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CONCLUSIONS of a Meeting of the War Cabinet held,at 1% Downing Street, S.W. t, on Monday, October M IW^at ll-^A-M^-
TheyRight Hon. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN,
The Right Hon. Sir J O H N SIMON, K .C . , M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Admiral of the Fleet the Right Hon., LpRp CHATFIELD, Minister for Coordination of Defence.
The Right Hon. It. H O B E - B E L I S H A ^ M.P., Secretary of State for War.
The *R%ht Hon. Sir SAMUEL HOARE, ': Bt,,,M.P., Lord Privy Seal.
M.P., Prime Minister (in the Chair). The Right Hon. VISCOUNT HALIFAX,
Secretary of State for Foreign - :' Affairs. - - * .
The Right Hon. WINSTON S. CHURCHILL, M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty.
The Right Hon. Sir KINGSLEY WOOD,
M.P., Secretary Of State for Air. The Right Hon. L O R D HANKEY,
Ministerwithout Portfolio.
The following were also present5:' The: Bight Hon. Sir.,JOHN? ANDERSON, The 'R!ght Hon. VISCOUNT CALDECOTEJ
,M,P,.i - Secretary - of i State.. for the ;:Lord;:ChJpeel^ 0vM 'V.- Home Department and: Minister of
;-::;:Hdme Security.;: h l,z h
The Bight Hon. AHTHOMY EBOTJ M.P.,j :Tl h''y;l$ig^ Secretary of State for Dominion X^^^^^WJSXiM0h ;.At^lhisy'''',-'r'" V-i'j'
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POUND , First Sea Lord and Chief of A i r Chief I f e f e l Sir Cram L. H.
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CONTENTS. Minute
No. - Subject. Page 1 The Air Situation ... . ... . . . . . . ... . . . 4 0 1
Dropping-of leaflets containing the j 3 * l ^ i g s ^ 4 Q $ I J O T ' $ I K l M ' * - Speech."'
2 French Aircraft Production ... . . . . . . ... . . , 4 0 1 3 The: Naval Situation... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Number of Submarines sunk.
4 Purchase of Chilean Destroyers ... ... ... ... 402 5 Thei Military Situation A ... ... ... ... 402 6 The Naval, Military and Air Situation ... ... ... 402 7 Propaganda regarding the number of British troops in
France ... ... ... ... ... . . . . . . 402 8 German report of British supply of gas to Poland ... ... 403 9 Turkey....." ...... . . . . . . ... .. . . . . . . . . . 403:
The Turco-Soviet Conversations and the Aaglo-Pranco Tusbish treaty. ... v A A ^ A A A
10 ' Policy of the Soviet Government ... . . . . . . .-; ... 404 s11 Germany . . . . . . ... . . . . . . A . ... ' 404
State of public opinion.
12 Germany 405 1 Possible development of German policy.
13 - Germany .. -'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0 5 ^'APublication of. two'White Papers.
14 - B t ^ ^ t b e ^ a r - ' Propag^^Vi . '^^^ ; ; " ' 'A^ . ' -A r." AJA-;
15 . Change pf. meeting, place -of - Parlianteflt 4p.S IS PeqAsifcioAng'of hotels and school, premis
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CbncluaibiiB, .- ($IpiuJ tat -i- u V i-. b t o\ j j . --£a , s/& ketu ... sly. Minute 1.) . . ' Ther& ^ Mi^k that the
1 HI i lift llflf i ji pi flStl 1 bW it i H i b-iaSsp,.. containing the and he therefore proposed to publish the fact that the raid had British reply to Herr Hitler '0 The War Cabinet took note of the above statement.
' Speech.
Reference: W.M. (39) 46th Com^usMnS,--.-Minutes' 3.)':.:
3 me Prime Minister asked whether there was any confirma-;
tion of -the statement pnt^out by thefrench . E M P 1 3 (Previous ; 'that*ench-aircraft .omtpni was.now,nvetames, what it.
- A^us t ; ' and that the British and,French output t o g e t h e r ^ three, :w.&;;(8S); &ab timesithat bf^C^many/: y:-:''':':z.^P\'^^/A^]y': bbb-%;b Conclusions,; The -Secretary., of. State-/-far. Air. :said that Minute:&) ': '" . . consMeraW^yei^^tea the position. He was,
Air Minister in the near future, when he would no doubt obtain tne latest figures.
the War Cabinet took note of the above statement
3, The First Lord of the Admiralty gave certain further particulars as to: the:sinking.of the Royal Oak:.'-.These afe^retprded.! in the Secretary's Standard File of War Cabinet Conclusions. (Previous
The-attack by: a German - submarine on-the: fast unescorted: Reference^ l i me3tlae-jb:ha.(i--iusions resulted in the loss of one French ship in addition to the one :C.omcIusK)ns;
reported at the previous meeting, i.e., one British and two French Minute 7 ! . ) ships in all. There were now only two more unescorted groups of
::sfi]ps^)fcbebiM;$bb:;i::bbb; bbVbb' --': -b b- Kb::;'btb'-b,;bbbb^b-bb:':-'b v.,;b-M,-w^Ho further attacks hsid bsen made oa Brits ch ships in the
previous twehty-foui nours, but one French sMy had hey" grade.
the rubbii was he y. I t WOT Id be $ great help i f xie GCAWI 1obtain ibhe uss of X&L^ £wen. '
\li:^Q^u&pjpl^re)3 :;-^it':we had sunk four submarines on the Siihinnrmea *!l$1*h'-.e^wu^-j Lua ao£ b -u3 , c i iu ei ot- i :C f b, nvrCuLei' tc subk. i n ' 4 iLu-JJa.1 L iuJ obbi2 ISbfli Ii:b f i l ls two i l l fb piobrMc ;
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(CMc/ vfiif&wi^Sii&jf said that, in tba -I, drnto4lfcy view,' w
JsT' favour, this might prove to1 be a,most undesirable precedent, as it ' e s.) suitt iinn GoHnaanvCkamasy^ss obtaii5might resul obtaining, submarines from Skassia.'
The. "vvW. -Cabinet -took note of this -statement.
The Military 5. The. Secretary. of State for War informed the War Cabinet Situation. that the steamer Marwdrri containing anti-aircraft guns - ana-,
equipment, which had been damaged by a mine, hac' (Previous ,nbvr' beendocked and theequipment was being taken off.Beferenee:
W.M. (39) 39th ; Bfe;:gayeparticulars-of additional troops which'had crossed to Conclusions, France the previous day. Minute 2.) 0n the Western Front 4. more German Divisions had been (Previous identified on the frontier between, Holland and Saarbrucken, the Beference: -total number now-- being estimated at- between- 62, and 87; . The W.M. (39) 48th French had issued a warning on Sunday that they expected a Conclusions, German attack on Monday, but this attack had not taken place yet. Minute 4.) The War Cabinet was informed that at thepresent time there
were probably very few French troops in the advanced positions in front of theMaginot Line. I t was General Gamelin - s intention to fight on the Maginot Line itself.
The War Cabinet took note of the above statement.
The Mara! MM- 6. The War Cabinet took note of theWeekly Resume (No. 6) taw and Ate by the Chiefs of Staff (Paper W.P. (39) 88). Situation. (Previous
Beference:,,;,:,:,;, . v :r,,Z,
W.M. (39) 40th , . " Conclusions,
:Minute 5.) . . . . \ - ato; Bfcpaiania 7. In the course of the discussion on Minute 5 the Secretary regarding the of State for War referred to telegram No. (Saving) ;of the; nmmlteof - . 13th ,October - from our Ambassador in Paris,,,in which-it was British -teoops reported that unfavourable comparisons were being made in France .M Ramos. '.-:'lbetween-the size o f our Expeditionary Jorce. (f6g$Q(0f men) and the
total-of the French Army (3^ million m^n)r I n the-broadcast which(previous ^ ja^nded to make, on. the 21st. October,he proposed to point out WvTm) Bio'- * * * * ^ Bjitish Expeditionary Force was'at present an advance
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wiii-Ma iav --In--the. course or tlae discussion which ioliiowea w was suggespo-;, l m 5 l )* " -that it Would, be desirableto"tasn^bmimto'i^^feg^1^1^^*^** '--, -"fcEao-;'to. - - -a.",fcrc3 we-had-already despatched1 ssrap ore tola bac stoisli;/
1- a , to j - S 7 " b b ' * , v t o : ' . j "i " a : to/a *y^o a. ptototoaa on which our Toaaa-to a- a, - a^ u ad,;'3ifrl1 : j : 3 La ispcat the o a , . to - a"
to" L tolch our a e-wsn ; : - : - - $bfe,to ,to"-'";to3ia a l a t o .
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to toto -: ' [' ' . - ,"to-lto
gaMojas- and the :,Angl6-]?r^co--''' Turkish treaty.; (Previous'
. 1 3 1 . (89) 4861 GosiielBsloESpv:;;,. Minute 7.)
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1S o - I f - tesome act of bestiality on the part of the enemy. We should call
WORTE'-whiL CX/iar to" get o nsmSrc' s&eafrvar to is to aeou-^/yofl^. since BACH investigation, ,TBOOGB A might fee. :II the -fasfc^taat^easmaiaesvbabt lap-neaped BY gas, ooalei nofc-gsove wao..ted - - sa i l ed oyadasiaistsrbd the-gas'.- It^aa-^^te-pos^ble- ^fyws ' Ga^aas bad; fcadftodd' artificial - gas . casualties' lor their own -purposes,.'.- .. - - ... - :-'.'".:'.''. :"-:\
" :The1 War Cabinet ag reed - ,-,l[ " ' ( i ) to invite the Foreign Secretary, as a matter of urgency, to
make enquiries regarding ... the , Professor Staehelm referred to in the German broadcasts;
- ( i i ) to invite the War Office,-, in-consultation with the Ministry of Information, to arrange - for the Issue of,, statements stating in unmistakable language the deduction.to be drawn from the persistent false German reports of the use of gas by the Allies, uamely,; that they intended to use this weapon themselves.
9. The of State for Foreign to the; follbwini telegrams relating to f conversations in between'M. " tglu, the Turkish M: for Foreign and M,'Molbtpv the subject of sed Turco^Sovlet
. ;Telegram Ho, W7,: dated:the M A . im% from.His Majesty's. Ambassador,. Ankara, - reporting , it hac
. - agreed to accept the modification of Article Turkish Treaty desired'-by M. Stalin, and that ththee proposal,regarding ,the ^Protocol by RUSSIA had been"' ijibmitted' byM. Molbtby'to,"M7Stalin.for approval. Two additional"points had been raised by M. Molotov, but on these M. SarafbAtai had been adamant; ' "
' -; A;;;;-Mp$ji^^ had been' pieoeed by M. Molotov to, sgneo thst Turkey ctould declare neutrality vis-a-vis Bulgaria, a ; course which Would anv-olve, She caiAellatAn of tix, - lAAAw ubl^vfefond A the
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a c - A i w c.f Ae Con .L,,r of u A UJl fVA to A fri^hdly^ .frbm which he deduceitJ that in present circumstances
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(Previous Reference:.-..: W.M. (39) 80th Conclusions, Minute 6.)
State of public opinion. (Previous Reference: W.M. (39) 47th Conclusions; Minute 9.)
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KIT appeared' hi out h-h, , 1^ ^ FEIYNI \ & L ; :
"Government o f ' t i e TET.S18.1 J[y'jJiot e ^ l i d i in oM: circumstances t i e possibility ' ' o i - -tfw fes&w-edn tie
'" ';" 'llr'p)ajapapisf;Bii:' : S g l p f t ^ - - v; ::inted Turkish Foreign'"Office that one of the conditions on whi re iad agreed to the modifications to the Anglo-Turkish Treaty desired by M. Stalin was that we should see the- Tnico-Soviet Pact before i t was signed.
His (the Secretary of State's) recollection was that we had not: done' .mofey than makeitleT?^^lij^M'^^^we:i should see the text of the Turco-Soviet Pact and associated documents before we actually signed';, the Anglo-TurkishTreaty.: ' '
He (the Secretary of State) was taking steps to clear up both the foregoing points.
The War Cabinet took note of the above statement.
10. The Secretary of State for Foreign. A fairs informed the War Cabinet that he had arranged - t6.,sea-.Mv-l&d8%,- \^..-.iSQf^^ Ambassador, that afternoon. I t was possible that at;this-meeiiiig he might - obtain some further indicatloh- of t i e ' general- altitude';bf the Government of the U S S R .
The War Cabinet took note of the: above statement..
11. The Secretary of StmliG for Fmmgn^Jfffl^sJre^/SSttemj^pii-, to telegram,Mo.-(SB^Baving, dated file ... ;h October, 19S9, from His MajestyVMlhister, Bucharest, reporting a short conversation which he had l ad with M. Crutescu, the Roumanian Minister in Berlin, who:had:'be^:lm ; laid, very, .niHejr .b0el' prasl?^^ - J B was stopped in order to allow an official anno1 ic- : su ^ l madetoy loud &&&kse aLiba" m^mVaia " 'cMo&\ rv^T;. -had been astonished loS to he able to deleft r,ho sli ^ cry enthusiasm and adde.d that the company :had. a
1doyna at thelu plNL,^j ^hj^^;;/! z " : -^rr , ' ih&t the Polkl,vioto-ie3 l yd ! ' * y 1 , S i -ive sen^e of relievanr; IFEIIIH ' X ' -jfisa 1 ;
of optimism whatever. Sir Reginald Hoare added' that,' -M. -CrutesG^ ^ . XiM^^S^i, had h r ' h^y - 1 h /tJr , . : not a good word to1 say for the- .
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s i g n M a c e oi this infoims tioiQ wao obocmo. B fflightlmply thot linesman Government stall thoi^ht' t h a i there was a possibility oic an early peace, hut this message mi-hit on the other hand nave iaesm cent merely to reassure the Portuguese, since i n other markets also toe Germans were at present finding it dimwit to give deliver
p o s s i b l e ' . b development of aaohtMaai /inforAatiiab regarding, the0 possible'.--development %f German policy. * * 8 £ M M at,the Meeting, (Previous or- the: War Gafoweb;notea?in. the. Margin: -Details of'.: this - m i b m i i Beference: tion are:recorded;, in the: Secretary8s Standard- File of: War cabinet' W.M. (80) 4.mk ;tbhclnsidhs.':'."'..' '-b''!"-:''";V'b b' V Conclusioaii; f Minute 0.) The War Cabinet..took note of the foregoing statements bv
the- Secretary of-State for Foreign biSairs. '
; 13. . T f e "S^^^df-S^e-fh'-^^. Affairs sa i * that he Publicatioia of proposed: to present -to Eariiament" two White'Papers -The first
- two White t ^ i i m i b m m of--the information, in the possession 'of His Papers.
^ ^ i o -u iiiecvejuis in aserim during the fortnight before the outbreak of war. The document relating to the ihternhient camps constituted the most damning indictment of German methods, while Sir Nevile Hendersonbs despatch: was -also o f considerable value as "showing, the development of-:, the situation immediately before the-outbreak of war.
; T h e War Cabinet- - b,:, : 'b; -Approved the presentation to Parliament..of the two, Wh^teb Papers referred "to by the-Secretary of State for Foreign bbftairsb ' b'b'-'-'.-''--'-'--':."":v' "
14. The WarCabinet had before them a Memorandum b v the War,-" - Home Secretary Paper W.P. (G.) (39) Si ) dealing wSh various iJbib?bbi3fc ^ n t ^ m a n i f e s t e t a s ; of " S t op the War '? prfpa^andl and Smmm^:-4m0W Jbstfg .mm Wer Defence of
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Tlie gafc al via a of the Catena was as M t w J o - ' ' - ' - -Uganda had so far faato ou a c: ' )aitor7cto :
harmless: character and had made no headway. " Ppfollo " "opinion' in the country was practically unanimous in support of the Government's war policy. In these cifeumstanees, prosecution of the PaoMst elements in the
- ' : toa0^^ ( , On the other hand, measures would have to be taken if the
.to'to:$fefftsto ,. :.ft;llfe$a(ling:,a d^eaiisf ^spirit. . ^^t^M^lW^Mi
( i i i ) ; i i l l l^ l lpl to be-. .nndesirable'. to'. - prosedufd." 1 w e t o ; l ^ ^ ^ p ) l l ""loeetable:Peace Pledge Union andniot the'Gosisttdnisito Party. Up to the present,. however, the Goinlhohis£' Party, which had just executed a ^ d d e n ^ t ^ ^ i ^ ^ ^ ^ l ^ not issued any " Stop the W a r " leaflets. This was a
'" further argument -in favour" of not instituting :prdsecu-r' tions for the time being,
(iy) Attention was drawn to the danger of Russian-subsidissd Communist publications, which in the long run might exercise an influence on the British Labour movement..
The Home Secretary said that his Department had . this aspect of the matter under constant review, bat it
was extremely difiioult to be sure, of the channels' through which Bussian money reached, this country.
The War Cabinet agreedr-That, for the reasons indicated above, it would not be desirable to institute prosecutions in respect of the " S t o p the War " propaganda leaflets already issued, but that the position should continue to be closely watched.
15. The War Cabinet had before them the Conclusionsvof aChange 0, Conference presided over bythe Lord; Chapoellor, and attended byWw^mi Warn;, Mr. Speaker, the Attorney-General, the Parliamentary Secretary:to of Parilsmeafc. the. Treasury, and the Earl of -Lucan, on the question-of the changeof the-;-meeting place of Parliament,'.at'.a.. time when'..the Houses, stand; adjourned, i f it should become inp aato , c to^ c ' "to/ action;, for .the"Houses to continue to sit to to toatoa W.P. (G-.).(38)-:SS); ;"- : : to ' ''' - a^*-
The War Cabinet were infoiaasd J I toe Cton c: IcS b d* i cssded on the assumptions that in. vjacld ito snap 1 toafffce arrangements in advance byAuu of * ^ f e a aoa, or tos:toattoas of toe^o^c^s, to j J ' possible in the emergency for the House/to];iti^M^:^^W^ssi^i':
]d$& c i at. 1 Otonc a ^ .to , 4mfc' alternative to the procedure suggested ^ptheS^tfe; dhvolw ; B a ^
:ato.'-tototo-toto'to/toyto r-toptoiv : :to: vtototototototototo;.n''disclose coMf
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The War CaLi laAvifJicaol--(1) To- aci^A ^felkoasom?atoQ)3is on w H A A3 Oonfcienoe tod
AAAAIpt lt i l^^ ;tovf.^to' - A A - t o ^ i ^ ? -'.refi^al:;'Af;'
'-'.-'t; - - ; : t : p ^ f M Defence Segulat^on or Resolutions of the Houses;
- : ,(ii). : that ;d^^ Be. iMpraeticAiie for the Houses to meet at Westminster in order
-: to adjourn themselves to some other;,place "could'-; :. ^^H i ^g^^^ ::-.-:-.:;rv".:-,;. .-:..V;"--r .- .,A:AA\,VA:A'z:Z
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. the., procedure described' in "sub-paragraph if) of that'
1FT RT,KO attention of the War Cabinet was drawn to theSgffiSf m^^^T^&^im of * action of A c Office
- -' ' ment trarooses.'. I t was' suggested that it; might be d^rao ie to consider whether some of "the school premises: msght not be released ' from requisition a i d handed back for. educational use. ... .
' I t ^MpommWt, on the other hand, ^hat the position TO : . not nearly a^badAs had been represented, that there w ^ ^ s i d e r - ;
- ablA exaegeratioh: i n certain of the complaints, and that the; Government case for requisitioning;premises; of thekind ino^st ion :
- caHeAfor more publiciiy:in the^ress; A t the outbreak of war the . S H I of the f i r s t A ^ m n i s s i ^
- - -' one, tothat he had had .to make- preparations. on .& very extensive, scale for providing-alternative ohlee accommodation.for the
A e p a r t o e n ^ i ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ & e difficulty in regard, to'hotels - **** mgiinlv:a ouestibn of to amount of compensation to be paid.
The prescribed basis of compensation did mzh i f f e into account goodwill The case for school premises was quite different, in
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Summary of Conclusions mf a Conference- held in the Speakers moravy, mmm ^ ofoOomm'h h :'n vv
;. (a)-Apartiron the.aio^^E^Btsspecified in^(^aMd-;(^bek^ fof. effecting they removal of. Parliament from Westminster should \z
. laid-down m -advance; either by Act of - Parliament or by-Defence Regulations or by Besolutions of the Houses.
(6) The consent both of the Crown and of the Houses is necessary before the Houses can constitutionally adjourn to a place other than
1Westminster.' m
(c) The contingency that it might be impossible or impracticable for the Houses to meet at Westminster m other place could be disfegd,rded.
(d) The expression " a t Westminster" means the present Parliament building and its precincts.
(e) The arrangements should accordingly be based on the assumption that the Houses (being adjourned) will meet once again in the Palace of Westminster or its precincts for the purpose of adjourning themselves to H.K.
(/) The actual procedure should be on the following lines:— (i) In pursuance presumably of a decision of the War Cabinet a
submission would be made to His Majesty by the Prime Minister that Messages under the Royal Sign Manual should be sent to both Houses; the operative part of each Message being to the effect that His Majesty, considering that in present circumstances the House may not be able safely and conveniently to continue to meet at Westminster, is graciously pleased to declare His Consent to the House meeting at * in the event of any adjournment of the House during the present Session of Parliament.
(ii) The Message would be announced in the House of Lords by the Lord Chancellor, and in the House of Commons would be delivered at the Bar of the House by the Prime Minister and read to the House by the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker.
(iii) Each House would then send an Address thanking His Majesty for His Gracious Message.
(iv) Each House would then adopt a Resolution adjourning itself to H.K. to meet there at an hour and on a date named in the
. Resolution. (v) Finally, in order to give notice to the public of the changed
meeting place of Parliament and to place the whole matter on a formal basis, a Royal Proclamation - [should be-issued: as- ^on as it would be convenient for His Majesty in Council to approve the Proclamation.
