Minutes of a meeting of the United Kingdom Government on British policy in the Netherlands East Indies (London, 28 March 1946)
Text These minutes of the meeting of the United Kingdom Government — held on 28 March 1946 at 10 Downing Street following the reaction in the Netherlands to the announcement by the United Kingdom to withdraw its forces from Java — outline the future policy of the British Government in the Netherlands East Indies. Those attending the meeting included Clement Attlee, British Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Ernest Bevin, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Field Marshal Viscount Alanbrooke, Vice Admiral Sir Rhoderick Robert McGrigor and Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Arthur William Tedder.
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Source: Staff Conference held at No.10 Downing Street, S.W.1. on Thursday, 28th March, 1946 at 11 noon. C.O.S. (46) 49th Meeting. London: Great Britain. Cabinet Office. 28-03-1946. Kept in: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). CAB - Records of the Cabinet Office, War Cabinet and Cabinet Office: Joint Planning Staff: Correspondence and Papers. CAB 119/194 - Allied re-occupation of the Netherlands East Indies:civil and political aspects. 01/01/1945 -31/12/1946, CAB 119/194.
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