Page 252
THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMEN206
TO BE KEPT UNDER LOCK AND KEY,
It is requested that special care may be taken to ensure the secrecy of this document.
닛
SECRET. This was considered at Cof(x) 26 Meeting.
C.0.S.(41)47.
21ST JANUARY, 1941.
WAR CABINET.
COPY NO. 33
CHIEFS OF STAFF COMMITTEE.
CHEMICAL WARFARE.
Note by the Secretary.
+
At their Meeting held on the 20th January, the War Cabinet considered the state of readiness of our anti-gas preparations.
In the course of discussion, the following point, inter alia, was made
*
X
*
*
"(iii) If we were to give special publicity to
anti-gas precautions in this country, the enemy might treat this as a pretext for starting gas warfare, on the ground that our precautions showed that we meant to use gas ourselves.
The suggestion was made that the accounts of German gas preparations might be allowed to become public in the United States of America"
*
X
X
*
The War Cabinet
Invited the Chiefs of Staff to consider the above suggestion.
Great George Street, S.W.1.
21ST JANUARY, 1941.
(Signed) L.C. HOLLIS.
+
W.M. (41) 8th Conclusions, Minute 4.
Page 252
Page 252
Page 252
47
Page 252
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.