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Conclusion WM (40) 279 W Churchill C Attlee Halifax Beaverbrook J Anderson A Greenwood...

Catalogue reference: CAB 65/9/41

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This record is about the Conclusion WM (40) 279 W Churchill C Attlee Halifax Beaverbrook J Anderson A Greenwood... dating from 29 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 65/9/41
Date
29 October 1940
Description
Record type
Conclusion
Former reference
WM (40) 279
Attendees
W Churchill
C Attlee
Halifax
Beaverbrook
J Anderson
A Greenwood
K Wood
E Bevin
Simon
Cranborne
Lloyd
A Sinclair
D Pound
H Morrison
L Amery
A Alexander
A Duff Cooper
J Dill
C Portal.
Agenda
1. Naval, Military and Air Operations - Air operations - Naval operations - Military operations - Middle East. Italy-Greece. Middle East: despatch of reinforcements; 2. Home Defence - Likelihood of invasion; 3. Air Raid Damage - The Midlands; 4. Foreign Information - Greece: Invasion by Italy - U.S.S.R.: Anglo-Soviet negotiations - France: Negotiations between the Vichy and German Governments; 5. Germany - Effect of R.A.F. raids on Berlin; 6. Spain - Instructions to Italian Submarines regarding Spanish merchant ships; 7. India - Action against Pandit Nehru; 8. Parliament - Alternative place of meeting
Separated material

For Middle East: Despatch of Reinforcements, see the Confidential Annex also known as the Secretary's Standard File, WM (40) 279 (1).

CAB 65/15

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
WM (40) 279
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9110703/

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

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