‘WAR CABINET 49 (20). conoxusroHs of a Meeting of the War Cabinet an one: Street, 1s laeaten tr 18, 1090, af 11-30 f Present ft ‘The: ewe ‘Nevitiz Caampartamn, M.P., Prime Minister (in the Chair). ‘The Right Hon. Sir Joun Snow, K.C.,'| The Right Hon. Viscount Haztrax, MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Saray of State for Forei re : ‘Admiral of the Fleet the Right Hon, | The Right _ Hon, s. Lorp Caarrtetp, Minister for Co- Caurcett, M.P., 'piret bo tat of the ordination of Defence. Admiralty. The co cht Hon. L. Hone-Burasna, | The Right Hon. Sir Kincsuzy Woon, tary of State for War. M.P., Seoretary of State for Air. ion it SamuzL Hoare, |The Right Hon. Lorn Hansey, Minister a A Lord Privy Seal. ‘without Portfolio, The foloming were also present : ‘The ee Hon. Sir Joaw Anperson, | The Right Hon. Awrxony Epzn, M-P., Secretary of State for the Secretary of State for Duniini Department and Minister of ‘Attairs Utoms 1-13) ‘Home Security (Items 1-13) ‘The J tight Hon. Oxrver er MP., | The Right Hon. Lasure Burom, M. President of the Board of Trade | Minister of Supply (Item 14). s, MP. Minister of | Six Honce, J; Wrsox, Permanent fom 14) Seceers © de Tee i Air Chicf Meta Bis Ore TO | Admical ot Nawat, Chiof of the Air ‘eal Bow, Sood ed tome 1-18).. wwal Stott (Items 1-18). : sir. We uae ‘Teonsips, “Eds the Imperial General: Statio ‘The Me uation in Poland oo ‘The Military Sitmation in France ... ‘Stall: Conversations with Belgium . ‘Armament Supplies to Poland ‘Neutrality of Eire ote aR ewe a c .nglo-Polish Pact Guuntion of Protet to bo mode in Mow. ‘The Position ofthe British Military Mission to Poland .. 147 148 148 148 149 150 150 152 152 152, 152 153 154 ‘Trade Relations with USSR. The Consignment of Timber from, aid Machine Rosle to, Rema: Ministerial Statement tee ear, een Zhad gone It was belived that the other two the submarine which had attacked the Courageous. "qotails were yet available of ‘the loss of life, bat it was e. ‘The ship carried two of ai3. The Chiat of the Imperial General Staff said that no definite report of the Warsaw had yet been received. Fighting was still god io ava ior of paver Pama ssian advance into Poland sesiied to have cut ths li of the Polish army into Roumania. The lieved to have escaped into Roumania. made to the Galician oilfields. sacrifices than were at, present contemplated. Greater efforts were called for in the field of production, more armaments. particularly of land ‘The War Cabinet took note of the above statements. 4. Tho Chiof of the Imperial Gonoral Stoff said that there was & squib 'ropert lagacsing tis silsey sisaton ia France. aos Same inet ik hen mci hd eget sat om 2 eee pe wie ld investigate this Conclusions, ‘Minute 43) Spee cee oe‘the essential that the between this country and Belgium. he A ir Sta ‘of aircraft and nee ‘WML G9) 17k took the view that it would be f Con bazgnining counter in the negotiations, ‘best to hand steamship, Robur VIII Clan ce i oland were due to Sve) Sate further‘the: ey ‘Cabi shuld be regarded oe etbodring our Seeidee riot ‘Secretary of State for Foreign ist ae ie ‘informed that the French (iam Sent rece Sessa a ta formal protest shoul: to Moscow, and desired that we should concert with them as chat under the Anglo-Polish t, Great Britain was not bound by the Treaty to to Bee Livoled the USSR. as a resuli of ‘Bound, the Britah and. Polak Goteaments sarees et Lae ‘was directed oxtier, and was fan-Manchnteo sues ani ‘The War Cabinet took noie of the above statement, iL The Bee. of state fe ei ae Ta Fairs said that he ‘Sitastion. anxious to reack'an agreement wit fapanese (Previous In regard to th post ition in Tiontein, and that the eotiloment of this Hae, snow the possibility of reaching Wt (60) tem Conclusions, 52 Minute 12)5 ane,” its Clonal the Bosker netock to consider this latter suggestion. ‘The War Cabinet agreed : (© that it was emontial that no tool which could be weed in “the, machino-too industey (paragraph @) 1 of BP. (G) ” ae shoul this. amine the tools referred to yeast uitements, refe WP. (G) (39) 13, aoa be be ther with any ‘under (1i) above, considered oat lant, chi itable for .Admiralt (iv) any pl or ‘Bichioesy salt for ty (@) that it was oaential to endeavour to ohtain supplies of ators Teed Be te and that Russia to be the ‘only. pract source for an immediate ‘considerable anys ier Sse a corr ‘the Soviet Union to’see whether te ‘would be. imber i in, Sete of — lant which ‘was not