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(Untitled), 17 May 1940 - 27 May 1940

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/13/2

Scope and Contents

Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, May 1940.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; F A Lindemann [later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant]; Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; the Chiefs of Staff.Subjects covered by the minutes include: aircraft available for service; the prospects of Britain continuing the war alone.[Please note that these minutes are incomplete with several sections having been cut out and removed at the time of the production of WSC's "Second World War"].

Dates

  • Creation: 17 May 1940 - 27 May 1940

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Crown copyright

Extent

1 item(s) (1 [6]p)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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