British War Economy/Unpublished Sources


 * 1) There are summaries of the history of the ten-year rule in C.I.D. Papers 892.B and 1055.B. CAB 4/17, CAB 4/21.
 * 2) P.S.O. 196, para. 4.
 * 3) For these definitions, see C.I.D. 250.B and N.S. 51, para. 1. CAB 4/7.
 * 4) C.I.D. 882.b and C.I.D. 239th Meeting, Minute 4.
 * 5) N.S. 25.
 * 6) C.I.D. 255th Meeting, Minute 11.
 * 7) N.S. 33, para. 4.
 * 8) Both reports (N.S. 33 and 35) are printed together in C.I.D. 1124.B. CAB 4/22.
 * 9) N.S. 33 paras. 5 to 8.
 * 10) F.S. (R) 8 (Annex), included in C.I.D. 1276.B. CAB 4/25.
 * 11) This reference was contributed by Mr. Hawtrey from a Treasury file. In addition to the Treaury representative (Mr. Waley), the Board of Trade and Food (Defence Plans) Department were represented at the discussions. See Mr. Hawtrey’s narrative—Cabinet Office file 69/66/1. CAB/HIST/F/9/1
 * 12) The evolution of opinion in the Manpower Sub-committee with regard to the control of wages may be seen in N.S. 27 (April 1931); N.S. 35 (Sept. 1933); N.S. 51 (March 1936); and N.S. 99 (October 1938). In each of the first three papers, the need for wages control is emphatically asserted; in the last paper (the final report) it was recommende that no plans for imposing wages rates and prohibiting strikes be made in advance. See also the N.S. (W) series of papers.
 * 13) C.I.D. 285th Meeting, Minute 1, and 309th Meeting, Minute 1. There is further discussion of the price problem in C.C.B. 7,  which, however, offers no solution.
 * 14) See for example N.S.(w) 2.
 * 15) C.I.D. 350.B and Cabinet 50 (26) 56.
 * 16) The discussion opened in 1927 with C.I.D. Paper 1289.B.
 * 17) C.I.D. 350.B.
 * 18) P. (E. and F.) Minutes of 32nd Meeting, Annex A: also Minutes of 49th and 52nd Meetings, and P. (E. and F.) 111.
 * 19) N.S. 51.
 * 20) C.I.D. 236th Meeting.
 * 21) C.I.D. 1056.B p.13.
 * 22) C.I.D. 1082.B.
 * 23) Cabinet 19 (32) Concl. 2 and 62 (33).
 * 24) D.P.R. 1. For further trends of Defence Policy and Requirements sub-committee organisation within the framework of the Committee of Imperial Defence moving towards the functions of a War Committee of the Cabinet, see the narrative of central organisation by Major N. H. Gibbs and the references there given (Cabinet Office file 70/30). CAB/HIST/D/4/1
 * 25) C.I.D. 1087.B, para. 7.
 * 26) The main channel of contemporaneous intelligence within the sphere of “defence economy” was the Industrial Intelligence Centre. It would appear that there were some deficiencies in the coordination between industrial intelligence and military intelligence (in the restricted meaing of that term which was then current). The present writer has made no attempt to sift the reports of the Industrial Intelligence Centre in the light of after-knowledge of German preparations. He believes that a critical study of this problem might yield interesting and useful results.
 * 27) D.R.C. 37, paras. 15-18; C.I.D. 1366.B, para. 42; C.I.D. 303rd Meeting Minute 1; Cabinet 30 (37) Concl. 5.
 * 28) D.O. (P) 5, para. 109.
 * 29) D.R.C. 14, para. 11.
 * 30) D.P.R. 4th Meeting and Cabinet 45 (35) Concl.
 * 31) D.P. (P) 27, p.6; also D.P. (P) 44, paras. 69-70.
 * 32) The story of the “new standard” is summarised in D.P. (P) 19 and its enclosures. For rejection of the Admiralty’s proposals for making the standard effective, see Cabinet 33 (38) Concl. 8. For the “accelerated D.R.C. standard” actually authorised, See D.R.C. 37, especially para. 34.
 * 33) For the ultimate substitution in April 1938, of the concept of security for that of parity, see Cabinet 21 (38) Concl. 6.
 * 34) C.P. 326 (36) para. 5.
 * 35) C.O. 46 (37) and Cabinet 5 (37) Concl. 14.
 * 36) C.P. 316 (37) and 109 (39). Cabinet 49 (37) Concl. 1, 19 (38) and 26 (38) Concl. 4 In addition to having at this time so small a military force available for continental service, the Government was also planning to send only a small air force.
 * 37) C.P. 28 (39), Memorandum by the Chiefs of Staff, para. 7. “The situation produced by the possession of the French ports by Germany would be so grave that the prevention of such a situation we consider might more truely be included under the first of the four priorities defined by the Cabinet, namely, ‘the corner stone of our imperial defence policy is to maintain the security of the United Kingdom’” cf. C.I.D. 341st Meeting, Minute 2.
 * 38) Cabinet 8 (39) Concl. 6; A.F.C. 7 (Revise) Part 2, paras. 7-10; A.F.C. 25, Annex 3.
 * 39) C.P. 205 (34) para. 47.
 * 40) D.P. (P) 3rd Meeting.
 * 41) D.P. (P) 12, pp.9-12 (the discussion was on Scheme J).
 * 42) D.P. (P) 13, para.11
 * 43) D.P. (P) 20.
 * 44) Cabinet 15 (38) Concl. 2.


 * 1)  C.I.D. 185th Meeting, Minute 4, and C.I.D. Paper 493.B (15/5/24).
 * 2) “Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on the Emergency Powers (Defence) Bill and Defence Regulations.” Approved at C.I.D. 295th Meeting (1/7/37).
 * 3) Cabinet (39) 28th Concl., Minute 8.
 * 4) Cabinet (39) 41st Concl., Minute 6.
 * 5) Cabinet (39) 47th Concl., Minute 4.
 * 6) Cabinet Office File, 4/1/31.
 * 7) W.M. (39) 72nd Concl., Minute 4.
 * 8) W.M. (39) 60th Concl., 63rd Concl., 106th Concl.
 * 9) Cabinet Office file, 48/21/1.
 * 10) W.M. (39) 66th Concl.
 * 11) Major-General Ismay to Mr. Churchill (4/4/40); Cabinet Office file, 48/18.
 * 12) Lord Chatfield to Prime Minister, October, 1939. Cabinet Office file, 48/21/1.
 * 13) W.P. (G) (40) 120.
 * 14) Cabinet Office file, 19/10/19, Parts IV and V.
 * 15) W.P. (G) (39) 26.
 * 16) Ibid., para. 4: and E.P. (39) 1st Meeting.
 * 17) W.P. (G) (39) 28.
 * 18) H.P.C. (40) 9th Meeting.
 * 19) W.M. (39) 69th Concl.
 * 20) S.W.C. 1st Meeting.
 * 21) See generally C.O.S. (3) 102, para. 39, L.F. (39) 14.
 * 22) C.O.S. (39) 35, para. 11.
 * 23) Dr Stephen Taylor’s summary of public opinion during the war. Cabinet Office file. 69/44/1. CAB/HIST/T/1/1/1.
 * 24) L.F. (39) 14, W.M. (39) 21, W.M. (39) 23, W.M. (40) 40.
 * 25) Ibid.
 * 26) B.R. 9. Memorandum by Sir Austen Chamberlin. (16/9/27).
 * 27) A.T.B. (E.P.G.) 61 (9/8/39).
 * 28) S.W.C. 6th Meeting.
 * 29) C.O.S. (40) 216 (s); W.M. (39) 19th Concl., Confidential Annex, W.M. (39) 43rd Concl., Confidential Annex and J.P. (40) 88 (S).
 * 30) C.O.S. (40) 270.
 * 31) E.g., W.P. (4) 103.
 * 32) S.W.C. 6th Meeting.
 * 33) C.O.S. (40) 216 (S).
 * 34) S.W.C. 6th Meeting.
 * 35) W.P. (40) 168 (25/5/40)


 * 1)  L.P. (41) 172, Quarterly Survey of the General Economic Position (Appendix E).
 * 2) See the papers attached to B.R. 9.
 * 3) C.I.D. Paper 1558.B and C.I.D. 363rd Meeting (29/6/39).
 * 4) London telegram 129 of 30/1/40 to H.M. Ambassador in Washington.
 * 5) W.P. (G) (40) 35, Annex 1, para. 9, gives a capital figure of £3,240 millions, with an income of £185 millions in 1938.
 * 6) Letter of 8/7/37 from Mr. Catterns, Deputy-Governor of the Bank, to Sir F. Phillipes. Treasury file F. 14464/1.
 * 7) W.P. (G) (40) 35, para. 7.
 * 8) E.P. (M) (40) 3.
 * 9) E.P. (39) 22.
 * 10) Import Licensing Department, Note 153, and I.L. Committee, 15th Meeting (June 1940): “Hitherto import licensing has been dictated almost entirely by exchange considerations.”
 * 11) W.P. (G) (40) 35.
 * 12) W.P. (40) 45.
 * 13) W.P. (39) 15.
 * 14) W.M. (40) 40, Concl. 1.
 * 15) E.P. (M) (39) 2nd Meeting.
 * 16) P. (E & F ) 89; E.P. (M) (40) 9; and E.P. (M) (39) 47.
 * 17) S.W.C. 5th Meeting.
 * 18) E.P. (40) 30.
 * 19) W.M. 120 (40) Concl. 6; W.M. 123 (40) Concl. 9.
 * 20) London Tel. 870 of 25/5/40; Washington Tel. 842 of 27/5/40.
 * 21) C.I.D. Paper 1481.B (8/11/38).
 * 22) See, for example, P. (E. & F.) 22nd Meeting, para. 1 (viii) (2/8/39). And for the calculation of the proportion of U.K. imports brought in during peacetime by foreign ships, see I.E. (41) 42.
 * 23) W.P. (G) (39) 89.
 * 24) W.P. (G) (40) 42.
 * 25) C.I.D. Paper 1481.B, para 26.
 * 26) Cf. Ministry of War Transport file 2644, document 3 (7/8/38).
 * 27) The paragraphs about port capacity are based Miss Behrens’ “The Battle of the U.K. Ports.” Cabinet Office file 69/28/1. CAB/HIST/M/9/7/1.
 * 28) P. (E & F.) 30th Meeting (19/9/39): the estimate was said to be “based on statistics so out of date as to be misleading.”
 * 29) C.I.D. Paper 1276.B, para. 41.
 * 30) F.S. 4, 10, 21.
 * 31) Ministry of Supply file 314/Gen./100, Enclosure 2 (A).
 * 32) W.P. (G) (39) 155, and W.P. (G) (40) 53.
 * 33) Statistical Digest B, No. 3, Table 12.
 * 34) E.P. (M) (40) 26.
 * 35) C.P. 165 (35).
 * 36) See generally W.P. (G) (39) papers and Statistical Digest B, No. 3, Table 81.
 * 37) E.P. (M) (40) 26.
 * 38) Statistical Digest B, Table 85.
 * 39) E.g., the warning given in May by the Stamp Survey, E.P. (M) (40) 26.
 * 40) E.P. (M) (40) 26.
 * 41) Miss Behrens’ drafts of the shipping history.  Cabinet Office file 69/28/1. CAB/HIST/M/9/6/1 and CAB/HIST/M/9/6/2. Quotation from a Memorandum by the Director-General of the Ministry of Transport, dated 11/11/39.
 * 42) Ibid. Quotation from Memorandum by the Director-General of the Ministry of Transport, dated 12/11/39.
 * 43) Cf. W.P. (G) (39) 135 (19/12/39). “The main adjustment to shortage of shipping must be found in restricted consumption and the use of substitutes.”
 * 44) W.M. 122 (39).
 * 45) W.P. (G) (40) 60.
 * 46) W.P. (40) 64.
 * 47) W.P. (G) (40) 100.
 * 48) W.P. (G) (40) 10. “It is absurd that we should go without munitions and supplies because our limited resources of exchange and shipping-space are taken up by non-essential goods.”

GENERAL NOTE: ''A good many of the numerical calculations in the this chapter are based on the research of Miss M. Bowley. Figures have been checked by the Ministry of Labour''.


 * 1) W.P. (40) 210.
 * 2) W.M. (40) 193rd Concl.
 * 3) L.F. (39) 5 and W.P. (39) 14, W.M. (39) 6 (9/9/39).
 * 4) The report of the Committee (W.P. (G) (40) 9) is often called the Humbert Wolfe report, after the chairman. It was completed in December 1939, and considered by the War Cabinet in January 1940 (W.M. (40) 17th Concl.).
 * 5) W.P. (G) (40) 9.
 * 6) W.P. (G) (40) 35, Annex 2.
 * 7) W.M. (40) 40th Concl. (13/2/40).
 * 8) P (E. & F.) (40) 90. Note by Lord Stamp covering a Memorandum entitled: “The brake on our War Effort due to the Shortage of Manpower in the War Industries.”
 * 9) The Committee on Supply was instructed by the Air Council to investigate complaints of poaching by the machine tool industries and by others. Its reports in February, 1940 (S.C.M. (40) 9) justified “inducements” of various kinds as a necessary means of bringing up the aircraft industry to its required strength.
 * 10) Cf. W.P. (G) (40) 46 and 71: W.M. 119th Concl., W.M. (40) 47th Concl., W.M. (40) 62nd Concl.
 * 11) W.P. (G) (40) 71.
 * 12) W.M. (40) 193rd Concl. Mr. Bevin reported (early July) that he was gearing up the training centres to an output of 700 skilled workers a week.


 * 1) Ministry of War Transport file T.O.2644 (document of 7/8/38).
 * 2) Details given in F.P. (M) (40) 82 (20/6/40).
 * 3) P. (E. & F.) 4th Meeting (12/7/39).
 * 4) E.P. (M) (39) 6 (6/10/39).E
 * 5) E.P. (M) (39) 3rd Meeting (14/10/39)
 * 6) H.P.C. (39) 2nd Meeting (14/10/39)
 * 7) Testimony of the President of the Board of Trade, L.P. (41) 10.
 * 8) E.P. (M) (39) 3rd Meeting (14/10/39)
 * 9) F.P. (M) (39) 10, F.P. (M) (39) 5th Meeting (21/12/39)
 * 10) The phrase if from a letter from Mr. Twentyman (Treasury) to Sir Q. Hill (Ministry of Food) (17/11/39). Ministry of Food file No. 12947.
 * 11) F.P. (M) (40) 86 (19/6/40). The order of priority for livestock had been laid down at F.P. (M) (40) 14th Meeting (24/5/40).
 * 12) F.P. (M) (40) 83 (19/6/40).
 * 13) F.P. (M) (40) 18th Meeting  (21/6/40); L.P. (40) 6 and 5th, 6th, 7th Meetings (22/6/40, 27/6/40, 28/6/40).
 * 14) C.I.D. 251A (15/3/37); C.I.D. 291st Meeting (23/3/37).
 * 15) Ministry of War Transport file ZH. 2/15/1.
 * 16) W.M. (39) 51st Concl., Minute 12 (18/10/39).
 * 17) E.P. (M) (39) 30 (6/11/39).
 * 18) E.P. (M) (39) 33 (8/11/39) and E.P. (M) (39), 9th Meeting (16/11/39).
 * 19) E.P. (M) (39) 9th Meeting (16/11/39).
 * 20) Mr. Hawtrey’s narrative. Cabinet Office file 69/66/1, Part 1. CAB/HIST/F/9/1.
 * 21) E.P. (M) (40) 2; E.P. (M) (40) 1st Meeting (5/1/40).
 * 22) E.P. (40) 9th Meeting (17/4/40).
 * 23) E.P. (M) (39) 30.
 * 24) E.P. (M) (39) 48 (12/12/39).
 * 25) E.P. (M) (39) 13th Meeting (15/12/39).
 * 26) Mr. Hawtrey’s narrative. Cabinet Office file 69/66/1, Part 1. CAB/HIST/F/9/1.
 * 27) E.P. (M) (40) 6; E.P. (M) (40) 3rd Meeting (22/1/40); W.P. (G) (40) 18 (24/1/40).
 * 28) W.P. (G) (40) 18, W.M. (M) (40) 23rd Concl., Minute 1 (25/1/40).
 * 29) W.M. (40) 23rd Concl., Minute 1.
 * 30) Mr. Hawtrey’s narrative. Cabinet Office file 69/66/1, Part 1. CAB/HIST/F/9/1.
 * 31) P (E. & F.) (40) 14.
 * 32) E.P. (40) 4, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17; E.P. (40) 2nd Meeting (17/1/40), 4th Meeting (9/2/40), 5th Meeting (21/2/40), 6th Meeting (28/2/40).
 * 33) E.P. (M) (40) 19 and E.P. (M) (40) 7th Meeting (7/3/40).
 * 34) W.P (G) (40) 77.
 * 35) W.M. (40) 72nd Concl., Minute 8 (19/3/40).
 * 36) Final Report of Sub-Committee on Manpower.
 * 37) E.P. (M) (39) 30.
 * 38) W.P. (G) (40) 5; W.M. (40) 15th Concl., Minute 4 (16/1/40).
 * 39) E.P. (M) (39) 44 (30/11/39); E.P. (M) (30) 11th Meeting (7/12/39).
 * 40) E.P. (40) 21; E.P. (40) 8th Meeting (13/3/40).
 * 41) E.P. (40) 10th Meeting (17/4/40); E.P. (40) 31 (23/5/40).
 * 42) F.P. (M) (40) 74, 77, 80, 87; F.P. (M) (40) 19th Meeting (24/6/40); also E.P. (M) (40) 40 (3/6/40).
 * 43) W.M. (40) 221st Concl., Minute 1 (7/8/40).
 * 44) Quotations from Sir F. Phillips in Mar. Hawtrey’s chapter on the Second War Budget. Cabinet Office file 69/66/1, Part 1. CAB/HIST/F/9/1.
 * 45) Mr. Hawtrey’s narrative. Cabinet Office file 69/66/1, Part 1. CAB/HIST/F/9/1.
 * 46) Ibid.
 * 47) Statistical Digest Series B.
 * 48) E.P. (M) (40) 41 (4/6/40).
 * 49) Draft narratives of Building, Cabinet Office file 69/46/1. CAB/HIST/H/5/6 [incomplete reference].
 * 50) E.P. (M) (40) 8 (31/1/40).
 * 51) E.G.S. (40) 12: “Britain’s War Time Economic Organisation.”
 * 52) Ministry of Health Circular No. 1866.
 * 53) P.X. (40) 28 (2/7/40).
 * 54) W.M. (39) 2nd Concl., Minute 11 (4/9/39).
 * 55) W.M. (39) 7th Concl., Minute 5 (7/9/39).
 * 56) H.P.C. (39) 39, 51; H.P.C. (39) 8th Meeting (8/10/39), 9th Meeting (11/10/39), 11th Meeting (25/10/39).
 * 57) W.M. (39) 60th Concl., Minute 2 (25/10/39).
 * 58) W.M. (39) 63rd Concl., Minute 10 (28/10/39). The opinion quoted came from the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Churchill).
 * 59) W.M. (39) 106th Concl., Minute 4 (6/12/39).
 * 60) W.P. (G) (39) 133.
 * 61) L.P. (40) 4 (20/6/40).
 * 62) See e.g. E.P. (M) (40) 2nd Meeting (11/1/40).
 * 63) L.P. (40) 4.
 * 64) E.P. (M) (40) 26 (5/4/40).
 * 65) L.P. (40) 4.
 * 66) Ibid.
 * 67) E.P. (M) (40) 48 (11/6/40).
 * 68) E.P. (M) (40) 11th Meeting (30/4/40).
 * 69) Ibid. See also E.P. (M) (40) 26, the report on steel.


 * 1) This chapter is based on a draft narrative by W. K. Hancock entitled The Anglo-French Alliance in the Second German War: with special reference to economic relations. The narrative—Cabinet Office file 69/74—runs to 88 pages of typescript, together with specialist appendices amounting to rather more than that length. In the master copy are interleaved comments by Sir E. Bridges, Mr Gorrell-Barnes, Sir A. Salter and others. Its documentation is careful, and for that reason specific references to government papers will in this chapter be given sparingly. CAB/HIST/A/5/1/3.
 * 2) Papers relative to the organisation of Anglo-French collaboration at the centre are contained in War Cabinet Office file 47.
 * 3) See Cabinet Office file 47/23/3, and Appendix G in the typescript narrative referred to in Note 1 above.
 * 4) For the problems of organisation discussed in this and the following paragraphs, see Cabinet Office file 47/14, Parts 1 to 4.
 * 5) See in Cabinet Office file 47/23/8/1 a minute by Mr. Gorrell-Barnes, of 25th May, 1940. Referring to the note of Monnet (F.B.C. (J) (40) 52) summarising the timber memorandum, the minute says: “In the old days of static warfare, M. Monnet would have submitted this report to the Supreme War Council. When the report was prepared, the situation was already such that it was thought better to submit it to the two Prime Ministers. Further developments since then have led M. Monnet to substitute the two War Cabinets for the two Prime Ministers.” A subsequent minute by Sir Edward Bridges recognised the need for admitting some variation in the normal procedure. For an account of this procedure the reader is referred to Part IV of the narrative mentioned in Note 1 above, together with the interleaved comments of Mr. Gorrel-Barnes. These sources make it clear that initiative in the field of economic policy came primarily from the Chairman, as distinct from the full Anglo-French Coordinating Committee which met seldom.
 * 6) The complicated financial arrangements connected with this assignment are recorded in detail in Appendix H to the typescript narrative referred to in Note 1 above.
 * 7) Here the general reference is to part of Volume I of another closely documented typescript narrative by the same author. It is entitled British American Combination and is contained in two folders—Cabinet Office files 69/72 and 69/73. It is also interleaved with valuable comments and criticism contributed by various experts. CAB/HIST/B/7/1/1.
 * 8) N.A.S. (40) 11: 31/7/30.


 * 1)  E.P. (M) (40) 40.
 * 2) Ibid.
 * 3) C.O.S. (40) 683 (4/9/40).
 * 4) Brigadier Wynter’s narrative in Military Historical Section of Cabinet Office. AL/1125.
 * 5) Especially the U.S. military authorities. See C.O.S. (41) 254th Meeting, C.O.S. (41) 21st Meeting (o).
 * 6) J.P. (41) 580 (23/7/41).
 * 7) C.O.S. (40) 683, para. 161.
 * 8) J.P. (41) 444.
 * 9) Ibid.
 * 10) Brigadier Wynter’s narrative. Message from M. Stalin on 19/7/41 and reply by Mr. Churchill on 21/7/41. Also D.O. (41) 5th Meeting (10/7/41). AL/1125.
 * 11) W.M.. (40) 262nd Concl. (30/9/40).
 * 12) W.P. (40) 370; C.O.S. (40) 683.
 * 13) J.P. (41) 444.
 * 14) W.P. (40) 352; W.P. (40) 416.
 * 15) C.O.S. (40) 419; C.O.S. (40) 422.
 * 16) C.O.S. (40) 683.
 * 17) J.P. (41) 444.
 * 18) C.O.S. (40) 683; W.P. (40) 352.
 * 19) C.O.S. (40) 683.
 * 20) Ibid.
 * 21) J.P. (41) 444.
 * 22) J.P. (41) 580.
 * 23) J.P. (41) 444.
 * 24) W.P. (40) 352.
 * 25) J.P. (41) 444.
 * 26) Ibid.
 * 27) Cabinet Office file 48/21, Part 4; letters dated 17th and 24th May 1940.
 * 28) L.P. (40) 1st Meeting.
 * 29) See Cabinet Office files 48/21/5, 13/6/25, 7/2/21.
 * 30) Prime Minister’s letter of 13/.1/41 in Cabinet Office file 48/21/5/
 * 31) Ibid. And for the actual reorganisation decided upon, see W.P. (G) (40) 338.
 * 32) Cabinet Office file 48/21/5; Prime Minister’s letter of 13/1/41.
 * 33) Cabinet Office file 51 (Part 2). Correspondence and memoranda of November 1941.
 * 34) H.P.C. (42) 29.
 * 35) M.G. (42) 4.
 * 36) W.P. (G) (41) 12 (27/1/41).
 * 37) M.G. (42) 4.


 * 1) This chapter is based primarily upon a draft narrative by W. K. Hancock entitled British-American Combination before the Combined Boards (Cabinet Office file 69/73), Part II (“From the Summer Crisis to Lend Lease”) and Part III (“The Last Year of American Neutrality”). A brief account of this narrative and of its precursor has been given in confidential notes 1 and 7 to Chapter VII. The narrative is closely documented; in consequence it will be possible in the present chapter to be economical with references. CAB/HIST/B/7/1 and CAB/HIST/A/5/1/3.
 * 2) Foreign Office file W. 8739/79/49. The aide-memoire was presented in accordance with a War Cabinet decision of 25/6/40: see W.M. (40) 181st Concl. and London Tel. No. 1325 (W. 8561/82/G).
 * 3) For typical exposition of the evolution of American opinion, see Foreign Office file A. 3310/G (Minute by Sir A. Cadogan, 28/5/40) and N.A.S. (40) 5th Meeting, 25/10/40 (an address by Lord Lothian surveying developments from Dunkirk to the Battle of Britain).
 * 4) Cabinet Office file, S. 50/24, Part 13.
 * 5) On the institution of the B.S.C., see W.M. 304 (40) Concl. 6. Terms of reference in N.A.S. (40) 48.
 * 6) Letter from Sir W. Layton to Sir A. Salter dated 2/10/40.
 * 7) N.A.S. (40) 31, 32 and 34.
 * 8) W.P. (40) 425 and N.A.S. (40) 44.
 * 9) F.O. Tel. 2843, dated 28/10/40. (W. 11451/79/49).
 * 10) Washington Tels. 2802 and 2843 (A. 4909/G).
 * 11) W.P. (40) 466 (Final Revise). W.M. 302 (40) 2.
 * 12) Washington Te. 1143 of 14/3/41 (W. 2919/37/G) and London Tels. 1489 of 18/3/41 (W. 2919/37/G) and 1818 of 3/4/41 (W. 3685/37/49).
 * 13) See Foreign Office file W. 5991/37/49 and W. 8377/37/49; also Washington Tels. 2184 of 16/5/41, 2185 of 17/5/41 (both in W./ 5991/37/49) and 3829 of 16/8/41 (W. 10122/37/49).
 * 14) These percentages have been worked out by the Statistics Division of the Ministry of the War Transport at the request of Miss Behrens, the official historian of Shipping.
 * 15) Cf. Minute, dated 9/9/41 by Mr. Ronald in Foreign Office file W. 10969/37/49. “We are fighting America’s war for her; she is providing us with the means to do so. It is a great mistake to let the Americans think that they are conferring benefits on us, we are conferring infinitely more benefits on them.”
 * 16) Correspondence in Foreign Office file A. 7441/3849/45 of 1941, reveals the anti-British propaganda of this time especially in relation to the alleged ingratitude for lend-lease goods. Cf. N.A.S. (41) 64, Exhibit C. Board of Trade files C.R.T. 8745/41 and 9254/41 contained detailed information of American complaints against British exporters.
 * 17) See W.M. (41) 77th Concl.


 * 1) E.P. (M) (40) 40 (3/6/40).
 * 2) W.P. (G) (40) 183 (12/7/40).
 * 3) W.P. (G) (40) 183, 199.
 * 4) Ref. 43. Note by the Minister of Shipping for the War Cabinet on the shipping situation and importing capacity.
 * 5) E.P. (M) (40) 64.
 * 6) For this paragraph see Miss Behrens’ “Port History,” Cabinet Office file 69/28/1 Part 2. CAB/HIST/M/9/7/1.
 * 7) J.I.C. (46) 33.
 * 8) W.P (40) 342.
 * 9) Ibid.
 * 10) W.P. (40) 403.
 * 11) I.E. (41) 24.
 * 12) Ibid. and Miss Behrens’ outline: “Shipping from the Fall of France to Pearl Harbor.” Cabinet Office file 69/28/1, Part 1. CAB/HIST/M/9/6/1.
 * 13) See Miss Behrens’ outline quoted in 12 and her notes on “Plan for the History of Ship Repairs.” The latter are only obtainable from Miss Behrens. Now CAB/HIST/M/9/7/8.
 * 14) On the following paragraphs, see the Port History.
 * 15) I.E. (41) 65.
 * 16) W.P. (40) 466.
 * 17) I.E. (41) 39.
 * 18) I.E. (41) 42.
 * 19) For the following paragraphs, see Miss Behrens’ draft chapter on “Allied and Neutral Shipping.” Cabinet Office file 69/28/1, Part 1. CAB/HIST/M/9/6/1.
 * 20) See Ministry of War Transport files, F.S.R. 5833, 4775 and 5303.
 * 21) Sir A. Salter’s papers on Cabinet Office file 69/79. CAB/HIST/M/9/7/5.
 * 22) Ibid.
 * 23) Ibid.
 * 24) Ibid.
 * 25) Miis Behrens’ outline on “Shipping from the Fall of France to Pearl Harbor.” Cabinet Office File 69/28/1 Part 1. CAB/HIST/M/9/6/1.
 * 26) Ibid.
 * 27) I.E. (41) 2, 15; I.E. (41) 2nd Meeting (9/1/41), 5th Meeting (20.1.41), 6th Meeting (4/2/41).
 * 28) I.E. (41) 78.
 * 29) On the foregoing, see I.E. (41) 10th Meeting (4/3/41, 11th Meeting (7/3/41), 12th Meeting (12/3/41). Also I.E (41) 38, 49, 50.
 * 30) I.E. (41) 78, 83, 84. I.E. (41) 19th Meeting (4/6/41), B.A. (41) 10th Meeting (5/6/41).
 * 31) I.E. (41) 6th Meeting (4/2/41), 8th Meeting (17/2/41), 20th Meeting (17/6/41), 21st Meeting (24/6/41); I.E. (41) 27, 94.
 * 32) Prime Minister’s Personal Minute No. 472.
 * 33) Miss Behrens’ draft Port History, and Mr. Hammond’s draft History of Food Policy (Cabinet Office file 69/31/1) CAB/HIST/F/4/1.
 * 34) The following port paragraphs are all based on Miss Behrens’ Port History. CAB/HIST/M/9/7/1.
 * 35) See generally I.E. and B.A. papers.
 * 36) Miss Behrens’ “Outline on Ship Repairs,” obtainable only from Miss Behrens. Now CAB/HIST/M/9/7/8.
 * 37) I.E. (41) 5; I.E. (41) 2nd Meeting.
 * 38) Miss Behrens’ “Outline on Ship Repairs,” obtainable only from Miss Behrens. Now CAB/HIST/M/9/7/8.
 * 39) I.E. (41) 35.
 * 40) See generally Defence Committee papers.
 * 41) Ref. 43. Meeting of 12.3.41. Mr Hammond’s narrative. I.E. (41) 13th Meeting; I.E. (41) 62; I.E. (41) 15th Meeting (15/4/41).
 * 42) I.E. (41) 13; I.E. (41) 5th Meeting.
 * 43) I.E. (41) 25; see also I.E. (41) 56.
 * 44) Miss Behrens’ “Outline of Shipping from the Fall of France to Pearl Harbor.” Cabinet Office File 69/28/1 Part 1. CAB/HIST/M/9/6/1.
 * 45) E.P. (M) (4) 40 and E.P. (M) (40) 14th Meeting (5/6/40).
 * 46) E.P. (M) (40) 44.
 * 47) E.P. (M) 46 and E.P. (M) (40) 15th Meeting (7/6/40).
 * 48) E.P. (M) 43; E.P. (M) (40) 15th Meeting (7/6/40).
 * 49) E.P. (M) (40) 40, 48, 51, 55, 56, 59, 60, 66, 68, 75; and E.P. (M) (40) 16th Meeting (19/7/40).
 * 50) W.P. (G) (40) 289; W.M. (40) 285th Concl. (8/11/40).
 * 51) E.P. (M) (40) 19th Meeting (15/11/40).
 * 52) E.P. (M) (40) 97, 105.
 * 53) E.P. (M) (40) 99.
 * 54) E.P. (M) (40) 21st Meeting and E.P. (M) (40) 106.
 * 55) E.P. (M) (40) 24th Meeting (19/12/40).
 * 56) Mr. Hammond’s draft History of Food Policy. Chapter on “Food Imports—Crisis and Recovery, 1940-41.” CAB/HIST/F/4/1.
 * 57) I.E. (41) 8; I.E. (41) 4th Meeting (15/1/41).
 * 58) Ref. 43.
 * 59) Official History of Food Policy. Chapter quoted above. CAB/HIST/F/4/1.
 * 60) W.P. (41) 68, 69; W.M. (41) 33rd Concl. (31/3/41).
 * 61) See “Import Policy” file of the Economic Section of the Cabinet Office. Now Treasury File EAS.35/01, Parts A and B.
 * 62) D.I.C. Paper 25.
 * 63) C.I.D. Paper 252.A.
 * 64) Ministry of Transport file ZR. 5/43/1.
 * 65) Report by the Minister of Transport on precautionary measures taken by this Department in the Czechoslovak crisis. R.P.M. 4 (26/10/38).
 * 66) Papers of Railway Communications Committee.
 * 67) Railway Communications Committee Sub-Committee A Ministry of Transport CA file RIW/13/46/01. Sub-Committee B Ministry of Transport CA file RIW/13/46/02. Sub-Committee C Ministry of Transport CA file RIW/13/46/03
 * 68) S.C.W. 17 (C.I.D. Paper 299.A) (20/10/38).
 * 69) R.C.C. (C) 9.
 * 70) Ministry of War Transport file P.T. 141. Memorandum by Minister of Transport to the Secretary of the C.I.D.
 * 71) C.I.D. Paper 316.A, para. 29 (13/4/39).
 * 72) Memorandum prepared by the Chairmen of the R.E.C. indicating the nature of Transport conditions during the first three months of war (12/5/39). This memorandum was not submitted to the Government. See M. Ashley’s draft history—Cabinet Office file 69/41, Part 2. CAB/HIST/I/4/1/1.
 * 73) Ministry of Transport file ZR. 5/43/1. Meeting of 22/5/39.
 * 74) E.C.S. (41) 36.
 * 75) On this paragraph see Prof. Court’s History of Coal. CAB/HIST/C/5/2/1.
 * 76) Mr. Hammond’s History of Food. CAB/HIST/F.4.1.
 * 77) Ministry of Foods file P.T.S./T.P.G. 12 and Miss Behrens’ Port History.
 * 78) M. Ashley: draft History of Inland Transport, Chapter IV. Cabinet Office file 69/41/1, Part 2. CAB/HIST/I/4/1/1.
 * 79) Ibid.
 * 80) Memorandum on the Coal Supply Position in London and the South by the Mines Department. See Prof. Court’s History of Coal. File H5357; LPCC 1 Meeting.
 * 81) Jenkins Jones Committee, quoted Ashley, Chapter IV, p.44.
 * 82) Ashley: Appendix XI.
 * 83) E.C.S. (41) 36.
 * 84) On this paragraph see Prof. Court’s History of Coal. CAB/HIST/C/5/2/1.
 * 85) Ashley, Chapter IV. CAB/HIST/I/4/1/1.
 * 86) Ashley, Chapter VI. CAB/HIST/I/4/1/1.
 * 87) Speech of Lord President to Coal Production Council (27/3/41).
 * 88) Ashley, Chapter IV. CAB/HIST/I/4/1/1.
 * 89) Ibid.
 * 90) L.P. (41) 1, 9, 54; 1st and 9th Meetings.
 * 91) Official History of Food, Chapter on Transport and Warehousing Problems, 1939-1941. CAB/HIST/F/4/1.
 * 92) L.P. (41) 60 (23/4/41).
 * 93) Ashley, Chapter VI.
 * 94) Ibid.


 * 1) W.P. (40) 162, Appendix II (20/5/40); W.M. (40) 133rd Concl., (22/5/40).
 * 2) P.X. (40) 1 (24/5/40).
 * 3) W.M. (40) 116th Concl.
 * 4) Approved by Production Council on 31/5/40; P.X. (40) 3rd Meeting.
 * 5) P.X. (40) 56 (14/8/40).
 * 6) P.X. (40) 10th Meeting (15/8/40).
 * 7) P.X. (40) 56.
 * 8) There were two reports—an interim one, P.X. (40) 68, dated 8/11/40, and a Second Report, P.X. (40) 79, dated 11/12/40. The figures are taken from the Second Report.
 * 9) P.X. (40) 79.
 * 10) Statistical Appendix to P.X. (40) 79.
 * 11) P.X. (40) 69 (8/11/40); Memorandum by Sir W. Beveridge.
 * 12) P.X. (40) 79, Table V.
 * 13) Ibid.
 * 14) Section D of Statistical Appendix to P.X. (40) 79.
 * 15) P.X. (40) 69.
 * 16) Ibid.
 * 17) Ibid.
 * 18) This was in spite of a decision by the Production Council that the report should go to the War Cabinet. P.X. (40) 13th Meeting (19/12/40).
 * 19) W.P. (40) 378.
 * 20) W.M. (40) 262 (30/9/40).
 * 21) W.M. (41) 1st Concl. (2/1/41).
 * 22) W.P. (41) 69, Annex I (3/3/41).
 * 23) W.P. (40) 370, 378; W.M. (40) 272nd Concl. (30/9/40).
 * 24) W.P. (41) 69.
 * 25) W.P. (40) 378.
 * 26) W.P. (G) (40) 336 (27/12/40). The M.R.C. had made this recommendation.
 * 27) W.M. (41) 1st Concl.
 * 28) See e.g., W.P. (G) (41) 22 (12/2/41).
 * 29) W.P. (G) 336, and W.M. (41) 10th Concl. (27/1/41); W.P. (41) 257 and W.M. (41) 110th Concl. (10/7/41).
 * 30) W.P. (G) (41) 65 (2/7/41).
 * 31) Ibid. and W.M. (41) 68th Concl. (10/7/41).
 * 32) W.P. (G) (41) 63.
 * 33) W.M. (41) 68th Concl.. (10/7/41).
 * 34) W.P. (G) (41) 68 (16/7/41) and W.M. (41) 71st Concl. (17/7/41).
 * 35) L.P. (41) 211 (17/21/41).
 * 36) Ibid. and L.P. (41) 60th Meeting (19/12/41).
 * 37) Professor Postan’s memorandum, “Aircraft Programmes: Quantities”—Cabinet Office file, 69/7/3. CAB/HIST/A/6/1/1.
 * 38) Ibid.
 * 39) P.E. (41) 6 (8/1/41).
 * 40) P.E. (41) 126 (24/7/41).
 * 41) P.E. (41) 6 (8/1/41).
 * 42) P.E. (41) 126 (24/7/41).
 * 43) L.P. (41) 42nd Meeting Concl. 1 and W.M. (41) 94th Concl.
 * 44) L.P. (41) 169.
 * 45) W.P. (41) 247.
 * 46) L.P. (41) 169.
 * 47) L.P. (41) 172.
 * 48) N.S. (M.P.P.) (41) 44 (13/10/41). Included in L.P. (41) 169.
 * 49) L.P. (41) 172.
 * 50) W.P. (41) 257.
 * 51) Ibid.
 * 52) W.M. (41) 110th Concl. (10/11/41).
 * 53) N.S. (M.P.P.) (41) 41 (30/9/41). Part II of Appendix.
 * 54) P.E. (41) 73 (4/4/41).
 * 55) See generally draft Manpower History (Miss M. Bowley’s drafts—Cabinet Office file 69/29/1 and Professor Judges’ drafts—Cabinet Office file 69/29/3 and narratives on labour in war production by Mrs. Inman—Cabinet Office files 69/75/1, 69/75/2, 69/75/3). CAB/HIST/M/12/1/1, CAB/HIST/M/11/1/1, CAB/HIST/L/4/1/1, CAB/HIST/L/4/1/4 and CAB/HIST//4/2/1.
 * 56) Mrs. Inman’s memorandum on Labour Supplies for Aircraft Production—Cabinet Office file 69/75/3. CAB/HIST/L/4/2/1.
 * 57) P.X. (40) 8th Meeting (25/7/40).
 * 58) L.S.B.M. (40) 13 (15/7/40).
 * 59) Correspondence between the two Ministers was circulated as L.S.B. (40) 29 (30/6/40).
 * 60) W.M. (40) 262nd Concl. (30/9/40).
 * 61) P.X. (40) 11th Meeting (9/10/40).
 * 62) W.P. (40) 416 (15/10/40).
 * 63) Letter from Lord Beaverbrook to Mr. Bevin (21/1/41) (quoted in Memorandum on Labour Supply for Aircraft Production).
 * 64) M.L. Circ. 126/58 (18/11/40).
 * 65) L.C.C. (41) 63 (3/9/41).
 * 66) Letter from Parliamentary Secretary of M.A.P. to Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Labour (26/2/41).
 * 67) Letter from Minister of Supply to Minister of Labour (5/3/41).
 * 68) Letters from Admiralty on M.L. file E.M. 3214/41.
 * 69) P.E. (41) 8, W.M. (41) 8th Concl. (20/1/41).
 * 70) Draft Manpower History. CAB/HIST/M/12/1/1. Also M.P.R. (40) 24 (27/12)40).
 * 71) W.P. (G) (41) 22 (12/2/41).
 * 72) W.P. (G) (40) 336, and W.M. (41) 10th Concl. (27/12/40).
 * 73) Draft Manpower History. CAB/HIST/M/12/1/1.
 * 74) L.C.C. (41) 4; L.C.D. M. (41) (11/4/41).
 * 75) Draft Manpower History. CAB/HIST/M/12/1/1.
 * 76) M.L. Circ. 136/23 (5/6/41) and M.L. Circ. 136/50 (29/8/41).
 * 77) Board of Trade concentration reports.
 * 78) The Manpower Committee made a report on the Survey (N.S. (M.P.P.) (41) 44 included in L.P. 41 169). The report and survey were the subject of a memorandum by the Lord President which the L.P. Committee considered on 24th October (L.P. (41)  49th Meeting). The memorandum revised and re-revised by the Lord President (W.P. 941) 247 and W.P. (41) 257) was considered by the Cabinet together with a memorandum by the Prime Minister (W.P. (41) 258) on 10th November (W.M. ($1) 110th Concl. Minute 1). The Prime Minister had some second thoughts after “prolonged discussions” with his colleagues in W.P. (41) 291 (27/11/41), and final agreement was reached on 28th November (W.M. (41) 121st Concl.).
 * 79) W.P. (41) 258.
 * 80) W.P. (41) 291. Memorandum by Prime Minister


 * 1) F.P. (M) (40) 91.
 * 2) Mr. Hammond’s Food History (Cabinet Office file 69/31/1). CAB/HIST/F/4/1.
 * 3) Memorandum of 25/4/42 commenting on L.P. (42) 55 from the Minister of Food to the Lord President. Lord President’s file 15/1.
 * 4) Ibid.
 * 5) On this paragraph, see Mr. Hammond’s Food History. CAB/HIST/F/4/1.
 * 6) F.P. (M) (40) 91 and Scientific Sub-Committee, S.F.C. (40) 50.
 * 7) The following three paragraphs are based on Mr. Hammond: “The Meat Crisis and Livestock Policy, 1940-41”; and Miss Whetham: “Food Production”, Chapter III (the latter in Cabinet Office file, 69/36/1). CAB/HIST/F/10/1/1.
 * 8) See e.g. the Economic Section’s file on “Import Policy”. Now Treasury file EAS.35/01, Parts A and B.
 * 9) P.E. (M) (41) 512.
 * 10) Partly based on the notes by Miss Sutherland on concentration—Cabinet Office file 69/17/2. CAB/HIST/B/8/1/3.
 * 11) L.P. (41) 48 (26/3/41).
 * 12) Note prepared for the Prime Minister in connection with Budget proposals (5/3/41). Quoted in Mr. Hawtrey’s narrative—Cabinet Office file 69/66/1, Part 1. CAB/HIST/F/9/1/2.
 * 13) See e.g. Memorandum by Mr. Meade, “The Budget of April 1941, and the Danger of Inflation” (13/5/41). Lord President’s file 22.
 * 14) P. (E. & F.) (40) 110 (12/7/40).
 * 15) See Mr. Hawtrey’s narrative—Cabinet Office file 69/66/1, Part 1. CAB/HIST/F/9/1/2.
 * 16) Mr. Meade’s memorandum as cited in 13.
 * 17) On this see (i) correspondence between Professor Robbins and Lord Keynes in June and July 1940 (Economic Section file on Rationing; now Treasury file EAS.109/02); (ii) Memorandum by Mr. Meade on “The Present Financial Position” (26/2/41) (Lord President’s file No. 22); (iii) L.P. (41) 53 “The Extension of Rationing”.
 * 18) L.P. (41) 53 (1/4/41).
 * 19) Memoranda by Professor Robbins (10/1/41) and Mr. Dunnett (Treasury) (9/1/41).
 * 20) See Mr. Hammond’s Food History. CAB/HIST/F/4/1.
 * 21) L.P. (41) 12th Meeting (28/3/41).
 * 22) L.P. (41) 53 (1/4/41).
 * 23) L.P. (41) 91 (17/6/41).
 * 24) L.P. (41) 96 and L.P. (41) 25th Meeting (20/6/41).
 * 25) See Mr. Hammond’s Food History. CAB/HIST/F/4/1.
 * 26) L.P. (41) 139 (21/8/41).
 * 27) L.P. (41) 40th Meeting (29/8/41).
 * 28) L.P. (41) 41st Meeting (5/9/41), W.P. (41) 216, W.M. (41) 92nd Concl., Minute 10 (11/9/41).
 * 29) Economic Section’s file on Rationing. Now Treasury file EAS.109/02.
 * 30) L.P. (41) 24, L.P. (41) 7th Meeting (28/2/41).
 * 31) L.P. (41) 66, 77, L.P. (41) 19th Meeting (13/5/41), 20th Meeting (16/5/41).
 * 32) L.P. (41) 20th Meeting. Also Memorandum from President of the Board of Trade to the Prime Minister (20/5/41).
 * 33) W.P. (41) 105.
 * 34) Ibid. and W.P. (41) 106, W.M. (41) 54th Concl., Minute 3 (27/5.41).
 * 35) E.P. (M) (40) 16th Meeting (19/7/40), L.P. (40) 16, L.P. (40) 9th Meeting (10/7/40).
 * 36) Inter-departmental Committee on Food Prices. C.F.P. 45 and 45a.
 * 37) W.P. (G) (40) 214 and 215. W.M. (40) 230th Concl.
 * 38) C.F.P. 55.
 * 39) L.P. (41) 3rd Meeting (7/2/41), L.P. (41) 12, 25.
 * 40) Mr. Hammond’s Food History. CAB/HIST/F/4/1.
 * 41) L.P. (41) 10, L.P. (41) 3rd Meeting (7/2/41).
 * 42) L.P. (41) 3rd Meeting.
 * 43) Minute from Mr. Lyttelton to Prime Minister (20/5/41).
 * 44) Board of Trade draft narratives.
 * 45) B.O.T. file I.M. 5440/41, L.P. (41) 76, 82, L.P. (41) 22nd Meeting (30/5/41).
 * 46) On this paragraph see L.P. (41) 73, 84, 87, 112; L.P. (41) 18th Meeting (9/5/41), 21st Meeting (23/5/41), 23rd Meeting (10/6/41).
 * 47) On this and the next paragraph, L.P. (41) 200, 201, 216; L.P. (42) 13; L.P. (41) 57th Meeting (8/12/41), 61st Meeting (24/12/41); Minute from Professor Robbins to Lord President (8/12/41).
 * 48) Meeting with deputation from Association of British Chambers of Commerce (27/2/4): Lord President’s file.
 * 49) L.P. (41) 81 and 22nd Meeting (30/5/41).
 * 50) L.P. (41) 79 and 23rd Meeting (26/9/41).
 * 51) P. (E. & F.) (40) 102 (Revise; P. (E. & F.) S. (40) 48. See also Mr. Hawtrey’s narrative. CAB/HIST/F/9/1/2.
 * 52) W.M (41) 6th Concl. Confidential Annex (14/1/41).
 * 53) L.P. (41) 60, 106; 6th Meeting (21/2/41); 15th Meeting (25/4/41); 21st Meeting (23/5/41); 28th Meeting (3/7/41); 38th Meeting (22/8/41); W.P. (41) 158, 173; W.M. (41) 70th Concl. (15/7/41); 74th Concl. (24/7/41); 80th Concl. (25/8/41).
 * 54) F.P. (M) (40) 111, 112, 115, 116, 118, 120, 121, 123, 124, 126; 27th Meeting (15/8/40); 28th Meeting (22/8/40); L.P. (40) 14th Meeting (27/8/40); W.P. (G) (40) 225, 226, 227; W.M. (40) 237th Concl. (29/8/40).
 * 55) L.P. (41) 45th Meeting (26/9/41); 61st Meeting 24/12/41; L.P. (42) 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th and 8th Meetings; L.P. (41) 224 and (42) 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 16, 19, 22; W.M (42) 15th Concl. (4/2/42); W.P. (42) 41, 49, 70; Official Histories of Food and Agriculture (the former to be published soon, the latter Cabinet Office file 69/36/1). CAB/HIST/F/4/1 and CAB/HIST/A/1/1.
 * 56) L.P. (41) 26, 37; 9th Meeting (14/3/41); 11th Meeting (21/3/41).
 * 57) Mr. Hawtrey’s narrative—Cabinet Office file 69/66/1, Part 1. CAB/HIST/F/9/1/2.


 * 1) The detailed documentation of the paragraphs dealing with supplies to Russia is give in a narrative of 32 pages dealing with the subject. Its author is Mrs. J. Daniel, who worked in the Allied Supplies Executive. It is on Cabinet Office file 69/81. CAB/HIST/R/1/1/1.
 * 2) W.P. (42) 486 (Revise), para. 17.
 * 3) See e.g. B.S.C. (42) 1.
 * 4) Foreign Office file W. 3379/39/49. Prime Minister to Lord Halifax 10/4/41.
 * 5) C.O.S. (41) 755, enclosing B.U.S. (J) (41) 30. Short title A.B.C.1.
 * 6) Ibid.
 * 7) See British Raw Materials Mission narrative, Chapter V (by H. Tetlow)—Cabinet Office file 69/6/4. CAB/HIST/B/9/2/1.
 * 8) A fairly full account of the Victory Programme and its origins is given in Part II. Section v of British-American Combination before the Combined Boards, by W.K. Hancock (in typescript on Cabinet Office file 69/73). CAB/HIST/B/7/1/1.
 * 9) Prime Minister’s Personal Telegram, Serial No. T. 441.
 * 10) D.O. (41) 11.
 * 11) See especially B.H. (41) 14. Conference on British-United States Production. Victory Requirements. Report by the Planning Committee (19/9/41).
 * 12) W.W.1.
 * 13) C.O.S. (42) 78, Annex 14. Memorandum of 31/12/41.
 * 14) C.O.S. (42) 79, Annexes 8, 11, 13; W.M. (41) 137th Concl. and 138th Concl. Telegram TAUT 272 of 29/12/41.
 * 15) W.P. (42) 27 and W.M. (42) 9th Concl.
 * 16) B.S.C. (42) 28 (11/2/41).
 * 17) W.P. (42) 434, para. 17.
 * 18) C.C.S. 62nd Meeting (20/1/43); L.M.A.B. (43) 11.
 * 19) L.M.A.B. (42) 1. Directive to the Washington Board.
 * 20) W.P. (42) 434, paras. 3-5 and Annex 1; report by Mr. Lyttelton in the autumn of 1942.
 * 21) L.M.A.B. (B) (43) 1st Meeting. Testimony of General Macready.
 * 22) J.P. (42) 488.
 * 23) W.P (42) 434. The Working of the Combined Boards: Memorandum by the Ministry of Production (29/9/42).
 * 24) Ibid., para. 10.
 * 25) N.A.S. (42) 80, pp.7 and 8. In November the directive was redrafted to cover the admission of Canada as third member. The best general picture of the work of C.P.R.B. is given by Sir Robert Sinclair’s weekly letters. See also his general report to the Minister of Production dated 8/3/42 and N.P.A.C. (43) 10th Meeting (2/7/43).
 * 26) Sinclair, W. L., No. 11; W.P. (42) 486 Revise and W.M. (42) 147th Concl.
 * 27) W.P. (42) 591. My American Visit—some Random Notes. By the Minister of Production.
 * 28) The President’s letter is dated 20th November 1942. Details of the agreements are set out in the Annexes to W.P. (42) 568. The Prime Minister, in a letter dated 30/12/42, welcomed the President’s assurances but uttered a warning about the consequences that would ensue of the shipping arrangements agreed upon were not fully and promptly implemented.
 * 29) See A.B.C. 1, (enclosed in C.O.S. (41) 755), Joint Letter of Transmittal, para. 6.
 * 30) Washington Tel. 5805 and W.M. 128 (41) 6.
 * 31) This short outline is based on:
 * 32) “The Higher Strategic Decisions of the War, 1941-1945,” by Miss J. McClachlan (to be obtained from Military Historians’ Section of the Cabinet Office). AL 1290.
 * 33) Vol. II of Professor Hancock’s draft on “British-American Combination,” together with General Jacob’s comments on the draft—Cabinet Office file 69/72. CAB/HIST/B/7/1/1, CAB/HIST/B/7/1/2.
 * 34) References back to the records of the Conferences.
 * 35) Ministry of Defence file A/Strategy/7, “Second Front” Discussions, 1942.


 * 1) I.E. (41) 29th Meeting, Annex (15/10/41).
 * 2) I.E. (41) 142 (8/12/41).
 * 3) Prime Minister’s personal telegram, T. 323/2 (5/3/42); S.S. (42) 2 (14/2/42).
 * 4) On the following paragraphs about U-boat war, see W.P. (42) 265 (22/6/42) and J.I.C. (46) 33. All shipping figures are from Statistical Digest Series E.
 * 5) W.M. (42) 81st Concl. Confidential Annex (25/6/42).
 * 6) C.S.A.B. (W) (42) 144 (June 1942), and Sir A. Salter’s papers—Cabinet Office file 69/79. CAB/HIST/M/9/7/5.
 * 7) J.I.C. (46) 33.
 * 8) C.O.S. (42) 39 “O.”
 * 9) S.C. (42) 45.
 * 10) Minute by Sir E. Bridges on Lord President’s file 29/1.
 * 11) Material for this paragraph from S.C. (42) 45 (Second Report of Shipping Committee) and C.S.A.B. papers generally.
 * 12) S.C. (42) 81.
 * 13) C.S.A.B. papers.
 * 14) W.P. (42) 301. See also L.P. (42) 39th Meeting (26/6/42) Confidential Annex.
 * 15) Lord President’s file, 29/1.
 * 16) C.S.A.B. (L) (42) 116.
 * 17) C.S.A.B. (L) (42) 85 (30/9/42).
 * 18) S.C. (42) 45 and C.S.A.B. (L)_ (42) 13 (1/4/42).
 * 19) C.S.A.B. (L) (42) 50 (18/7/42) and MISC. 32 (42) 1st Meeting (25/7/42).
 * 20) E.g. C.S.A.B. (L) (42) 108 (23/11/42).
 * 21) C.S.A.B. (L) 180 (15/5/43).
 * 22) See generally C.S.A.B. papers.
 * 23) S.S. (42) 5 (21/3/42).
 * 24) ARGONAUT Diary. Ministry of Defence file, PM/402/3, Annex L. Meeting of 23/6/42.
 * 25) Sir A. Salter’s papers. CAB/HIST/M/9/7/5.
 * 26) W.P. (42) 157 (9/4/42).
 * 27) L.P. (42) 10; L.P. (42) 5th Meeting.(16/1/42).
 * 28) L.P. (42) 5th Meeting (16/1/42).
 * 29) L.P. (42) 12th Meeting (22/1/42 Confidential Annex, L.P. (42) 34, L.P. (42) 15th Meeting (26/2/42) Confidential Annex.
 * 30) W.P. (42) 157.
 * 31) D.O. (42) 6th Meeting (16/2/42).
 * 32) For the next paragraph, see Mr. Hammond’s official Food History, CAB/HIST/F/4/1; also L.P. (42) 25, 28, 37, 48; 11th Meeting (6/2/42), 12th Meeting (Confidential Annex) (12/2/42), 15th Meeting (26/2/42); W.P. (42) 88, 90, 102; W.M. (42) 22nd Concl. (19/2/42), 28th Concl. (4/3/42).
 * 33) L.P. (42) 120, 123, 32nd Meeting (27/5/42).
 * 34) Cabinet Office file, 7/4/42., Part 2.
 * 35) S.C. (42) 20 Final. (This paper is also known as W.P. (42) 293.)
 * 36) For the next few paragraphs, see Lord President’s file 29/1, especially memoranda by Lord Cherwell, Professor Robbins and Sir E. Bridges commenting on S.C. (42) 20.
 * 37) See L.P. (42) 39th Meeting (26/6/42), Confidential Annex.
 * 38) W.P. (42) 311.
 * 39) For bread rationing, see L.P. (42) 95, L.P. (42) 25th Meeting (24/6/42) L.P. (42) 29th Meeting (26/6/42), L.P. (42) 163, L.P. (42) 44th Meeting (24/7/42), W.M. (42) 98, L.P. (42) 174, L.P. (42) 46th Meeting (5/8/42) W.M (42) 112, Concl. 4 (13/8/42).
 * 40) W.P. (42) 311.
 * 41) C.S.A.B. papers generally.
 * 42) C.S.A.B. papers generally and History of British Merchant Shipping Mission. CAB/HIST/B/14/1/1.
 * 43) Letter of 22/5/42 from Sir A. Salter to Lord Leathers (Ministry of War Transport private papers). Also History of British Merchant Shipping Mission in the United States—on Cabinet Office file 69/6/6. CAB/HIST/B/14/1/1.
 * 44) History of British Merchant Shipping Mission. CAB/HIST/B/14/1/1.
 * 45) Ibid.
 * 46) W.P. (42) 486, 494; W.M. (42) 147th Concl. (29/10/42).
 * 47) W.P. (42) 563.
 * 48) C.S.A.B. (W) 49th Meeting.
 * 49) Minister of War Transport’s private papers on Casablanca Conference.
 * 50) . S.C. (43) 68.
 * 51) Lord Cherwell’s notes to Prime Minister on savings in the use of Service shipping.
 * 52) On this paragraph see W.P. (43) 28, 46, L.P. (43) 5th Meeting (21/2/43).
 * 53) See Lord President’s file 29/1.
 * 54) C.O.S. (43) 3 (O) and 42 (O), 45 (O), 65 (O), 10 (O); W.P. (43) 28.
 * 55) W.P. (43) 100.
 * 56) Lord President’s file 29/1; L.P. (43) 76, L.P. (43) 23rd Meeting.
 * 57) W.P. (43) 234 (7/6/43).
 * 58) Mr. Hammond’s Food History (Cabinet Office file 69/31/1). CAB/HIST/F/4/1.
 * 59) C.O.S. (43) 3 (O); Prime Minister’s Personal Minute D. 36/3 C.O.S. (43) 96 (O).
 * 60) Mr. Hammond’s Food History. CAB/HIST/F/4/1.
 * 61) C.O.S. (43) 3 (O); Prime Minister’s Personal Minute D. 36/3, C.O.S. (43) 95 (O).
 * 62) Mr. Hammond’s Food History. CAB/HIST/F/4/1.
 * 63) See Report on shipping discussion at Mena House during November and December, 1943, by Minister of War Transport’s Private Secretary (Ministry of Transport Prive Office papers).
 * 64) On these paragraphs see W.P. (43) 345, 346, 349, 407, 411, 504, 570; W.M. (43) 113, 131, 149, 152, 172; W.P. (44) 56, 63, 99, 103, 118, 165, 216; W.M. (44) 13, 16, 19, 23, 36, 55, 59.


 * 1) W.P. (42) 148 (6/4/42).
 * 2) L.P. (42) 17th Meeting, Minute 2.
 * 3) W.M. (42) 46th Concl. (10/4/42); W.P. (42) 226.
 * 4) The measures are contained in W.P. (42) 225, 226 (28/5/42), approved in W.M. (42) 69th Concl. (29/5/42).
 * 5) D.C. (S) (42) 39 (12/5/42). Memorandum by the Minister of Production.
 * 6) Controller of the Navy at D.C. (S) (42) 3rd Meeting (13/5/42).
 * 7) D.C. (S) (42) 39 and D.C. (S) (42) 3rd Meeting.
 * 8) D.C. (S) (42) 2nd Meeting (7/4/42); D.C. (S) (42) 4th Meeting (22/5/42); D.C. (S) (42) 63, 64, discussed at D.C. (S) 5th Meeting (17/7/42).
 * 9) D.C. (S) (42) 5th Meeting.
 * 10) Economic Section’s Manpower, 1942, folder. Report by Mr. (now Sir) Norman Brook to Lord President and Minister of Production (10/9/42). CAB/HIST/M/17/4/2.
 * 11) W.M. (42) 133rd Concl. (6/10/42). Also letter (8/10/42) from Lord President to Minister of Production (Sir Norman Brook’s folder, 10). CAB/HIST/M/17/4/4.
 * 12) Army memorandum and notes and minute by Mr. Norman Brook and Mr. Gorell Barnes on Sir Norman Brook’s folder lb. CAB/HIST/M/17/4/3.
 * 13) Lord President’s minute to Prime Minister (3/9/42) (Sir Norman Brook’s folder, 1a). CAB/HIST/M/17/4/2.
 * 14) Minute from Secretary of State for War to Prime Minister (2/9/42). Sir Norman Brook’s folder. CAB/HIST/M/17/4/6.
 * 15) Lord President’s minute to Prime Minister (3/9/46). Sir Norman Brook’s folder. CAB/HIST/M/17/4/1.
 * 16) W.M. (42) 98th Meeting (28/7/42).
 * 17) Minute from Prime Minister to Lord President, Ministers of Labour and Production, Secretaries of State for War and Air, Lord Cherwell, No. M. 377/2 (17/9/42).
 * 18) Lord President’s minute to Prime Minister (16/10/42). Prime Minister’s agreement announced in note circulated by Mr. Gorell Barnes (19/10/42).
 * 19) Reduction in the call-up age approved in W.M. (42) 142nd Concl. (19/10/42).
 * 20) For this difficult controversy see papers on Sir Norman Brook’s folder 1a. CAB/HIST/M/17/4/2.
 * 21) W.P. (42) 416 (23/9/42). See also J.W.P.S. (42) 11 (30/5/42). April manpower survery is contained in Economic Section’s Manpower, 1942, folder. CAB/HIST/17/1/3. See also memorandum by Mr. Dennison on W.P. (42) 416 (undated) and minute from Mr. Dennison to Lord President (2/10/42).
 * 22) L.P. (42) 235 (20/10/42).
 * 23) Minute by Mr. Norman Brook to Sir Edward Bridges (12/10/42) (Sir Norman Brook’s folder, 1a) CAB/HIST/M/17/4/2.
 * 24) Report by Mr. Norman Brook to Lord President (27/10/42) (Economic Section’s Manpower, 1942, folder). CAB/HIST/M/17/4/7.
 * 25) Reported from Board of Trade, Ministry of Supply, Ministry of Fuel and Power, Ministry of Works (Sir Norman Brook’s folders). CAB/HIST/M/17/4/7.
 * 26) Meeting with Mr. Norman Brook in the Chair (18/11/42).
 * 27) W.P. (42) 539 (20/11/42), and Mr. Brook’s report of 27/10/42.
 * 28) Meeting of Minsters (no number) (11/11/42).
 * 29) W.P. (42) 504 (1/11/42).
 * 30) W.P. (42) 539.
 * 31) MISC. 36 (42), and MISC. 36 (42) 3.
 * 32) W.P. (42) 539. Preliminary discussion in W.M. (42) 160th Concl. (26/11/42).
 * 33) W.P. (42) 556 (28/11/42).
 * 34) W.P. (42) 567 (7/12/42).
 * 35) For this paragraph see W.P. (42) 559, W.P. (42) 561, W.P (42) 561, W.P. (42) 570; W.M. (42) 163rd Concl. (1/12/42) and W.M. (42) 167th Concl. (11/12/42).
 * 36) W.P. (42) 568 (9/12/42).
 * 37) For this and following two paragraphs, see L.P. (43) 115 (21/5/43); W.P. (43) 221, 271, 272, 273; W.P. (43) 295 (6/7/43) and 332 (23/7/43). See also W.M. (43) 96th Concl. (and confidential annex) (9/7/43), 100th Concl., (and confidential annex) (16/7/43), 102nd Concl. (22/7/43).
 * 38) W.P. (43) 271.
 * 39) W.M. (43) 102nd Concl.
 * 40) W.P. (43) 472 (22/10/43).
 * 41) W.P. (43) 295.
 * 42) W.M. (43) 96th Concl. (confidential annex), 100th Concl. (confidential annex).
 * 43) W.M. (43) 102nd Concl.
 * 44) W.P. (43) 472 (22/10/43).
 * 45) W.P. (43) 425, W.P. (43) 448, W.P. (43) 464. Memoranda by Secretary of State for Air, First Lord of the Admiralty and Secretary of State for War; W.P. (43) 490 (1/11/43), memorandum by Prime Minister.
 * 46) Ibid. W.P. (43) 490.
 * 47) GEN. 26/1st Meeting (5/11/43).
 * 48) W.P. (43) 539 (27/11/43).
 * 49) W.P. (43) 545. Memorandum by Minister of Aircraft Production; W.P. (43) 535, Memorandum by Home Secretary and Minister of Home Security.
 * 50) W.M. (43) 164th Concl. (1/12/43).
 * 51) Ibid. and M.P. (43) 5 and 6; M.P. (44) 1, M.P. (44) 1st Meeting (3/1/44); W.P. (44) 52 and W.M. (44) 14th Concl. (1/2/44).
 * 52) W.P. (44) 375 (6/7/44); memorandum by Chancellor of the Exchequer.
 * 53) Minute from Prime Minister to Chancellor of the Exchequer, M. 721/4 (15/6/44), W.P. (44) 375, approved by W.M. (44) 90th Concl. (12/8/44).
 * 54) W.M (44) 106th Concl. (14/8/44), 100th Concl. (3/8/44); M.P. (44) 7, W.P. (44) 453, 463, 465, 467, 471, 488; M.P. (44) 7th Meeting (2/9/41); W.P. (44) 487, W.M. (44) 117th Concl. (5/9/44).
 * 55) W.P. (43) 534/.
 * 56) Professor Judges’ memorandum on Manpower Budgeting. Supplementary figures were supplied by Mr. Wynn Jones of the Ministry of Labour. Cabinet Office files 69/29/2. CAB/HIST/M/11/1/1.
 * 57) On this paragraph: for reduction of call-up age of men, W.P (42) 472. approve in W.M (42) 142nd Concl. (19/10/42); for the rest of the measures, W.P (42) 539, W.M. (42160th Concl. (26/11/42) and 163rd Concl. (1/12/42/ See also W.P. (43) 271.
 * 58) L.P. (42 ) 235. The percentages refer to the demands before they were cut by the War Cabinet.
 * 59) W.P. (43) 271.
 * 60) M.L. Circ. 136/96 (17/1/42).
 * 61) W.M. (43) 100th Concl. (confidential annex) (16/7/43).
 * 62) W.P (44) 52 and W.M. (44) 14th Concl. (1/2/44).
 * 63) L.P. (42) 273, 279; L.P. (42) 75th Meeting.
 * 64) L.P. (43) 280, 283, 286, 287, 288, 289, 294, 300, 301; L.P. (43) 77th Meeting (31/12/43).
 * 65) W.P. (43) 539 (20/11/42).
 * 66) L.P. (43) 115 (21/5/43).
 * 67) L.P. (42) 261 and L.P. (42) 72nd Meeting.
 * 68) L.P. (44) 98 and L.P. (44) 27th Meeting (26/5/44).
 * 69) W.M. (43) 96th Concl. (Confidential Annex).
 * 70) W.M. (43) 115th Concl. (16/8/43); W.P. (43) 272; W.M. (43) 117th Concl. (19/8/43).
 * 71) W.P. (43) 191; W.P. (43) 531 and W.M. (43) 162nd Concl. (26/11/43).


 * 1) Coal This section is based almost entirely on W. H. B. Court’s drafts on coal. These should be referred to for any further documentation that is needed. CAB/HIST/C/5/2/1.
 * 2) Transport This section is based on:—
 * 3) M. O. Ashley’s draft History of Inland Transport—Cabinet Office file 69/41/1, Part 2. CAB/HIST/I/4/1.
 * 4) P.E. and J.W.P.S. papers passim for the story of locomotives and wagons.
 * 5) R.J Hammond’s chapters on Transport in his Food History (Cabinet Office file 69/31/1). CAB/HIST/F/4/1.


 * See generally these documents.


 * 1) Prime Minister’s personal minute M. 473/2 (21/10/42).
 * 2) L.P. (42) 51;  L.P. (42) 16th Meeting (6/3/42).
 * 3) L.P. (42) 51, 77, 86; 21st Meeting, 23rd Meeting (10/4/42).
 * 4) L.P. (42) 24, 58, 90, 221; 17th Meeting (9/3/42); 24th Meeting (17/4/42); 61st Meeting (9/10/42).
 * 5) L.P. (42) 51 and L.P. (42) 16th Concl. with Confidential Annex.
 * 6) Mr. Ashle’s narrative—Cabinet Office file 69/41/1, Part 2. CAB/HIST/I/4/1/1.
 * 7) E.g. Prime Minister’s personal minute, M. 473/2.
 * 8) L.P. (43) 175.
 * 9) W.P. (43) 23; W.M. (43) 12 Concl. (20/1/43).
 * 10) L.P. (43) 218; 61st Meeting (8/10/43).
 * 11) L.P. (44) 87.
 * 12) L.P. (42) 210; 56th Meeting (24/9/42).
 * 13) Economic Section file on Rationing. Now Treasury file EAS.109/02.
 * 14) Inter-departmental Committee on Rationing.
 * 15) On Service pay, see W.P. (42) 26; W.M. (42) 10th Concl. (22/1/42); W.P. (42) 60. W.M. (42) 15th Concl. (4/2/42); W.P. (42) 331; W.M. (42) 102nd Concl. (3/8/42); W.P. (42) 365; W.M. (42) 114th Concl. (20/8/42); L.P. (42) 194; L/P/ (42) 50th Meeting (1/9/42); L.P. (42) 189; L.P (42) 52nd Meeting; W.M. (42) 130th Concl. (28/9/42); L.P. (29/9/42); L.P. (42) 256; L.P. (42) 69th Meeting (12/11/42); W.M (44) 26th Concl. (28/9/42); W.M. (44)  30th Concl.; L.P. (44) 65, 70; L.P. (44) 18th Meeting.
 * 16) L.P. (44) 31; L.P. (44) 7th Meeting; W.M. (44) 18th Concl.
 * 17) L.P. (44) 47; L.P. (44) 12th Meeting; W.P. (44) 46; W.M. (44) 30th Concl. On coal finances, see Official History of Coal. CAB/HIST/C/5/2/1.


 * 1) Cabinet Office file 69/15/2; Brigadier Latham’s table.
 * 2) On this paragraph, see record of OCTAGON; also generally Miss McClachlan’s narrative “Higher Strategic Decisions of the War.” AL 1290.
 * 3) W.M (43) 164th Conl.
 * 4) Minute from Prime Minister to Chancellor of the Exchequer.
 * 5) W.M. (44) 116th Concl.
 * 6) J.W.P.S. (44) 7th Meeting.
 * 7) W.M. (45) 9th Concl.
 * 8) Minute from Prime Minister to Chancellor of the Exchequer.
 * 9) W.M (44) 48th Concl.
 * 10) W.M.. (44) 125th Concl.
 * 11) W.P. (44) 173.
 * 12) GEN. 43/40, Annex C.
 * 13) Ibid.
 * 14) GEN. 43/40, Introduction.
 * 15) GEN. 43/40, Annex B.
 * 16) GEN. 43/40, Annex C.
 * 17) GEN. 43/40, Chapter 3.
 * 18) GEN. 43/40, Annex C.
 * 19) On this paragraph, see generally GEN. 43/40 and W.P. (44) 360.
 * 20) GEN. 43/40, Annex C.
 * 21) Ibid.
 * 22) GEN. 43/126, Appendix VIII.
 * 23) Annex to W.P. (44) 360.
 * 24) GEN. 43/40, Chapter 3.
 * 25) The following paragraphs are based on a memorandum by A. Christelow on “Anglo-American Combination”—Cabinet Office file 69/6/5, CAB/HIST/A/5/1/1, and memoranda on Anglo-American financial relations by R. G. Hawtrey—Cabinet Office file 69/66/1, Part 2. CAB/HIST/F/9/1. Both sets of papers are well documented.
 * 26) Ibid. Also a paper by E. Hargreaves, “Negotiations on the Lend-Lease White Paper”—Cabinet Office file 69/17/1. CAB/HIST/B/8/1. Also N.A.S. (44) 32, Annex 1 and GEN. 43/11.
 * 27) See F. Thistlethwaite’s paper, “Raw Material for a History of British Lend-Lease from March to December, 1945”, which is well documented—Cabinet Office file 69/80. CAB/HIST/B/9/1/4.
 * 28) F. Thistlehtwaite, op. cit.
 * 29) Ibid. and Record of OCTAGON.
 * 30) W.P. (45) 24.
 * 31) Ibid.
 * 32) Ibid.
 * 33) Ibid.
 * 34) GEN. 43/40.
 * 35) W.P. (45) 24.
 * 36) GEN. 43/40, Chapter 1.
 * 37) GEN. 43/40, Chapter 2.
 * 38) GEN. 43/40, Chapter 3.
 * 39) GEN. 43/40, Chapter 5.
 * 40) W.P. (45) 24;  GEN. 43/125; GEN. 43/126.
 * 41) GEN. 43/118.
 * 42) W.P. (45) 24 and F. Thistlethwaite, op. cit. CAB/HIST/B/9/1/4.
 * 43) Ibid.
 * 44) Ibid.
 * 45) R. G. Hawtrey’s memoranda on Anglo-American relations—Cabinet Office file 69/66/1, Part 2. CAB/HIST/F/9/1/1.
 * 46) W.P. (45) 24 and F. Thistlethwaite, op. cit. CAB/HIST/B/9/1/4.
 * 47) See F. Thistlethwaite, op. cit. CAB/HIST/B/9/1/4.


 * 1) For this and the next paragraph, see Mr. A. J. Baster’s Memorandum on Reconstruction (Cabinet Office file 69/78). CAB/HIST/R/2/1/1.
 * 2) R.P. (42) 21.
 * 3) R. (I.O.) (44) 21 and previous drafts of this memorandum in file No. 761 of Office of the Minister of Reconstruction.
 * 4) Ibid.
 * 5) See generally Mr. Baster’s narrative. CAB/HIST/R/2/1/1.
 * 6) W.P. (44) 110, 118, 536; R. (44) 18, 49..
 * 7) Mr. Baster’s narrative. CAB/HIST/R/2/1/1.
 * 8) Ibid. The detailed discussions of employment policy are in the E.C. papers.
 * 9) Ibid.
 * 10) See P.R. and R. papers generally.
 * 11) W.P. (44)4 360, Annex.
 * 12) A time-table on these complicated discussions exists in Mr. Thistlethwait’s narrative—Cabinet Office file 69/80. CAB/HIST/B/9/1/4.
 * 13) “Project of a Commercial Union”; a note by the President of the Board of Trade circulated to some of his colleagues (5/11/42).
 * 14) C.P (45) 11.
 * 15) Ibid.
 * 16) F. Thistlethwaite’s narrative—Cabinet Office file 69/80. CAB/HIST/B/9/1/4,
 * 17) GEN. 8020, 80/21, 80/22, 80/28.; GEN. 89/3, 80/19.
 * 18) W.P (44) 360, Annex.