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CABINET PROCEDURE.
(Previous
Reference: Cabinet 6
(28), Con- clusion 16.)
The Prime Minister alluded to the
difficulty which had been encountered by the
Cabinet Office and the Foreign Office in communi-
cating with members of the Cabinet on the previous
Friday evening, when, on receipt of the French
Note, it had been necessary, as a matter of great
urgency, to obtain their views in regard to the
revised reply by the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs to the American proposals for
the renunciation of war. He asked each of his
colleagues to give instructions to his Private
Secretary, at week-ends or on other occasions
when Ministers were leaving: London, to notify
his address (including any changes in address)
to the Cabinet Office, in order that, in case
of emergency, any necessary communication could
be made with the least possible delay.
The Cabinet agreed to this proposal, and the Secretary was instructed to communicate with the Private Secre- taries of Cabinet Ministers.
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