(Untitled), 01 Jun 1941 - 30 Jun 1941
Scope and Contents
Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, June 1941.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; Desmond Morton and F A Lindemann [later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistants]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff.Subjects covered by the minutes include: the defence of Cyprus; the West African Brigade; tank numbers; military aviation matters including the range of fighters, pilot and aircraft output, and the bombing of targets in France; Admiralty underground oil storage; Northern Irish [Ulster] contribution to the war effort; the battle for Crete [Greece]; food rationing; the submarine programme; the arrival of United States troops in Iceland; the Ministry of Information; the military situation in Libya; the means of amphibious attacks; the defence of Britain from airborne attacks including RAF aerodromes.
Dates
- Creation: 01 Jun 1941 - 30 Jun 1941
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright: Crown copyright
Extent
1 item(s) (1 28p)
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Former / Other Reference
C 53/1 - C 55/1; D 175/1 - D 201/1; DM 9/1; M 608/1 - M 683/1; S 18/1 - S 21/1
Subject
- Ministry of Information (Organization)
- Royal Air Force (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
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