Papers about meeting in Paris , 1939-09-19 - 1939-09-26

File

Reference Code: GBR/0014/HOBE 5/72

Scope and Contents

Papers about the meeting in Paris of Hore-Belisha and 1st Lord Hankey [Secretary to the Cabinet] with Edouard Daladier [French Foreign Minister], and General Maurice Gamelin [Commander-in-Chief of the French Army], including: their report to the War Cabinet with related paper and cuttings; copy of Hore-Belisha's letter to General 6th Lord Gort [Commander-in-Chief of British Field Force, earlier John Vereker] about supplementing of the Field Force after his visit to France, with flimsy letter to General Gamelin and relevant extracts from official records on the subject.

Dates

Creation: 1939-09-19 - 1939-09-26

Creator

From the Fonds: Belisha, Leslie Hore (1893-1957, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha of Devonport, politician) (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Individual closures of files are indicated in the catalogue.