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(Untitled), 01 Jun 1944 - 30 Jun 1944

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/152/6

Scope and Contents

Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, June 1944.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers, particularly Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon]; the Chiefs of Staff; Major-General Leslie Hollis and Colonel Ian Jacob [Military Assistant Secretaries to the War Cabinet].Subjects covered by the minutes include: Soviet policy concerning Japan; the allied entry into Rome [Italy]; matters concerning D Day, including security restrictions; Yugoslav affairs; a shortage of manpower for the army; French civil affairs, including currency matters; British relations with France on subjects including General de Gaulle [President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic] visiting France and tensions with Major-General Sir Edward Spears [First Minister to the Republics of Syria and the Lebanon]; the change of government in Italy; appointing Colonial administrators; the "Crossbow" [Operations against German Rockets and Pilotless Aircraft] Committee; British participation in the war against Japan; the oil delegation.

Dates

  • Creation: 01 Jun 1944 - 30 Jun 1944

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Crown

Extent

1 item(s) (1 35, [1]p)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Former / Other Reference

C 37/4 - C 44/4; M 673/4 - M 776/4; D 181/4 - D 209/4; DM 11/4 - DM 13/4

Subject

  • Army (Organization)

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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