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Cabinet Defence Committee [textual record]

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Date:

1945-1962

Reference:

R165-95-9-E, RG2-A-5-c

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Item ID number:

133182

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Cabinet Defence Committee
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Date(s):

1945-1962

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.9 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

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Series consists of Cabinet Defence Committee (CDC) conclusions and an incomplete set of supporting documents. The conclusions constitute a summary record of discussion and decision on a wide variety of military matters brought before the Cabinet Defence Committee during 137 meetings dating from 13 August 1945 to 25 October 1962. In substance and organization, these records are similar to the full cabinet conclusions.

The corresponding supporting documents relate to matters recorded in CDC conclusions and consist of reports, memoranda, correspondence and related material. The document begin at No. 49 of 21 March 1946 and are consecutively numbered to 385 of 6 November 1952 (Documents 1 to 48 are missing). A second series of documents numbered consecutively within each year, begin at B-1-53 of 26 January 1953 and terminate with D-4-62 of 4 January 1962.

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Canada. Cabinet. Defence Committee

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Canada. Cabinet. Defence Committee : The Cabinet Defence Committee, established after the Second World War, reviewed a wide variety of military matters during 137 meetings between 13 August 1945 and 25 October 1962. In 1963, under Prime Minister L.B. Pearson, an assistant secretary of the Cabinet, with a supporting secretariat, was created to deal with specific areas of responsibility corresponding to that of the standing cabinet committees on External Affairs and Defence. RG2 General Inventory

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid 2-29 is a typed file list (volumes 2748-2752). 2-29 PDF (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/2-29_133182_volumes 2748-2752_open.pdf

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Related material:

The Cabinet Defence Committee documents for 1956-1959 are missing from these volumes but are available in RG2, Acc 1990-91/154, Box 13, see C-20-9(a). Also, some additional copies have been located in RG 24 and RG 25. A list of all these is available with finding aid 2-29.

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119-000047-4
1991-92/048 GAD
RG2-A-5-c

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RG2-A-5-c
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [RG2] 2748--2752

[Consultation 90 Open]

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