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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT
Printed
for the War Cabinet.
April
1942.
SECRET.
C o p y N o . 44
W.M. (42)
51st Conclusions.
TO B E K E P T
UNDER
LOCK
AND KEY.
I t is r e q u e s t e d t h a t special c a r e m a y be t a k e n to
e n s u r e t h e secrecy of t h i s d o c u m e n t .
W A R C A B I N E T 51 (42).
CONCLUSIONS
Room, House
of a Meeting of the War Cabinet held in the Prime
Ministers
of Commons, S.W. 1 , on Tuesday, April 2 1 , 1 9 4 2 , at 1 2 - 1 5 P . M .
Present:
T h e R i g h t H o n . W I N S T O N S. C H U R C H I L L , M . P . , P r i m e M i n i s t e r (in the Chair).
T h e R i g h t H o n . C. R . A T T L E E , M . P . ,
The Right H o n . Sir J O H N ANDERSON,
S e c r e t a r y of S t a t e f o r D o m i n i o n
M . P . , L o r d President of t h e Council.
Affairs.
The R i g h t Hon. ANTHONY E D E N , M.P., The R i g h t H o n . OLIVER LYTTELTON,
S e c r e t a r y of S t a t e f o r F o r e i g n
M . P . , M i n i s t e r of P r o d u c t i o n .
Affairs.
T h e R i g h t H o n . E R N E S T B E V I N , M . P . , T h e R i g h t H o n . R . G. C A S E Y , M i n i s t e r
M i n i s t e r of L a b o u r a n d N a t i o n a l
of S t a t e .
Service.
T h e following w e r e also p r e s e n t :
The R i g h t H o n . HERBERT MORRISON, The Right Hon. A . V . ALEXANDER,
M . P . , S e c r e t a r y of S t a t e f o r t h e
M . P . , F i r s t L o r d of t h e A d m i r a l t v .
H o m e D e p a r t m e n t a n d M i n i s t e r of
Home Security.
Right
H o n . S i r ARCHIBALD
The Right H o n . Sir J A M E S GRIGG, The
S I N C L A I R , B t . , M . P . , S e c r e t a r y of
M . P . , S e c r e t a r y of S t a t e f o r W a r .
State for Air.
The R i g h t H o n . THOMAS JOHNSTON, A i r Chief M a r s h a l Sir CHARLES F . A .
P O R T A L , C h i e f of t h e A i r Staff.
M.P.,
Secretary
of
State
for
S c o t l a n d (Item 1 ) .
G e n e r a l S i r A L A N B R O O K E , C h i e f of t h e
Vice-Admiral H . R. MOORE, Vice-Chief
of N a v a l Staff.
I m p e r i a l G e n e r a l Staff.
Secretariat.
Sir EDWARD BRIDGES.
Major-General Sir HASTINGS ISMAY
CONTENTS.
Minute
No.
1
Subject.
Chemical Warfare
Precautionary Measures.
Naval, Military a n d A i r Operations.
Malta.
Page.
226
Chemical
Warfare.
Precautionary
Measures.
(Previous
Reference:
W.M. (42) 48th
Conclusions,
Minute 2.)
1. T h e W a r C a b i n e t h a d
R e p o r t b y t h e S e c r e t a r y of
( W . P . (42) 172) d e a l i n g w i t h
outstanding in his earlier Report
before t h e m a S u p p l e m e n t a r y
S t a t e for D o m i n i o n
Affairs
various points mentioned as
( W . P . (42) 152).
The Secretary
of State for Dominion
Affairs s a i d t h a t h e h a d
n o w c o m p l e t e d h i s g e n e r a l review, a n d w a s satisfied t h a t i l p r e c a m v
t i o n a r y m e a s u r e s h a d been t i g h t e n e d u p .
T h e W a r C a b i n e t took note, w i t h a p p r o v a l , of t h i s R e p o r t .
( F u r t h e r discussion on t h i s m a t t e r is recorded i n t h e
S e c r e t a r y ' s S t a n d a r d F i l e of W a r C a b i n e t Con­
elusions.)
Naval, Military
and Air
Operations.
2. T h e W a r C a b i n e t w e r e g i v e n t h e l a t e s t i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t
t h e p o s i t i o n at, M a l t a , a n d - of t h e a r r a n g e m e n t s proposed, or i n
c o n t e m p l a t i o n , for p u t t i n g i n r e i n f o r c e m e n t s of fighter a i r c r a f t .
Malta.
Great, George, Stre.et, ,S. W. 1, April 2 1 , 1 9 4 2 .