SECRET
EXECUTIVE BOARD
MONDAY, JANUARY 18th, 1943.

PRESENT:

The Director General

The Parliamentary Secretary

The D.D.G.

Mr. Francis Williams

Mr. Gates

Mr. Grubb

Mr. Royds

Mr. Cruikshank

Mr. Grisewood

Mr. Ryan

General Tripp.

Brigadier Neville

Admiral Garpendale

Mr. Lyne

Mr. Garter

1. REPORTS FROM SERVICE ADVISERS.

2. RED ARMY DAY . (See Minutes of 1st December, 1942).

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Mr. Royds reported that the Foreign Office representative, in a minority of one among those concerned, was pressing for the participation in these celebrations of military units of the other Allied Nations. He requested confirmation of the general principle that “Red Army Day” was to be a tribute by Great Britain to the Red Army, to which the symbolic adhesion of other Allies was unnecessary and inappropriate. Mr. Gates added that it was also a practical impossibility in the provincial celebrations; and Mr. Royds was invited to reaffirm the Ministry's view with all necessary emphasis.