Meetings and papers
Records of cabinet meetings are confidential documents and only transferred to The National Archives after 30 years - the 30-year rule. At this point most material is released to the public.
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Cabinet conclusions and memoranda are assessed and (where appropriate) released after 30 years. Some are closed for longer when they contain especially sensitive material, either about people or policy periods. Records that are still closed display a note on the digital image to indicate that the parent department holds the document - in this case the Cabinet Office. If you want to see a record that has not been released, you can submit a Freedom of Information request. The National Archives and the relevant government department(s) will examine your request and the document to decide if it can be released.
Please note that many of the PDF files made available under this section are extremely large. Downloading the files may be very slow, or may not be possible, depending on your internet connection.
Content
- CAB 23 First World War conclusions
- CAB 23 interwar conclusions
- CAB 24 First World War memoranda
- CAB 24 interwar memoranda
- CAB 65 Second World War conclusions
- CAB 66 Second World War memoranda
- CAB 67 Second World War memoranda
- CAB 68 Second World War memoranda
- CAB 128 post war conclusions
- CAB 129 post war memoranda
- CAB 195 Cabinet Secretary's notebooks
