CAB148-30-Defence and Oversea Policy Committee Meetings Relating to 1967 Disturbances-1967 — Page 97

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

OPD(67) 11th Meeting

CABINET

DEFENCE AND OVERSEA POLICY COMMITTEE

MINUTES of a Meeting held at

10 Downing Street, S.W.1.,

on FRIDAY, 10th MARCH 1967 at 10.00 a.m.

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PRESENT:

The Rt. Hon. Harold Wilson, MP,

Prime Minis ter

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 Crossran, 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 Rt. Hon. Roy Jenkins, MP,

Secretary of State for the Home Department

THE FOLLOWING WERE ALSO PRESENT :

The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Longford,

Lord Privy Seal

The Rt. Hon. George Thomson, MP,

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

(Item 1)

Mr. Albert E. Oram, MP,

Parliamentary Secretary,

Ministry of Oversea Development

General Sir James Cassels,

Chief of the General Staff

The Rt. Hon. George Wigg, MP,

Paymaster-General

Mrs. Judith Hart, MP,

Minister of State for Commonwealth Affairs (Item 2)

Admiral Sir Varyl Begg,

Chief of Naval Staff and First Sea Lord

Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Elworthy,

Chief of the Air Staff

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Sir Burke Trend

Mr. P. Rogers

Mr. H.L. Lawrence-Wilson

Mr. F.A.K. Harrison

Mr. R.L.L. Facer

Major-General J.H. Gibbon

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