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

OPD (67) 7th Meeting

CABINET

DEFENCE AND OVERSEA POLICY COMMITTEE

COPY NO.56

MINUTES of a Meeting held in

10 Downing Street, S.W.1.,

on FRIDAY, 10th FEBRUARY 1967 at 3.30 p.m.

PRESENT:

The Rt. Hon. Harold Wilson,

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. Denis Healey, MP

Secretary of State for Defence

MP

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

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

(Iten 1)

The Rt. Hon. Roy Jenkins, MP Secretary of State for the Home Department

THE FOLLOWING WERE ALSO PRESENT:

The Rt. Hon. Arthur Bottomley, MP

Minister of Overseas Development

The Rt. Hon. Lord Shackleton,

Minister without Portfolio

The Rt. Hon. George Thomson, MP

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

Field Marshal Sir Richard Hull,

Chief of the Defence Staff

General Sir James Cassels,

Chief of the General Staff

The Rt. Hon. Reginald Prentice, MP

Minister of Public Building and Works

The Rt. Hon. George Wigg, MP

Paymaster-General

Lord Beswick,

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs

Admiral Sir Varyl Begg,

Chief of Naval Staff and First Sea Lord

Air Marshal Sir Brian Burnett,

Vice-Chief of the Air Staff

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SECRETARIAT:

Sir Burke Trend

Mr. P. Rogers

Mr. H.L. Lawrence-Wilson

Mr. M.J. Moriarty

Mr. R.L.L. Facer

Major-General J.H. Gibbon

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