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

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Reference: CAB 15
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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