General Gamelin had lunched out with Viscount Gort, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, before he returned to Paris, 'A largely attended meeting wa: held yesterday afternoon at the headquariers of Imperial Defence. 'Those Present included Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Lord Halifax, Foreign Secretary; 'Sir Samuel Hoare, Home Secretary; Sir 'Thomas Inskip, Minister for the Co-Ordination of' Defence; Mr, Leslie Here-Belishs, Secretary' of State for War; Mr. A.'Duff-Cooper, First Lord of the Admiralty; Sir Kingsley Wood, Secretary of State for Air; Mr. W. 5. Morrison, Minister of Agriculture end Fisheries; Lord Stanley, Dominions Secretary; Lord Hailsham, Lord
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