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OPD (67) 4th Meeting

CABINET

DEFENCE AND OVERSEA POLICY COMMITTEE

COPY NO.

779

MINUTES of a Meeting held at

10 Downing Street, S.W.1.,

on THURSDAY, 2nd FEBRUARY 1967 at 9.30 a.m.

PRESENT:

The Rt. Hon. Harold Wilson, MP,

Prime Minister

The Rt. Hon. George Brown, MP,

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

The Rt. Hon. James Callaghan, MP,

Chancellor of the Exchequer

The Rt. Hon. Denis Healey, MP,

Secretary of State for Defence

The Rt. Hon. Michael Stewart, MP,

First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs

The Rt. Hon. Richard Crossman, MP Lord President of the Council

The Rt. Hon. Roy Jenkins, MP,

Secretary of State for the Home Department

THE FOLLOWING WERE ALSO PRESENT:

The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Longford,

Lord Privy Seal

The Rt. Hon. George Wigg, MP,

Paymaster-General

Field Marshal Sir Richard Hull, Chief of the Defence Staff

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The Rt. Hon. Arthur Bottomley, MP, Minister of Overseas Development

Mrs. Judith Hart, MP,

Minister of State for Commonwealth Affairs

Admiral Sir Varyl Begg,

Chief of Naval Staff and First Sea Lord

Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Elworthy, Lieutenant-General Sir Desmond Fitzpatrick,

Chief of the Air Staff

Vice-Chief of the General Staff

SECRETARIAT:

Sir Burke Trend

Mr. P. Rogers

Mr. H.L. Lawrence-Wilson

Major-General J.H. Gibbon

CONTENTS:

Item No.

Subject:

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STATEMENT ON DEFENCE ESTIMATES 1967 - POLICY AND PLANNING SECTIONS

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ST. VINCENT

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