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(Untitled), Mar 1940

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/6/3

Scope and Contents

First Lord of the Admiralty's printed minutes, March 1940.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (sometimes annotated with additional printed information) to: the Sea Lords, particularly 1st [Sea Lord, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound], [3rd Sea Lord and] Controller [Rear-Admiral Bruce Fraser], and 5th [Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Air Services, Vice-Admiral Guy Royle]; [Permanent] Secretary [Sir Archibald Carter]; Controller [of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs, Sir James Lithgow]; Deputy Chief of Naval Staff [Rear-Admiral Tom Phillips]; various naval directors; Dr [Alwyn] Crow [?Director and Controller of Projectile Development]; Professor [F A] Lindemann [later 1st Lord Cherwell, WSC's Personal Assistant]; other senior officers and civil servants.Subjects covered by the minutes include: the Fleet Air Arm; the reclassification of smaller war vessels; the internment of German seamen; naval strategy for the Baltic and Black Seas; the "U.P." [unrotated projectile] weapon.

Dates

  • Creation: Mar 1940

Conditions Governing Access

From the File:

Open

Extent

1 item(s) (1 16p)

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

Includes minutes numbered 225-272

Bibliography

Published: The Churchill War Papers pp 841-941 (part)

Subject

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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