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CABINET PROCEDURE.

(Previous

Reference: Cabinet 6

(28), Con- clusion 16.)

The Prime Minister alluded to the

difficulty which had been encountered by the

Cabinet Office and the Foreign Office in communi-

cating with members of the Cabinet on the previous

Friday evening, when, on receipt of the French

Note, it had been necessary, as a matter of great

urgency, to obtain their views in regard to the

revised reply by the Secretary of State for

Foreign Affairs to the American proposals for

the renunciation of war. He asked each of his

colleagues to give instructions to his Private

Secretary, at week-ends or on other occasions

when Ministers were leaving: London, to notify

his address (including any changes in address)

to the Cabinet Office, in order that, in case

of emergency, any necessary communication could

be made with the least possible delay.

The Cabinet agreed to this proposal, and the Secretary was instructed to communicate with the Private Secre- taries of Cabinet Ministers.

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