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(Untitled), 01 Oct 1939 - 31 Oct 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/3/2

Scope and Contents

First Lord of the Admiralty's printed minutes, October 1939.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (sometimes annotated with additional printed information) to: various naval directors; Deputy Chief of Naval Staff [Rear-Admiral Tom Phillips]; the Sea Lords, particularly 1st Sea Lord [Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound] and [3rd Sea Lord and] Controller [Rear-Admiral Bruce Fraser]; [Permanent] Secretary [Sir Archibald Carter]; other senior officers and civil servants.Subjects covered by the minutes include: publicising sea war successes; co-operation with Italy; new construction; setting up a statistical branch under [F A] Lindemann [later 1st Lord Cherwell]; capturing Germans at sea; anti-U-boat action; Admiralty scientific research; requisitioning trawlers; German battleship activity, including the Scheer; safeguarding capital ships against air attack; Dominion enlistment; Finnish waters.

Dates

  • Creation: 01 Oct 1939 - 31 Oct 1939

Conditions Governing Access

From the File:

Open

Extent

1 item(s) (1 26p)

Language of Materials

English

Bibliography

Published: The Churchill War Papers pp 190-314 (part)

Subject

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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