Catalogue description Committee of Imperial Defence: Joint Planning Committee: Minutes and Memoranda

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Reference: CAB 55
Title: Committee of Imperial Defence: Joint Planning Committee: Minutes and Memoranda
Description:

This series consists of the minutes and memoranda of the Joint Planning Committee. Topics covered included all planning, strategic and operational issues of defence.

Date: 1923-1939
Arrangement:

Chronological

Related material:

Minutes and memoranda of the Joint Planning Committee continue in:

CAB 84

CAB 119

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Committee of Imperial Defence, Joint Planning Committee, 1927-1939

Physical description: 19 volume(s)
Access conditions: Available in digital format unless otherwise stated
Accruals: No future accruals expected
Administrative / biographical background:

The Joint Planning Committee was appointed by the Committee of Imperial Defence (CID) in 1927. It supported the Chiefs of Staff Committee (COS), allowing the Chiefs of Staff to exercise properly their joint responsibility for advising on defence policy as a whole. The members of the Joint Planning Committee were the directors of plans of the three services. In 1936 they were re-inforced by three officers drawn respectively from the Navy, Army and Air Force.

The minutes and memoranda were circulated to members of the Committee, to members of the COS, to the Prime Minister, and to other ministers and officials as required.

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