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OPD(67) 33rd Meeting

CABINET

66

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DEFENCE AND OVERSEA POLICY COMMITTEE

MINUTES of a Meeting held at

10 Downing Street, S.W.1, on

WEDNESDAY, 18th OCTOBER 1967 at 4.15 p.m.

PRESENT

The Rt. Hon. Harold Wilson, MP,

Prime Minister

The Rt. Hon. George Brown, MP

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

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The Rt. Hon. James Callaghan, MP,

Chancellor of the Exchequer (Item 1)

The Rt. Hon. Denis Healey, MP,

Secretary of State for Defence

The Rt. Hon. Michael Stewart, MP,

First Secretary of State

The Rt. Hon. Richard Crossman, MP, Lord President of the Council (Item 1)

The Rt. Hon. Roy Jenkins, MP,

Secretary of State for the Home Department

The Rt. Hon. George Thomson, MP,

Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs

THE FOLLOWING WERE ALSO PRESENT :

The Rt. Hon. Lord Gardiner,

Lord Chancellor

The Rt. Hon. Lord Longford,

Lord Privy Seal (Item 1

The Rt. Hon. Reginald Prentice, MP,

Minister of Overseas Development

The Rt. Hon. George Wigg, MP,

Paymaster-General

The Rt. Hon. Anthony Crosland, MP,

President of the Board of Trade

(Item 1)

The Rt. Hon. Richard Marsh, MP,

Minister of Power

The Rt. Hon. Lord Shackleton,

Minister without Portfolio

Mr. George Thomas, MP,

Minister of State for Commonwealth Affairs

The Rt. Hon. Sir Elwyn Jones, QC, MP, Marshal of the Royal Air Force

Attorney-General

General Sir James Cassels,

Chief of the General Staff

(Item 1)

Sir Charles Elworthy,

Chief of the Defence Staff

Air Chief Marshal Sir John Grandy,

Chief of the Air Staff

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