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Catalogue description War Cabinet: Oversea Defence Committee: Minutes and Papers (ODC Series)
| Reference: | CAB 94 |
|---|---|
| Title: | War Cabinet: Oversea Defence Committee: Minutes and Papers (ODC Series) |
| Description: |
This series consists of minutes and papers of the Overseas Defence Committee. |
| Date: | 1939-1942 |
| Arrangement: |
Subject and chronological |
| Related material: |
For earlier records of the Committee before 1939, see: |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | ODC file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
War Cabinet, Oversea Defence Committee, 1939-1942 |
| Physical description: | 4 volume(s) |
| Access conditions: | Available in digital format unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
from 1970 Cabinet Office |
| Accruals: | No future accruals expected. |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Overseas Defence Committee existed before the Second World War as a sub-committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence. From September 1939, it became a committee of the War Cabinet with largely the same terms of reference except that it was not required to deal with any matters connected with operations, any questions affecting territories in which control had been transferred to the Service Department, or any detailed consideration of Local Defence Schemes. The Committee continued to meet until March 1942, with meetings composed of the directors of plans and representatives of the service departments, chaired by the Colonial Office, variously Sir John Shuckburgh (the Deputy Under-Secretary of State), Sir Cosmo Parkinson and Sir George Gater (both Permanent Under-Secretaries of State). |
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