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(a) That these meetings should normally be

summoned by the Department whose interests were predominant in the particular matter under consideration.

(b) That a notification that these joint

meetings of the Staffs have been held should be communicated to the Secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence by the Department summoning the meeting so that the number of such meetings may be on record in the archives of the Chiefs of Staff Committee".

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With regard to the question which you raise in your

minute as to the overlap which will occur between the

functions of the Oversea Defence Committee and Committee of the Staffs of the three Services", I would prefer, if I may, to discuss this question with you

personally.

From the above summary you will see that the whole question has been dealt with either by the Committee of Imperial Defence or by the Chiefs of Staff Sub-Committee, and that no reference has ever been made to the Oversee Defence Committee. In these circumstances, I am inclined to agree with the suggestion at "X" of Mr. Olutterbuck's minute of the 8th March attached to the se papers, to the effect that a copy of 6630 (without

enclosures) and 8631 (with enclosure No.3) should be sent

to the Admiralty, War Office, Air Kinistry, &C.

18th April, 1928.

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Secretary,

OVERSEA DEFENCE COLMITTEE.

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of discurring with Bis f. frindle.

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