SECRET .
POLICY COMMITTEE
Thursday, 14th August, 1941.

Present :

D.G.

D.D.G.

P.S.

Sir Kenneth Clark

Mr. Bamford

Mr. Francis Williams

Sir Victor Schuster

Mr. Macgregor

Mr. Ogilvie

Mr. Herbert

Mr. Ryan

Mr. Kirkpatrick

Admiral Carpendale

General Tripp

Colonel Treadwell

Mr. Nash

Mr. Balfour (Secretary)

1. The minutes of the meeting on 7th August were taken as read and approved.

2. The Service Advisers reported on the day's news, after which they left the meeting.

3. PRIME MINISTER'S JOURNEY.

The arrangements for the release of news about this were briefly reviewed. It was agreed that, as the Saturday announcement was to be released to the morning papers in America as well as in Britain, the B.B.C. should be allowed to broadcast the news from 00.30 on Saturday morning onwards.