CAB148-30-Defence and Oversea Policy Committee Meetings Relating to 1967 Disturbances-1967 — Page 330

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

Jangan mana sang terk van my

OPD(67) 39th Meeting

CABINET

75

COPY NO.

DEFENCE AND OVERSEA POLICY COMMITTEE

MINUTES of a Meeting held at

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

on FRIDAY, 8th DECEMBER 1967 at 10.30 a.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. Roy Jenkins, MP

Chancellor of the Exchequer

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

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. The Earl of Longford,

Lord Privy Seal

The Rt. Hon. Lord Shackleton,

Minister without Portfolio

Sir Arthur Irvine, QC, MP

Solicitor-General

Air Chief Marshal Sir John Grandy,

Chief of the Air Staff

The Rt. Hon. Anthony Crosland, MP President of the Board of Trade

The Rt. Hon. Richard Marsh, MP

Minister of Power

Mr. John Stonehouse, MP

Minister of State, Ministry of Technology (Item 2)

General Sir James Cassels,

Acting Chief of the

Defence Staff

Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Hill-Norton,

Vice-Chief of Naval Staff

The Rt. Hon. Malcolm Macdonald,

United Kingdom Special Representative in Central and East Africa

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SECRETARIAT:

Mr. E.M. Rose

Mr. H.L. Lawrence-Wilson Mr. N.C.C. Trench

Major-General J.H. Gibbon

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CONTENTS:

Item No.

Subject

1

2

DEFENCE FROGRAMME

PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES

3

RHODESIA POLICY

4

SOUTH AFRICA:

MARITIME EQUIPMENT

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