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Catalogue description Committee of Imperial Defence, Committee on the Co-ordination of Departmental Action on the Outbreak of War, and War Cabinet, War Priorities Committee: Minutes, Papers and War Books
| Reference: | CAB 15 |
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| Title: | Committee of Imperial Defence, Committee on the Co-ordination of Departmental Action on the Outbreak of War, and War Cabinet, War Priorities Committee: Minutes, Papers and War Books |
| Description: |
This series consists mainly of the minutes and papers circulated by and to the Committee on the Co-ordination of Departmental Action on the Outbreak of War, together with the War Books for 1912-1914, 1935-1937 and 1939, and the minutes and papers of a number of post war sub-committees and War priorities committee records. |
| Date: | 1911-1939 |
| Arrangement: |
Chronological by sub-committee |
| Related material: |
Records of the War Priorities Committee can be found in CAB 40 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | K, P and WP file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Committee of Imperial Defence, Committee on the Co-ordination of Departmental Action on the Outbreak of a future War, 1911-1938 War Cabinet, War Priorities Committee, 1917-1918 |
| Physical description: | 39 volume(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
| Accumulation dates: | 1911-1939 |
| Accruals: | No future accruals expected |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Committee on the Co-ordination of Departmental Action on the Outbreak of War was established in 1911 as a principal standing committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence. Its main function was the preparation of a War Book, a comprehensive list and codification of the individual actions and responsibilities of service and other departments in the event of war becoming imminent. The committee established sub-committees and co-opted individuals from spheres outside government and the services as necessary. |
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