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(Untitled), 01 Apr 1942 - 30 Apr 1942

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/67/3

Scope and Contents

Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, April 1942.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff.Subjects covered by the minutes include: the Japanese threat to the Falkland Islands; discussion of operation "Ironclad" [code name for British occupation of Diego Suarez, Madagascar]; the British naval construction programme; tank production; operations against Japan in the Far East; army air requirements; overseeing SOE [Special Operations Executive] activities; coal mining; bombing offensives against Germany; armoured divisions; honours.

Dates

  • Creation: 01 Apr 1942 - 30 Apr 1942

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Crown copyright

Extent

1 item(s) (1 18p)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Former / Other Reference

Original references: D 73/2 - D 90/2; S 4/2 - S 5/2; M 119/2 - M 153/2; C 11/2 - C 12/2

Subject

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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