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(THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT)

OPD(67) 21st Meeting

CABINET

DEFENCE AND OVERSEA POLICY COMMITTEE

MINUTES of a Meeting held at

10 Downing Street, S.W.1., on

WEDNESDAY. 7th JUNE 1967 at 10.00 a.m.

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PRESENT:

The Rt. Hon. Harold Wilson, MP,

Prime Minister

The Rt. Hon. Michael Stewart,

First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs

MP,

The Rt. Hon. Herbert Bowden, MP,

Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs

The Rt. Hon. James Callaghan, MP,

Chancellor of the Exchequer

The Rt. Hon. Denis Healey, MP,

Secretary of State for Defence

The Rt. Hon. Roy Jenkins, MP,

Secretary of State for the Home Department

THE FOLLOWING WERE ALSO PRESENT:

The Rt. Hon. Lord Gardiner,

Lord Chancellor

The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Longford,

Lord Privy Seal

The Rt. Hon. George Wigg, MP,

Paymaster-General

The Rt. Hon. Douglas Jay, MP,

President of the Board of Trade

The Rt. Hon. Arthur Bottomley, MP, Minister of Overseas Development

The Rt. Hon. George Thomson, MP,

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

The Rt. Hon. Sir Elwyn Jones, QC,16, Sir Saville Garner

Attorney-General

Commonwealth Office

SECRETARIAT:

Sir Burke Trend

Mr. P. Rogers

Mr. H.L. Lawrence-Wilson

Mr. F.A.K. Harrison

CONTENTS:

Subject

Item No.

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RHODESTA

POLICY FOR THE COMING MONTHS

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RHODESIA:

ACTION IN EVENT OF DECLARATION OF REPUBLIC

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OTTOMAN/VOLKSKAS

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