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(THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT )
OPD(67) 36th Meeting
CABINET
DEFENCE AND OVERSEA POLICY COMMITTEE
COPY NO.
73
MINUTES of a Meeting held at
10 Downing Street, S.V.1.,
on WEDNESDAY, 15th NOVEMBER 1957 at 10.00 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. Richard Crossman, MP Lord President of the Council
The Rt. Hon. Roy Jenkins, MP
Secretary of State for
the Home Department
The Rt. Hon. Michael Stewart, MP
First Secretary of State
The Rt. Hon. Denis Healey, MP
Secretary of State for Defence
The Rt. Hon. George Thomson, MP
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs
THE FOLLOWING WERE ALSO PRESENT:
The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Longford,
Lord Privy Seal
The Rt. Hon. Lord Shackleton,
Minister without Portfolio
The Rt. Hon. Lord Shepherd,
Minister of State for Commonwealth Affairs
Sir Arthur Irvine, QC, MP
Solicitor-General
Marshal of the Royal Air Force,
Sir Charles Elworthy, Chief of the Defence Staff
Air Chief Marshal Sir John Grandy,
Chief of the Air Staff
The Rt. Hon. Reginald Prentice, MP Minister of Overseas Development
Lord Brown,
Minister of State, Board of Trade
Mr. John Stonehouse, MP
Minister of State, Ministry of Technology (Item 1)
Mr. Harold Lever, MP
Financial Secretary, Treasury
Admiral Sir Varyl Begs,
Chief of Naval Staff and First Sea Lord
Lieutenant-General
Sir Desmond Fitzpatrick, Vice-Chief of the General Staff
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SECRETARIAT:
Sir Burke Trend
Mr. E.M. Rose
Mr. H.L. Lawrence-Wilson Major-General J.H. Gibbon
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SECRET
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