Proposals for visit of Secretary of State for War; 6. France - Relations with the Vichy Government - Blockade policy - Position in French West Africa; 7. U.S.S.R. - The Baltic States: requisitioning of shipping; 8. Naval, Military and Air Operations - Air Operations - Home Commands. Middle East - Naval Operations - Shipping losses. United States rifles. A.A. defence of Rosyth - Military Operations - Egypt. Khartoum; 9. Works and Buildings - Allocation of cement: protection of oil cisterns; 10. Coal - Supplies for London and the South; 11. The Moslems - Proposal that His Majesty's Government should provide a site for a Mosque in London
Related material

For France: Position in French West Africa; The Moslems, see WP (G) (40) 268 CAB 67/8

Separated material

For The Middle East, see the Confidential Annex also known as the Secretary's Standard File, at WM (40) 276 (4)

CAB 65/15

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
WM (40) 276
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9110640/

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