Catalogue description War Cabinet and Cabinet: Minutes

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Reference: CAB 23
Title: War Cabinet and Cabinet: Minutes
Description:

This series consists of the minutes and conclusions of the War Cabinet, December 1916 to October 1919, and of the Cabinet, from November 1919 to September 1939 including the conclusions noted in the Secretary's File. The series contains also: the A minutes of the War Cabinet, including the more secret matters not entered in the ordinary minutes; the X minutes, which note conversations on military affairs between May and November 1918; conclusions of Conferences of Ministers, from November 1919 to September 1922; and minutes of the Imperial War Cabinet, 1917 to 1918.

Please Note: for further information, please see the Cabinet Papers website.

Date: 1916-1939
Arrangement:

Chronological within subject

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: WC and IWC file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Cabinet, 1919-1939

Conferences of Ministers, 1919-1922

Imperial War Cabinet, 1917-1918

War Cabinet, 1916-1919

Physical description: 101 volume(s)
Restrictions on use: (Open unless otherwise stated).
Access conditions: Available in digital format unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

from 1964 Cabinet Office

Accumulation dates: 1916-1919.
Accruals: No further accruals expected.
Unpublished finding aids:

See also transcript of CAB 23/90B which contains confidential annexes removed from other 1926-1937 volumes. Indexes to CAB 23/1-31, War Cabinet minutes, 1916-1919 and Cabinet conclusions, 1919-1921. Lists of contents of CAB 23/1-29, 35 and CAB 37-44.

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