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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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