Official: Committee of Imperial Defence, 1920 - 1939

Series

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 25

Scope and Contents

The Committee of Imperial Defence was reformed after the First World War. WSC was a member from 1920-22 and 1924-29, and a member of the Air Defence Research Committee (a sub-committee of C.I.D. from 1935-39 There are three files of correspondence, mainly with the Committee Secretariat for 1920-22, but there is nothing for 1924-29. There are fifteen files of papers on the work of the Air Defence Research Committee, 1935-39, including correspondence and printed papers, many of them by F A Lindemann (later Lord Cherwell).

Dates

Creation: 1920 - 1939

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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