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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT

The circulation of this paper has been strictly limited.

It is issued for the personal use of

TOP SECRET

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The Rt Hon Emest Besin

Copy No. 37

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D.O.(45) 5th Meeting

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مفلسة

DEFENCE COMMITTEE

MINUTES of a Mecting hold at

No. 10, Downing Street, S.7.1. on FRIDAY, 7TH SEPTEMBER, 1945 at 12 noon

PRESENT:

The Rt. Hon. C.R.Attlec, M.P.

Prime Minister and Minis tor of Defence

(In the Chair)

The Rt. Hon. Herbert Morrison,

M.P., Lord President of the Council

The Rt. Hon. A.V. Alexander,

M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty

The Rt. Hon. G.H. Hall, M.P., Secretary of State for the Colonics

The Rt. Hon. Viscount Stansgate,

Secretary of State for Air

The Rt. Hon. Ernest Bevin, M.P., Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

The Rt. Hon. Lord Pethick-Lawrence,

M.P., Secretary of State for India

The Rt. Hon. J.J. Lawson, M.P.,

Secretary of State for War

Sir Cyril Hurcomb,

Ministry of War Trans port

(For Item 1)

The Rt. Hon. Alfred Barnes, M.P., Mr. John Parker, M.P.,

Minister of War Trans port

(For Item 1)

Admiral of the Fleet Sir

Andrew B. Cunningham,

First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff

Marshal of the Royal Air Force

Sir Charles F.A. Portal, Chief of the Air Staff

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs

Field Marshal Sir Alan F. Brooko, Chief of the Imperial General Staff

Major General N.G. Holmes War Office (For Item 1

SECRETARIAT:

Major-General L.C.Hollis Group Captain D.C.Stapleton

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