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Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence. March 1927.

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SECRET.

COMMITTEE OF IMPERIAL DEFENCE.

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DRAFT Minutes of the 222nd Meeting, March 4, 1927.

Present:

The Right Hon. STANLEY BALDWIN, M. P., Prime Minister (President).

The Most Hon. the MARQUESS OF SALIS- BURY, K.G., G.C.V.O., C.B. Lord Privy Seal.

The Right Hon. Sir AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN, K.G., M.P., Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

The Right Hon. L. S. AMERY, M.P., Secre- tary of State for Dominion Affairs and the Colonies.

The Right Hon. Sir LAMING WORTHINGTON-

EVANS, Bt., G.B.E., M.P., Secretary of State for War.

Colonel the Right Hon. the EARL OF

ONSLOW, O.B.E., Parliamentary Under- Secretary of State for War.

General Sir GEORGE MILNE, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., D.S.O., A.D.C., Chief of the Imperial General Staff.

the

General Sir J. F. NOEL BIRCH, K.C.B.,

K.C.M.G., Master-General of Ordnance. (For Item 3.)

Major-General J. R. E. CHARLES, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., Director of Military Operations and Intelligence.

Sir WARREN FISHER, G.C.B., Secretary to

the Treasury.

The Right Hon. W. C. BRIDGEMAN, M. P.,

First Lord of the Admiralty.

Admiral of the Fleet EARL BEATTY,

G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O., D.S.O., First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff.

Vice-Admiral Sir FREDERICK L. FIELD,

K.C.B., K.C.M.G., Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff.

The Right Hon. Sir SAMUEL HOARE, Bt., C.M.G., M.P., Secretary of State for

Air.

Air Chief Marshal Sir H. M. TRENCHARD, Bt., G.C.B., D.S.O., Chief of the Air Staff.

Group Captain W. R. FREEMAN, D.S.O.,

M.C., Air Ministrv.

The Right Hon. Sir PHILIP CUNLIFFE- LISTER, K.B.E., M.C., M.P., President of the Board of Trade.

The Right Hon. the VISCOUNT CECIL OF CHELWOOD, K.C., Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir M. P. A. HANKEY, G.C.B., Secretary.

Wing-Commander Sir NORMAN LESLIE, Bt., C.B.E., Assistant Secretary.

Commander the Hon. C. P. HERMON-HODGE, D.S.C., R.N., Assistant Secretary.

Major H. L. ISMAY, D.S.O., Assistant Secretary.

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