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Agenda 1. The Air Situation; 2. The Naval Situation - Loss of H.M.S. Daring - Shipping losses - Attack on U-boat; 3. The Military Situation - Western Front: distribution of German divisions - Relative strength of Allied and German land forces - Finland; 4. Weekly Resume - Frequency of submission; 5. Assistance to Finland - Message from M. Daladier as to supply of aircraft - Field guns - Possibility of accelerating the arrival of material - Supply of military information from Finland; 6. Italy - Economic relations; 7. Roumania - Oil Policy: supply of equipment and raw materials; 8. Permanent Court of International Justice - The Optional Clause; 9. Scandinavia - Stoppage of traffic in Norwegian Territorial Waters
Attendees N Chamberlain; J Simon; S Hoare; W Churchill; K Wood; Halifax; Chatfield; O Stanley; Hankey; J Anderson; C Newall; H Wilson; W Ironside; T Phillips.
Record type Conclusion
Department Records of the Cabinet Office
Series War Cabinet and Cabinet: Minutes (WM and CM Series)
Piece (40) 1-(40) 55
Catalogue reference CAB 65/5/46
Former reference WM (40) 46
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