SECRET
EXECUTIVE BOARD
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15th, 1943

PRESENT:

The Director General

The D.D.G.

Parliamentary Secretary

Mr. Francis Williams

Mr. Gates

Mr. Routh

Mr. Cruikshank

Mr. Hamilton

Mr. Kirkpatrick

Mr. Ryan

General Tripp

Brigadier Neville

Wing-Commander Chapman

Mr. Lyne

1. REPORTS FROM SERVICE ADVISERS .

2. MINISTERS’ SPEECHES .

[N/160/2.]

Mr. Francis Williams asked for guidance on the extent to which the News Division should be responsible for issuing Ministers’ speeches to the Press. Ho pointed out that there had been a considerable extension of the original plan, which limited the distribution to speeches by members of the War Cabinet, and speeches by junior Ministers were now being sent to the Division for circulation. The Chairman asked Mr. Williams to send him a note on the subject, and said that he would obtain guidance.