CAB148-30-Defence and Oversea Policy Committee Meetings Relating to 1967 Disturbances-1967 — Page 194

CONFIDENTIAL

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

OPD(67) 24th Meeting

CABINET

DEFENCE AND OVERSEA POLICY COMMITTEE

COPY NO.

68

MINUTES of a Meeting held at 10, Downing Street, S.W.1., on MONDAY, 26th JUNE 1967 at 4.30 p.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. James Callaghan, MP,

Chancellor of the Exchequer

The Rt. Hon. Richard Crossman, MP, Lord President of the Council

The Rt. Hon. Michael Stewart, MP, First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs

The Rt. Hon. Herbert Bowden, MP,

Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs

The Rt. Hon. Denis Healey, MP,

Secretary of State for Defence

THE FOLLOWING WERE ALSO PRESENT:

The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Longford,

Lord Privy Seal

The Rt. Hon. Arthur Bottomley, MP,

Minister of Overseas Development

The Rt. Hon. George Wigg, MP,

Paymaster-General

Admiral Sir Varyl Begg,

Chief of Naval Staff and First Sea Lord

The Rt. Hon. Anthony Wedgwood Benn, MP,

Minister of Technology

The Rt. Hon. Lord Shackleton,

Minister without Portfolio

Field Marshal Sir Richard Hull,

Chief of the Defence Staff

Air Chief Marshal Sir John Grundy,

Chief of the Air Staff

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Lieutenant-General Sir Desmond Fitzpatrick,

Vice-Chief of the General Staff

SECRETARIAT:

Sir Burke Trend

Mr. P. Rogers

Mr. H.L. Lawrence-Wilson Major-General J.H. Gibbon

SUBJECT:

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DEFENCE EXPENDITURE STUDIES

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