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CABINET PAPERS
Complete classes from the CAB and PREM series in the Public Record Office, London
Series One: PREM 3: Papers concerning Defence and Operational Subjects, 1940-1945, Winston Churchill, Minister of Defence, Secretariat Papers.
Part 1: PREM 3/1-51 (Subject files covering Acrobat, Aden, Aegean, Aerodromes, Afghanistan, Africa, Air, Air-Bombers, Air-Fighters, Airborne, Aircraft, Aliens, Allies, Ammunition, Anti-Aircraft, Argentina & Argonaut)
CONTENTS OF REELS
Introduction:
Part 1 covers PREM 3/1-51. This starts with the subject files on Operation Acrobat in North Africa in 1941, the material on Aden and the files on the Aegean which offer much detail on the campaigns in this part of the Mediterranean Theatre, from February 1943 to July 1944, including Operation Hercules (Rhodes), the Dodecanese (of significant interest to Churchill) and comments on Auchinleck and specialist commanders. The files on Aerodromes are important for the Battle of Britain, air defence and the construction and siting of new airbases from 1940 through to the end of 1944. There is a small amount of material on Afghanistan.
The files on Africa start with Operation Torch, the Allied landings in North West Africa, the Battle of Tunisia in the first half of 1943 and are followed by a huge amount of material on all aspects of the war in the air: Air-Fighters, Air-Bombers, Air, Airborne and Aircraft. These include great detail on Bombing Policy, the Bomber Programme, the Command structure, British and German raids as well as other topics such as jet propulsion, suicide bombers, manpower, night fighting, pilots, training schools, aircraft production and operational strength in terms of both fighters and bombers.
There are small files on Operation Ajax in Norway in 1941, Albania (liaison with communists, 1943-1945) and Aliens. Meetings of Allied Representatives and papers on the co-ordination of the Allied war effort come under the heading Allies.
Papers on different types of Ammunition, Operation Anklet, Anti-Aircraft Defences, Argonaut (the Malta and Crimea Conferences, including the meetings of the Supreme Commenders in Malta (Cricket) and at Yalta (Magneto) and Heads of State meetings in 1945, as well as a file on the Argentine comprise the rest of the material covered in Part 1.
REEL 1
PREM 3/1 - ACROBAT: Operation (North Africa), November-December 1941
PREM 3/2 - ADEN, January-February 1942
PREM 3/3/1 - AEGEAN: Hercules Operation (Rhodes), December 1943
PREM 3/3/2 - AEGEAN: Use of Turks for capture of Dodecanese, November-December 1943
PREM 3/3/3 - AEGEAN: Events in Aegean, August-November 1943, December 1943-January 1944
PREM 3/3/4 - AEGEAN: Map of Laros, November 1943
PREM 3/3/5 - AEGEAN: Events in Mediterranean Aug-Nov 1943, November 1943
PREM 3/3/6 - AEGEAN: Use of Turks for capture of Dodecanese, April 1943
PREM 3/3/7 - AEGEAN: Operations in Dodecanese, August-October 1943
PREM 3/3/8 - AEGEAN: Summary of events in Dodecanese, September 17-October 6, October 1943
PREM 3/3/9 - AEGEAN: Operations in Dodecanese, October-December 1943
PREM 3/3/10A - AEGEAN: Various, February 1943-July 1944
PREM 3/3/10B - AEGEAN: Views on Auchinleck and specialist commanders, 1943
REEL 2
PREM 3/4/1 - AERODROMES: Defence of, July 1940-February 1943 and February 1945
PREM 3/4/2 - AERODROMES: Destruction of aircraft at Brize Norton, June-September 1940
PREM 3/4/3 - AERODROMES: Construction of, August 1940-December 1944
PREM 3/4/4 - AERODROMES: Repair of damage, August-September 1940
PREM 3/4/5 - AERODROMES: Various, September 1940-January 1941
PREM 3/4/6 - AERODROMES: F.I.D.O. (fog disposal), September 1941-May 1945
PREM 3/4/7 - AERODROMES: Goose and Gander, November-December 1942
REEL 3
PREM 3/5 - AFGHANISTAN, September-November 1941
PREM 3/6/1 - AFRICA: Torch Operation (North West Africa), October-December 1942, March 1943
PREM 3/6/2 - AFRICA: Battle in Tunisia, January-June 1943, June 1943
PREM 3/7 - AIR: Allocation of aircraft, June-October 1942
PREM 3/8 - AIR: Co-operation with Army, dive-bombers, July 1940-June 1943
PREM 3/9 - AIR: Atlantic Ferry organisation, November 1940-September 1942
PREM 3/10 - AIR (continued): BOMBING: Measures for improving accuracy of bombing, September 1941-December 1944
REEL 4
AIR (continued):
PREM 3/11/1 - BOMBING POLICY (I): Burning of forests and crops, July 1940-July 1941
PREM 3/11/2 - BOMBING POLICY (I): Alleged failure of our bombs to explode, July 1940-May 1941
PREM 3/11/3 - BOMBING POLICY (I): Naval requirements and attacks on Germany, October 1941-April 1942
PREM 3/11/4 - BOMBING POLICY (I): Mr Justice Singleton’s report on bombing of Germany, May-June 1942
PREM 3/11/5 - BOMBING POLICY (I): Message to President, August-September 1942
PREM 3/11/6 - BOMBING POLICY (I): Air Policy - note by P M, September-December 1942
PREM 3/11/7 - BOMBING POLICY (I): Anglo-American bomber offensive, November 1942-February 1943
PREM 3/11/8 - BOMBING POLICY (I): Bombing of Hamburg, July 1943
PREM 3/11/9 - BOMBING POLICY (I): Bombing of Bolzano, August 1943
PREM 3/11/10 - BOMBING POLICY (I): Shuttle bombing, October-November 1943
PREM 3/11/11A - BOMBING POLICY (I): Various, July 1940-December 1941
PREM 3/11/11B - BOMBING POLICY (I): Bombing targets in Italy, Switzerland and Germany, 1941
PREM 3/11/12 - BOMBING POLICY (I): Various, January 1942-June 1943
PREM 3/12 - BOMBING POLICY (II), November 1943-April 1945
REEL 5
AIR (continued):
PREM 3/13/1 - BOMBER PROGRAMME: American bomber production, April-November 1941
PREM 3/13/2 - BOMBER PROGRAMME: Events and Minutes, July-October, October 1941
PREM 3/13/3 - BOMBER PROGRAMME: Events and Minutes, July-October, October 1941
PREM 3/13/4 - BOMBER PROGRAMME: Defence Committee (Supply) meeting, October 23, July-October 1941
PREM 3/13/5 - BOMBER PROGRAMME: Defence Committee (Supply) meeting, October 31, October-November 1941
PREM 3/13/6 - BOMBER PROGRAMME: Defence Committee (Supply) meeting, November 27, November 1941
PREM 3/13/7 - BOMBER PROGRAMME: Defence Committee (Supply) meeting, December 9, December 1941
PREM 3/13/8 - BOMBER PROGRAMME: Defence Committee (Supply) meeting, February 12, January-February 1942
PREM 3/13/9 - BOMBER PROGRAMME: Defence Committee (Supply) meeting, April 7, March-April 1942
PREM 3/13/10 - BOMBER PROGRAMME: Defence Committee (Supply) meetings, April 17 and May 22, April-June 1942
PREM 3/13/11 - BOMBER PROGRAMME: Defence Committee (Supply) meeting, July 17, July 1942
PREM 3/13/12 - BOMBER PROGRAMME: Defence Committee (Supply) meeting papers, September 1942-March 1943
PREM 3/13/13 - BOMBER PROGRAMME: Defence Committee (Supply) meeting papers, December 1943-January 1944
PREM 3/13/14 - BOMBER PROGRAMME: Various, August 1942-November 1943
REEL 6
AIR (continued):
PREM 3/14/1 - BRITISH RAIDS: A C M Harris’s paper on damage to German cities, November 1943
PREM 3/14/2 - BRITISH RAIDS: Bombing of Berlin, July 1940-June 1944
PREM 3/14/3 - BRITISH RAIDS: Bombing of Italy, March 1941-May 1944
PREM 3/14/4 - BRITISH RAIDS: Monthly analysis of Bomber Command operations, April 1943-March 1945
PREM 3/14/5 - AIR: BRITISH RAIDS: Various, May 1940-December 1944
PREM 3/15 - AIR: Commands, May 1941-July 1945
PREM 3/16 - AIR: Filter Rooms, October-November 1940
PREM 3/17 - AIR: French Factories and railways - bombing of, May 1941-November 1943
REEL 7
AIR (continued):
PREM 3/18/1 - GERMAN RAIDS: Repair etc., September 1940-April 1943
PREM 3/18/2 - GERMAN RAIDS: Various, June 1940-April 1945
PREM 3/19 - GERMAN RAIDS: A M Harris’s papers, June-September 1942
PREM 3/20/1 - MISCELLANEOUS (I): Ideal Bomber, August 1940
PREM 3/20/2 - MISCELLANEOUS (I): Congratulations to Fighter and Bomber Commands, September-December 1940 and July 1943
PREM 3/20/3 - MISCELLANEOUS (I): Aircraft fitted with Merlin engines, September 1940-September 1941
PREM 3/20/4 - MISCELLANEOUS (I): Blind landing of aircraft, October 1940-September 1941
PREM 3/20/5 - MISCELLANEOUS (I): Lengthening range of fighter aircraft, May 1941-June 1942
PREM 3/20/6 - MISCELLANEOUS (I): Unified command of European bombing operations, December 1942-November 1943
PREM 3/20/7 - MISCELLANEOUS (I): Royal Air Force establishments, March 1941-February 1944
PREM 3/20/8 - MISCELLANEOUS (I): Efficiency of British day fighters, August-September 1942
PREM 3/20/9 - MISCELLANEOUS (I): Various, May 1940-July 1943
REEL 8
AIR (continued):
PREM 3/21/1 - MISCELLANEOUS (II): Royal Air Force manpower, January-July 1944
PREM 3/21/2 - MISCELLANEOUS (II): Suicide bombers, January 1945
PREM 3/21/3 - MISCELLANEOUS (II): British Bombing Research Mission, December 1944-April 1945
PREM 3/21/4 - MISCELLANEOUS (II): Jet propulsion, October 1940-July 1945
PREM 3/21/5 - MISCELLANEOUS (II): Various, February 1944-August 1945
PREM 3/22/1 - NIGHT BOMBING - Measures to Counteract: Night Air Defence meetings, October 1940-March 1944
PREM 3/22/2 - NIGHT BOMBING - Measures to Counteract: Night interception - memoranda by A M Dowding, July-November 1940
PREM 3/22/3 - NIGHT BOMBING - Measures to Counteract: Night interception - various, August 1940-February 1942
PREM 3/22/4 - NIGHT BOMBING - Measures to Counteract: German beams and counter measures, September 1940-November 1941
PREM 3/22/5 - NIGHT BOMBING - Measures to Counteract: A I equipment, June-December 1940
PREM 3/22/6 - NIGHT BOMBING - Measures to Counteract: Chemical searchlights, September 1940-July 1941
PREM 3/22/7 - NIGHT BOMBING - Measures to Counteract: Middle East, August-September 1941
PREM 3/22/8 - NIGHT BOMBING - Measures to Counteract: Various, September 1940-July 1944
PREM 3/23 - PHOTOGRAPHS, September 1940-July 1945
REEL 9
AIR (continued):
PREM 3/24/1 - PILOTS, Training Schools: Transfer of pilots from Fleet Air Arm to Royal Air Force, June 1940
PREM 3/24/2 - PILOTS, Training Schools: Employment of pilots, June 1940-August 1941
PREM 3/24/3 - PILOTS, Training Schools: Letters from USA Training School, June-August 1941
PREM 3/24/4 - PILOTS, Training Schools: Return of aircrews from Middle East, May-October 1942
PREM 3/24/5 - PILOTS, Training Schools: Training Schools in Canada and South Africa, August 1940-August 1943 and March-April 1945
PREM 3/25 - RAF EXPANSION, October 1940-January 1943
PREM 3/26 - RAF Officers serving in Ministry of Aircraft Production, January-March 1941
PREM 3/27 - Air raid shelters and rest centres, September 1940-November 1941 and February 1944
PREM 3/28/1 - AIR RAID WARNINGS: Publication of, September 1940
PREM 3/28/2 - AIR RAID WARNINGS: In Government offices, September-December 1940
PREM 3/28/3 - AIR RAID WARNINGS: In Shops, Banks, and Post Offices, September-October 1940
PREM 3/28/4 - AIR RAID WARNINGS: Effect on production, September-November 1940
PREM 3/28/5 - AIR RAID WARNINGS: Public warnings, August 1940-April 1941
PREM 3/28/6 - AIR RAID WARNINGS: Various, Sept 1940-September 1941
REEL 10
AIR (continued):
PREM 3/29/1 - STRENGTH OF FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS (I): Graphs, June-August 1940
PREM 3/29/2 - STRENGTH OF FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS (I): Operational aircraft in storage units, August 1940-January 1942
PREM 3/29/3 - STRENGTH OF FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS (I): Daily and weekly returns with matters arising, June 1940-August 1943
PREM 3/29/4 - STRENGTH OF FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS (I): Other daily, weekly and monthly returns, September 1940-June 1944
PREM 3/29/5 - STRENGTH OF FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS (I): Various, May 1940-November 1941
PREM 3/30/1 - STRENGTH OF FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS (II): Bomber Command returns, June 1944-June 1945
PREM 3/30/2 - STRENGTH OF FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS (II): Metropolitan Air Force returns, January 1944-April 1945
PREM 3/31 - STRENGTH OF FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS (II): A F M Lord Trenchard on air policy, May 1941-October 1943
REEL 11
PREM 3/32/1 - AIRBORNE TROOPS: Formation of parachute and glider force, June 1940-May 1941
PREM 3/32/2 - AIRBORNE TROOPS: Army air requirements, October 1941-May 1942
PREM 3/32/3 - AIRBORNE TROOPS: Airborne forces for India, June-August 1942
PREM 3/32/4 - AIRBORNE TROOPS: Supply of aircraft and gliders, September 1942-June 1943
PREM 3/32/5 - AIRBORNE TROOPS: Use in Sicily, July-October 1943
PREM 3/32/6 - AIRBORNE TROOPS: Use in Normandy, January-February 1944
PREM 3/32/7 - AIRBORNE TROOPS: Various, July 1940-October 1944
PREM 3/33 - AIRCRAFT: Export of aircraft, July 1940-July 1941
PREM 3/34 - AIRCRAFT: Aircraft losses, July 1940-February 1944
PREM 3/35 - AIRCRAFT: Aircraft production establishments, defence of, September-November 1940
REEL 12
PREM 3/36/1 - AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION FIGURES: Weekly production summaries, August-December 1944
PREM 3/36/2 - AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION FIGURES: Various, March 1938 and January 1940-December 1944
REEL 13
PREM 3/37/1 - AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION 1945: Weekly production summaries, January-June 1945
PREM 3/37/2 - AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION 1945: Monthly statistical bulletins (printed), May-June 1945
PREM 3/37/3 - AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION 1945: Various, January-March 1945
PREM 3/38 - Ministry of Aircraft Production and Air Ministry: differences, June-August 1940
PREM 3/39 - Repair of aircraft, September 1941
PREM 3/40 - AJAX operation (Norway), September-October 1941
PREM 3/41 - ALBANIA: liaison with communists, October 1943-February 1945
PREM 3/42/1 - ALIENS: Intake of aliens to Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps: weekly and monthly returns, July 1940-May 1941
PREM 3/42/2 - ALIENS: Various, July 1940-January 1941
PREM 3/43 - ALLIED: Allied contingents, June-September 1940 and May-June 1942
PREM 3/44 - ALLIED: Co-ordination of allied war effort, December 1941-August 1942
PREM 3/45/1 - ALLIES: Meeting of Allied Representatives, preparations for, (postponed), October-November 1940
PREM 3/45/2 - ALLIES: Meeting of Allied Representatives, papers for, (postponed), November 1940
PREM 3/45/3 - ALLIES: Meeting of Allied Representatives, preparations for, etc., May-August 1941
REEL 14
PREM 3/46/1 - AMMUNITION: Cannon Gun supplies, August-October 1940
PREM 3/46/2 - AMMUNITION: Naval ammunition, September 1940-December 1942
PREM 3/46/3 - AMMUNITION: Small arms ammunition, July 1940-June 1942
PREM 3/46/4 - AMMUNITION: Anti-aircraft ammunition, September 1941-December 1941 and March-June 1943
PREM 3/46/5 - AMMUNITION: Field and medium artillery ammunition, April 1944-July 1945
PREM 3/46/6 - AMMUNITION: Various, August 1940-May 1945
PREM 3/47 - ANKLET: Operation (Norway), December 1941-February 1942
PREM 3/48 - ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENCES, October 1940-January 1945
PREM 3/49 - ‘ARANDORA STAR’ and Huyton Camp inquiries, July-December 1940
PREM 3/50A - ARGENTINE, January 1944-July 1945
PREM 3/50B - Closed for 75 years
REEL 15
PREM 3/51/1 - ARGONAUT: (Malta and Crimea conferences) Choice of meeting place and date, October 1944-January 1945
PREM 3/51/2 - ARGONAUT: Attendance of Supreme Commanders at Cricket (Malta) and Magneto (Yalta), January 1945
PREM 3/51/3 - ARGONAUT: Agenda, December 1944-February 1945
PREM 3/51/4 - ARGONAUT: Minutes of Plenary Sessions and Meetings, February 1945
PREM 3/51/5 - ARGONAUT: Minutes of tripartite military meetings, February 1945
PREM 3/51/6 - ARGONAUT: Minutes of Foreign Secretaries’ meetings, February 1945
PREM 3/51/7 - ARGONAUT: Final report of Combined Chiefs of Staff, February 1945
PREM 3/51/8 - ARGONAUT: Printed record C.O.S. (45) 114 (0) (missing from original), February 1945
PREM 3/51/9 - ARGONAUT: Records of Heads of State military meetings, February 1945
PREM 3/51/10 - ARGONAUT: Various, January-February 1945
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