John Anderson (Australian politician)

John Duncan Anderson AO (born 14 November 1956) is a former Australian politician. He served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and Leader of the rural-based National Party of Australia from July 1999 to July 2005.

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Wednesday 7th February 1940

Meeting minutes

extract Russia delivers "a series of hammer blows” against Finland. Lord Halifax: Mussolini “no longer convinced” of Nazi victory
person Anthony Eden
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Stafford Cripps
person E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
person Kingsley Wood
place Finland
place Gisborne, New Zealand
place Iran
organisation New Zealand Treasury
organisation Hopatcong High School
 

Meeting minutes

extract Collapse of Italy talks as Mussolini rejects agreement with the UK over arms sales
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Walter Hines Page
person Walter Citrine, 1st Baron Citrine
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
place Finland
place Rome
 

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extract Harold Macmillan MP reports from Finland of grave situation and “urgent need” of artillery, ammunition and aircraft
extract Cabinet informed 300+ British POWs recovered from Altmark. Jubilant Admiralty and Information Ministry prepare statements
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Walter Hines Page
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
person Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
place Finland
 

Wednesday 15th May 1940

Meeting minutes

extract Home Security Minister calls for internment of enemy aliens. PM: “Better that these persons should be behind barbed-wire”
extract German attack on Switzerland today “possible”. PM: Swiss “brave and determined”. "Confident they would fight the invader”
extract PM to send personal message to Mussolini expressing “hope that this country and Italy should not be divided by bloodshed”
extract Chief of Air Staff reports loss of over 100 British fighter aircraft. Pilots “in tremendous fettle, but weary”
extract Belgian government has not yet evacuated Brussels. UK command “confident” Belgians can hold position
extract Lord Halifax confirms Dutch government will continue war from exile and in Colonies. Information Minister to announce
extract Churchill “refuses to accept” PM Reynaud’s “gloomy” analysis of "serious" military situation. French Generals “calm”
person Alexander Cadogan
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Franklin D. Roosevelt
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
person Winston Churchill
person Paul Reynaud
person Alan Keyes
place Great Britain
place Portugal
place Halifax Peninsula
place Republic of China
place Greenwood, Nova Scotia
 

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extract PM: Night bombing of Middlesbrough “welcome stimulus” to domestic air raid precautions. Urges penalties for unprepared
extract German aircraft confused with returning UK bombers overnight. Attacks on Yorkshire, E Anglia. Damage and casualties minor
extract Churchill: “Imperative we should hold on to Calais”. “Heartening message” to be sent to British forces there
extract Calais force held at Cassel, Belgians facing Courtrai attack, French only holding part of Amiens and outskirts of Peronne
extract General Ironside: Gort's communications almost severed. Unclear if he is advancing to ports, Amiens or “fighting it out”
person Anthony Eden
person Alexander Cadogan
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
person Winston Churchill
person Robert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart
person Alan Keyes
place Great Britain
place Morocco
place Portsmouth
 

Meeting minutes

extract War Secretary Eden: “Now clear” Calais has fallen. UK troops "cut off from the quay", holding positions in the streets
extract No information on Army casualties. “Some personnel” withdrawn from France. Ship leaving Dunkirk “heavily attacked”
extract PM informs War Cabinet King Leopold of Belgium seeking Armistice - to take effect from Midnight. “Certainly not heroic”
person Anthony Eden
person Alexander Cadogan
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
person Alan Keyes
place Halifax Peninsula
place Greenwood, Nova Scotia
organisation Belgian Land Component
 

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extract PM opposed. US “given us practically no help in the war”, keep "everything which would help us for their own defence”
extract British Ambassador to Washington suggests lease of UK bases overseas to America to help pay war debts
person Anthony Eden
person Alexander Cadogan
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
person John Dill
person Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
place Halifax Peninsula
place Brussels
place Iceland
place Bermuda
place Washington
organisation RAF Coastal Command
organisation Hopatcong High School
organisation Indian National Congress
 

Wednesday 5th June 1940

Meeting minutes

extract Navy Chief: “Still a number of small craft in the Channel.” Air reconnaissance carried out, some small vessels brought in
extract French request further air help, anti tank weapons. PM to examine with Chiefs of Staff
person Alexander Cadogan
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
place Halifax Peninsula
organisation Royal Navy
organisation Canadian Forces Maritime Command
 

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extract US Embassy in Germany informs government that UK's ambassador to Belgium Sir Laurence Oliphant is a prisoner in Berlin
extract Rumour received from Barcelona of German “secret weapon”: aircraft painted in British colours to attack Royal Navy
extract UK 51st Division “very hard pressed”, situation “cause for considerable anxiety”. No reinforcements for 2-3 days
extract PM: French seem to be resisting German attack “fairly well” in spite of the weight of the assault
person Anthony Eden
person Alexander Cadogan
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Andrew Greenwood
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
person Clive Anderson
place Greece
place Brussels
place Berlin, New York
organisation Royal Navy
 

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extract Report Egypt wishes to remain neutral in UK-Italy conflict. Egyptian PM told with "brutal straightness" this impossible
extract General Dill: Situation in France "generally more favourable". But concern at possible German breakthrough near Rouen
person Anthony Eden
person Alexander Cadogan
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
place Egypt
place Gisborne, New Zealand
place Halifax Peninsula
place Iceland
 

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extract Home Security Minister now taking into custody Italians resident in the UK. Cabinet keen to deport "as many as possible"
extract General Dill: French "fighting well", German advance "much slower" than expected. News scant due to move of French HQ
extract UK Ambassador Paris reports French morale "now everywhere good", sees "a general determination to fight to a finish"
extract PM to go to France for Supreme War Council meeting. Aims to find out French intentions, discourage move to separate peace
person Anthony Eden
person Alexander Cadogan
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
person John Dill
place Portugal
place Egypt
place Halifax Peninsula
place Turkey
place Greenwood, Nova Scotia
 

Meeting minutes

extract PM Churchill: A "chapter in the war" now closing. "We must now concentrate everything on the defence of this island"
extract Eden: French politicians in favour of peace with Germany "might find themselves strong enough" to overthrow PM Reynaud
extract General Weygand to declare Paris an open city. "Full of defenceless people", will "not see it destroyed" by bombardment
extract PM: "Defeatist" Marshal Petain has "made up his mind that peace must be made". He is "a dangerous man at this juncture"
extract General Weygand: French army "almost completely exhausted". General de Gaulle supports "carrying on a guerrilla warfare"
extract PM: Talks with French "studiously polite and dignified" but clear that France "near the end of organised resistance"
extract War Cabinet meeting again on PM's return from talks with French. General Dill reports UK 52nd division now in France
extract UK Ambassador Cairo recommends installing new "loyal" PM in Egypt. If King objects, to be told "comply or get out"
extract Damage from overnight Italian bombing raids on Malta "neglible". RAF attacked targets in Italian Libya, Eritrea
extract French Command blocked some UK planes from bombing runs on Italy overnight. Halifax: "Prompted by fear of reprisals"
extract German advanced elements must be expected in Paris within 24-48 hours. State of the city's defences not known
extract Signs of heavy attack east of Rheims. Situation west of Rouen very obscure. Position of remains of 51st division critical
person Anthony Eden
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Charles de Gaulle
person Stephen King
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
place Greece
place Egypt
place Halifax Peninsula
place Turkey
place Malta
place Eritrea
place Libya
 

Meeting minutes

extract General Dill: Dangerous "thrust towards Verdun" by Germans. "If successful, would turn the Maginot Line"
extract PM: If France refuse terms Hitler's only course to "smash this island". Then America in the war "within a fortnight"
extract Halifax: France must be made to see that Armistice "a slippery slope" to loss of their fleet and eventually their liberty
extract PM Reynaud to appeal for "maximum help" short of an expeditionary force from US. France to "hold on" for US response
extract Statement by US President "much heartened" French government. Churchill: "As near as possible to a declaration of war"
extract Churchill: PM Reynaud asked that France be released from agreement not to make a separate peace with Germany
extract Telegram from Roosevelt to PM Reynaud: US "doing everything in its power" to make war material available to Allies
person Anthony Eden
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Franklin D. Roosevelt
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
person Adolf Hitler
person Winston Churchill
place Halifax Peninsula
place Greenwood, Nova Scotia
organisation Parliament of the United Kingdom
organisation United States Congress
 

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extract Belgian PM and 50 staff flown into London from Nantes. 1000 Canadian troops arriving for defence of Iceland today
extract Eden: Report from Information Minister on UK public opinion "not very encouraging". PM to broadcast speech on 18th
extract South African PM calls for UK occupation of Irish ports ahead of Germany. Chamberlain: UK should "insist" on IRA roundup
extract PM Reynaud offers meeting in France this afternoon. Churchill declines, UK sending assent for France to ask for terms
person Anthony Eden
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Charles de Gaulle
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
person Winston Churchill
person Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso
person Neville Chamberlain
person Paul Reynaud
place South Africa
place Halifax Peninsula
place Iceland
place London, Ontario
place Greenwood, Nova Scotia
 

Friday 12th July 1940

Meeting minutes

extract Newspapers are reporting French government is to move to German occupied territory at Paris or Versailles
extract PM rejects draft statement on India's future. Must declare "no avoidable delay" in making India a self-governing country
extract Cabinet approves widening membership of Viceroy's executive council in India to include "representative Indians"
person Alexander Cadogan
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Andrew Greenwood
person John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
person Leo Amery
place Great Britain
place Ankara
place Turkey
place Paris
place Europe
place Africa
place Burma
organisation Home Office
organisation Indian National Congress
organisation United States Congress
organisation Canadian Forces Maritime Command
 

Civil Defence Report No. 19. Nineteenth Report submitted by the Minister of Home Security, covering the period from Midnight, 9th June, 1940 to Midnight, 7th July, 1940.

extract Home Security Minister: Rise in night bombing since mid-June. Daylight raids "on an increasing scale" but damage "slight"
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
place City of London
place Newcastle upon Tyne
place South Wales
place Isle of Portland
place Bristol
place Portsmouth
organisation Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (Netherlands)
organisation Home Office
 

Thursday 1st August 1940

Civil Defence Report No. 20. Twentieth Report submitted by the Minister of Home Security, covering the Period from Midnight 7th July, 1940, to Midnight 4th August, 1940.

extract Home Security Minister: "Practically" no daylight bombing for 10 days. 206 fatalities this month, damage "slight"
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
place London, Ontario
 

Meeting minutes

extract Police reporting 45 parachutes found "abandoned by enemy parachutists" in Scotland, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Yorkshire
extract General Dill: UK force in Somaliland under attack, "everywhere resisting stubbornly" but "tired after two days' fighting"
extract Air Chief: Final figures for fighting yesterday: Enemy 78 destroyed (certain), 33 probable. Our own 13 (10 pilots saved)
extract Air Chief: All raids yesterday intercepted. "Heavy losses inflicted on the enemy with few casualties to ourselves"
person Anthony Eden
person Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Andrew Greenwood
person John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
person Clement Attlee
person John Dill
person William Anderson (RAAF officer)
place Somaliland
place Turin
place Malta
organisation Home Office
 

Friday 13th September 1940

Meeting minutes

extract Cabinet told dive-bombing attack carried out on Buckingham Palace. PM: "Too dangerous for Parliament to sit after dark"
extract Cabinet agree Tube should not be used as shelter. Police opposed and "more important" to keep it available for transport
extract Home Secretary: This tendency due in part to a number of street shelters having suffered direct hits
extract Health Minister: Silvertown evacuated due to failure of water supply. A reluctance to use public shelters in some areas
extract Health Minister: AA fire has transformed London morale. People who "clamoured to be taken away" now reluctant to leave
extract Air Chief: Enemy activity on "reduced scale" in past 24 hours, not more than 100 aircraft. No UK air casualties
person Anthony Eden
person Alexander Cadogan
person Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Andrew Greenwood
person Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell
person John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
person Malcolm MacDonald
person Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso
person Clive Anderson
person Andrew Duncan
place Egypt
place South America
organisation Home Office
organisation House of Lords
organisation Parliament of the United Kingdom
 

Meeting minutes

extract Home Secretary: London attack last night "more severe than usual", mainly directed against West End, considerable damage
extract Air Chief: Air casualties yesterday 5 (3 pilots saved). Enemy 7 certain (+8 probable, 13 damaged)
person Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Andrew Greenwood
person John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
person Clement Attlee
person William Anderson (RAAF officer)
place Egypt
place Sudan
place Gibraltar
place Kenya
organisation Home Office
 

Meeting minutes

extract Cabinet to temporarily suspend Government evacuation of children overseas. Parents still permitted to arrange privately
extract Cabinet cancel upcoming Newmarket race meeting but agrees "restricted number of race meetings should continue"
extract Sir Stafford Cripps in Moscow to "sound" M. Molotov on Soviet reaction to the new Pact between Germany, Italy and Japan
extract War Secretary Eden to consider request that military authorities make soldiers available to help clear London's streets
person Anthony Eden
person Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Andrew Greenwood
person John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
person Stafford Cripps
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
person Clement Attlee
person Robert Craigie (diplomat)
place Egypt
place South Wales
place Moscow
place Liverpool
place Sudan
place East Anglia
organisation Home Office
organisation House of Commons of the United Kingdom
organisation KEF
 

Friday 29th November 1940

Air Raid Damage: Mobile Labour Reserves.

extract Anderson: System for repairing bomb damaged houses "precarious". Repairs vital to ensure factory workers may resume work
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
organisation Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (Netherlands)
 

Monday 23rd December 1940

Transport of Coal.

extract Anderson: Coal stocks below demand. "Reserves will not meet the situation". Rail disruption, shipping attacks to blame
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
place South Wales
place Birmingham
place Bristol
 

Tuesday 7th January 1941

Meeting minutes

extract PM: We must consider whether we can "now afford some further assistance to Greece" by reinforcing our air detachment
extract Chiefs of Staff: We have "greatly relieved the pressure on our forces in the Middle East"
extract Chiefs of Staff: Operations in the last month have accounted for a third of the total Italian strength in Libya
extract Cabinet informed total number of prisoners captured at Bardia now over 32,000. Rapid advance being made towards Tobruk
person Anthony Eden
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Andrew Greenwood
person John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
person Kingsley Wood
place Greece
place Libya
organisation House of Commons of the United Kingdom
organisation Hopatcong High School
 

Monday 10th February 1941

Communist Activities.

extract Anderson: Closure of Daily Worker newspaper has led to rise in Communist pamphlets. New powers needed to suppress
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
organisation Home Office
organisation Morning Star (UK newspaper)
 

Evacuation of Coastal Areas.

extract Anderson circulates plans to "thin out" population of coastal towns to prevent civilians impeding military if UK invaded
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
person Clive Anderson
 

Concentration of Production in the Consumer-Goods Industries.

extract Anderson urges more central planning of industry. Production of consumer goods to be concentrated in just a few factories
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
 

Tuesday 11th March 1941

Civil Precautions against Invasion. Guidance to the Public.

extract Anderson circulates new anti-invasion leaflet "Beating the Invader". Also "Stay where you are" and "If the Invader comes"
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
person Adolf Hitler
place Great Britain
organisation Air Force F.C.
 

Suggested presentation of the Lincoln copy of Magna Charta to the American Nation.

extract Sir John Anderson suggests one of the British Museum's copies of Magna Carta be given to the USA rather than Lincoln's
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
 

Monday 21st April 1941

Invasion: Instructions to the Public.

extract Cabinet asked to postpone release of invasion leaflet 'Beating the Invader' as public "distracted" and Press "crowded"
person John Anderson (Australian politician)