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Official: Cabinet: papers 116 - 140., 18 Apr 1929 - 30 Apr 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/233

Scope and Contents

Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on remuneration of civil servants, imperial preference regarding sugar, the French debt to the United States, reparations and Allied debts; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the trade outlook and economic situation including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade and on the protection of the woollen and worsted industries; Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War and Sir Samuel Hoare [later 1st Lord Templewood] Secretary of State for Air on the award of General Service medals for those involved in operations against the Akhwan tribes [in Southern Iraq]; Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on the reduction and limitation of arms, a statement by the United States on reduction of armaments, the military situation in Germany, and affairs in Shanghai [China]; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs, on the oil position in Iraq and the trans-desert pipeline and railway to the Mediterranean; Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on wage fixing and the international labour conference; and covering letters from Sir Maurice Hankey, Secretary to the Cabinet.Also includes: a special report on unemployment; Committee of Imperial Defence minutes on chemical warfare policy; a Committee of Civil Research report on the co-ordination of research; a report on pay for the fighting services; and a copy of a speech by King George V on the prorogation of parliament.Printed index at CHAR 22/235.

Dates

  • Creation: 18 Apr 1929 - 30 Apr 1929

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Extent

1 item(s) (1 file (132 loose folios including pamphlets))

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

CP 116(29) to CP 140(29)

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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