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July 1942.
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88th Conclusions.
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W A R CABINET 88 (42).
CONCLUSIONS
of a Meeting of the War Cabinet held at 10, Downing
S.W. 1, on Wednesday, July 8, 1942, at 12-30 P . M .
Street,
Present: The R i g h t Hon. W I N S T O N S. C H U R C H I L L , M.P., P r i m e Minister (in the Chair).
The Right Hon. C . R. A T T L E E , M.P., i The R i g h t Hon. Sir S T A F F O R D C R I P P S ,
Secretary of State for Dominion
K.C.,"M.P., Lord P r i v y Seal.
Affairs.
The R i g h t Hon. Sir J O H N A N D E R S O N , The R i g h t Hon. A N T H O N Y E D E N , M.P.,
M.P., Lord President of the Council.
Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs.
The Right Hon. O L I V E R L Y T T E L T O N , The R i g h t Hon. E R N E S T B E V I N , M.P.,
M.P., Minister of Production.
Minister of Labour and National
Service.
The Right Hon. V I S C O U N T H A L I F A X ,
H i s Majesty's Ambassador to the
United States of America.
The following were also p r e s e n t : The Right Hon. A. V. A L E X A N D E R , The Right Hon. Sir J A M E S G R I G G ,
M . P . , First Lord of the Admiralty.
M.P., Secretary of State for W a r . The Right Hon. Sir A R C H I B A L D Admiral of the Fleet Sir D U D L E Y
S I N C L A I R , Bt., M . P . ,
Secretary of
P O U N D , F i r s t Sea Lord and Chief of
State for Air.
Naval Staff.
A i r Chief Marshal Sir C H A R L E S F . A. General Sir A L A N B R O O K E , Chief of the
P O R T A L , Chief of the A i r Staff.
Imperial General Staff.
Vice-Admiral L O R D L O U I S M O U N T BATTEN, Chief of Combined Opera­
tions.
Secretariat:
Sir
EDWARD BRIDGES.
HASTINGS
Major-General Sir
Brigadier H O L L I S .
ISMAY.
CONTENTS.
Minute
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Subject
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Naval, Military and Air Operations
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Middle East.
2
F u t u r e Operations
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