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(Untitled), 02 Jan 1944 - 31 Jan 1944

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/152/1

Scope and Contents

Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, January 1944.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; Major-General Leslie Hollis [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Henry Wilson [Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre]; Desmond Morton [Prime Minister's Personal Assistant]; the Chiefs of Staff; senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; General Sir Bernard Montgomery [General Officer Commanding the Eighth Army].Subjects covered by the minutes include: WSC's criticism of the national service entertainment; the Home Guard; relations with France and the Free French; proposals concerning Palestine; naval power, including manpower; the western frontier of the Soviet Union and the Baltic states; the Japanese threat to India and potential operations against Japan including Culverin [attack on the Japanese-held Dutch East Indies, later Indonesia]; the British military and political structure in the Mediterranean; tank policy; negotiations with Turkey; preparations for "Overlord" [invasion of France].

Dates

  • Creation: 02 Jan 1944 - 31 Jan 1944

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Crown

Extent

1 item(s) (1 29, [1]p)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Former / Other Reference

DM(S) 1/44; M(S) 14/4 - M(S) 32/4; D(S) 19/4 - [D(S) 24/4]; C(S) 2/4; M 1/4 - M 58/4; C 1/4 - C 3/4; D 1/4 - D 27/4.

Existence and Location of Copies

, apart from M15/4-M22/4 which are available as original documents.

Subject

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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