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(Untitled), 01 Jun 1941 - 30 Jun 1941

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/36/6

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

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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