Contains reports located in the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle

Includes selections from PRO record classes PREM 3 (Prime Minister’s Operational Correspondence and Papers) and and PREM 4 (Confidential Correspondence and Papers). The papers detail a wide range of international wartime activities and the work of the British civil departments during the war. From the publisher: "the Operational and Confidential Papers present a unique archival resource of World War II, in terms of military operations, wartime organisation, the effect of war on Great Britain and the mobilisation of the country to the war effort."

CRL owns parts 1-8 of this collection, which comprises original correspondence, speeches, public and private papers, and personal records of the Prime Ministers of Great britain. Records were filemd from files of the Public Record Office, British Library, and other sources.

The Center holds over 450 reels and 200 fiche of Cabinet Office records produced by the Public Record Office and other micropublishers. This material usually should be requested under this entry format: Great Britain. PRO. CAB [class number/volume number]. The Center's holdings of substantial or complete CAB sets are listed below (many partial sets may be found in the catalog).

This set contains the correspondence and papers of Lord Hankey relating to his work as a minister during World War II. Contents include memoranda and reports prepared for ministers and the Cabinet; his engagement diaries 1926 to 1937; accounts of his visit to Dominion countries (South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Canada) 1934 to 1935 and his discussions there on matters of defence; correspondence and papers relating to his work in government during the Second World War including, in particular, a number concerning defence,