CABINET PAPERS
Complete classes from the CAB & PREM series in the Public Record Office
Series One: PREM 3 - Papers concerning Defence & Operational Subjects, 1940-1945 Winston Churchill, Minister of Defence, Secretariat Papers

Part 1: PREM 3/1-51 (Subject files covering Acrobat, Aden, Aegean, Aerodromes,
Afghanistan, Africa, Air, Air-Bombers, Air-Fighters, Airborne, Aircraft, Aliens, Allies,
Ammunition, Anti-Aircraft, Argentina & Argonaut)

REEL 1
PREM 3/1 - ACROBAT: Operation (North Africa), November-December 1941
PREM 3/2 - ADEN, January-February 1942
PREM 3/3/1 - AEGEAN: Hercules Operation (Rhodes), December 1943
PREM 3/3/2 - AEGEAN: Use of Turks for capture of Dodecanese, November-December 1943
PREM 3/3/3 - AEGEAN: Events in Aegean, August-November 1943, December 1943-January 1944
PREM 3/3/4 - AEGEAN: Map of Laros, November 1943
PREM 3/3/5 - AEGEAN: Events in Mediterranean Aug-Nov 1943, November 1943
PREM 3/3/6 - AEGEAN: Use of Turks for capture of Dodecanese, April 1943
PREM 3/3/7 - AEGEAN: Operations in Dodecanese, August-October 1943
PREM 3/3/8 - AEGEAN: Summary of events in Dodecanese, September 17-October 6, October 1943
PREM 3/3/9 - AEGEAN: Operations in Dodecanese, October-December 1943
PREM 3/3/10A - AEGEAN: Various, February 1943-July 1944
PREM 3/3/10B - AEGEAN: Views on Auchinleck and specialist commanders, 1943

REEL 2
PREM 3/4/1 - AERODROMES: Defence of, July 1940-February 1943 and February 1945
PREM 3/4/2 - AERODROMES: Destruction of aircraft at Brize Norton, June-September 1940
PREM 3/4/3 - AERODROMES: Construction of, August 1940-December 1944
PREM 3/4/4 - AERODROMES: Repair of damage, August-September 1940
PREM 3/4/5 - AERODROMES: Various, September 1940-January 1941
PREM 3/4/6 - AERODROMES: F.I.D.O. (fog disposal), September 1941-May 1945
PREM 3/4/7 - AERODROMES: Goose and Gander, November-December 1942

REEL 3
PREM 3/5 - AFGHANISTAN, September-November 1941
PREM 3/6/1 - AFRICA: Torch Operation (North West Africa), October-December 1942, March 1943
PREM 3/6/2 - AFRICA: Battle in Tunisia, January-June 1943, June 1943
PREM 3/7 - AIR: Allocation of aircraft, June-October 1942
PREM 3/8 - AIR: Co-operation with Army, dive-bombers, July 1940-June 1943
PREM 3/9 - AIR: Atlantic Ferry organisation, November 1940-September 1942
PREM 3/10 - AIR (continued): BOMBING: Measures for improving accuracy of bombing, September 1941-December 1944

REEL 4
AIR (continued):
PREM 3/11/1 - BOMBING POLICY (I): Burning of forests and crops, July 1940-July 1941
PREM 3/11/2 - BOMBING POLICY (I): Alleged failure of our bombs to explode, July 1940-May 1941
PREM 3/11/3 - BOMBING POLICY (I): Naval requirements and attacks on Germany, October 1941-April 1942
PREM 3/11/4 - BOMBING POLICY (I): Mr Justice Singleton’s report on bombing of Germany, May-June 1942
PREM 3/11/5 - BOMBING POLICY (I): Message to President, August-September 1942
PREM 3/11/6 - BOMBING POLICY (I): Air Policy - note by P M, September-December 1942
PREM 3/11/7 - BOMBING POLICY (I): Anglo-American bomber offensive, November 1942-February 1943
PREM 3/11/8 - BOMBING POLICY (I): Bombing of Hamburg, July 1943
PREM 3/11/9 - BOMBING POLICY (I): Bombing of Bolzano, August 1943
PREM 3/11/10 - BOMBING POLICY (I): Shuttle bombing, October-November 1943
PREM 3/11/11A - BOMBING POLICY (I): Various, July 1940-December 1941
PREM 3/11/11B - BOMBING POLICY (I): Bombing targets in Italy, Switzerland and Germany, 1941
PREM 3/11/12 - BOMBING POLICY (I): Various, January 1942-June 1943
PREM 3/12 - BOMBING POLICY (II), November 1943-April 1945

REEL 5
AIR (continued):
PREM 3/13/1 - BOMBER PROGRAMME: American bomber production, April-November 1941
PREM 3/13/2 - BOMBER PROGRAMME: Events and Minutes, July-October, October 1941
PREM 3/13/3 - BOMBER PROGRAMME: Events and Minutes, July-October, October 1941
PREM 3/13/4 - BOMBER PROGRAMME: Defence Committee (Supply) meeting, October 23, July-October 1941
PREM 3/13/5 - BOMBER PROGRAMME: Defence Committee (Supply) meeting, October 31, October-November 1941
PREM 3/13/6 - BOMBER PROGRAMME: Defence Committee (Supply) meeting, November 27, November 1941
PREM 3/13/7 - BOMBER PROGRAMME: Defence Committee (Supply) meeting, December 9, December 1941
PREM 3/13/8 - BOMBER PROGRAMME: Defence Committee (Supply) meeting, February 12, January-February 1942
PREM 3/13/9 - BOMBER PROGRAMME: Defence Committee (Supply) meeting, April 7, March-April 1942
PREM 3/13/10 - BOMBER PROGRAMME: Defence Committee (Supply) meetings, April 17 and May 22, April-June 1942
PREM 3/13/11 - BOMBER PROGRAMME: Defence Committee (Supply) meeting, July 17, July 1942
PREM 3/13/12 - BOMBER PROGRAMME: Defence Committee (Supply) meeting papers, September 1942-March 1943
PREM 3/13/13 - BOMBER PROGRAMME: Defence Committee (Supply) meeting papers, December 1943-January 1944
PREM 3/13/14 - BOMBER PROGRAMME: Various, August 1942-November 1943

REEL 6
AIR (continued):
PREM 3/14/1 - BRITISH RAIDS: A C M Harris’s paper on damage to German cities, November 1943
PREM 3/14/2 - BRITISH RAIDS: Bombing of Berlin, July 1940-June 1944
PREM 3/14/3 - BRITISH RAIDS: Bombing of Italy, March 1941-May 1944
PREM 3/14/4 - BRITISH RAIDS: Monthly analysis of Bomber Command operations, April 1943-March 1945
PREM 3/14/5 - AIR: BRITISH RAIDS: Various, May 1940-December 1944
PREM 3/15 - AIR: Commands, May 1941-July 1945
PREM 3/16 - AIR: Filter Rooms, October-November 1940
PREM 3/17 - AIR: French Factories and railways - bombing of, May 1941-November 1943

REEL 7
AIR (continued):
PREM 3/18/1 - GERMAN RAIDS: Repair etc., September 1940-April 1943
PREM 3/18/2 - GERMAN RAIDS: Various, June 1940-April 1945
PREM 3/19 - GERMAN RAIDS: A M Harris’s papers, June-September 1942
PREM 3/20/1 - MISCELLANEOUS (I): Ideal Bomber, August 1940
PREM 3/20/2 - MISCELLANEOUS (I): Congratulations to Fighter and Bomber Commands, September-December 1940 and July 1943
PREM 3/20/3 - MISCELLANEOUS (I): Aircraft fitted with Merlin engines, September 1940-September 1941
PREM 3/20/4 - MISCELLANEOUS (I): Blind landing of aircraft, October 1940-September 1941
PREM 3/20/5 - MISCELLANEOUS (I): Lengthening range of fighter aircraft, May 1941-June 1942
PREM 3/20/6 - MISCELLANEOUS (I): Unified command of European bombing operations, December 1942-November 1943
PREM 3/20/7 - MISCELLANEOUS (I): Royal Air Force establishments, March 1941-February 1944
PREM 3/20/8 - MISCELLANEOUS (I): Efficiency of British day fighters, August-September 1942
PREM 3/20/9 - MISCELLANEOUS (I): Various, May 1940-July 1943

REEL 8
AIR (continued):
PREM 3/21/1 - MISCELLANEOUS (II): Royal Air Force manpower, January-July 1944
PREM 3/21/2 - MISCELLANEOUS (II): Suicide bombers, January 1945
PREM 3/21/3 - MISCELLANEOUS (II): British Bombing Research Mission, December 1944-April 1945
PREM 3/21/4 - MISCELLANEOUS (II): Jet propulsion, October 1940-July 1945
PREM 3/21/5 - MISCELLANEOUS (II): Various, February 1944-August 1945
PREM 3/22/1 - NIGHT BOMBING - Measures to Counteract: Night Air Defence meetings, October 1940-March 1944
PREM 3/22/2 - NIGHT BOMBING - Measures to Counteract: Night interception - memoranda by A M Dowding, July-November 1940
PREM 3/22/3 - NIGHT BOMBING - Measures to Counteract: Night interception - various, August 1940-February 1942
PREM 3/22/4 - NIGHT BOMBING - Measures to Counteract: German beams and counter measures, September 1940-November 1941
PREM 3/22/5 - NIGHT BOMBING - Measures to Counteract: A I equipment, June-December 1940
PREM 3/22/6 - NIGHT BOMBING - Measures to Counteract: Chemical searchlights, September 1940-July 1941
PREM 3/22/7 - NIGHT BOMBING - Measures to Counteract: Middle East, August-September 1941
PREM 3/22/8 - NIGHT BOMBING - Measures to Counteract: Various, September 1940-July 1944
PREM 3/23 - PHOTOGRAPHS, September 1940-July 1945

REEL 9
AIR (continued):
PREM 3/24/1 - PILOTS, Training Schools: Transfer of pilots from Fleet Air Arm to Royal Air Force, June 1940
PREM 3/24/2 - PILOTS, Training Schools: Employment of pilots, June 1940-August 1941
PREM 3/24/3 - PILOTS, Training Schools: Letters from USA Training School, June-August 1941
PREM 3/24/4 - PILOTS, Training Schools: Return of aircrews from Middle East, May-October 1942
PREM 3/24/5 - PILOTS, Training Schools: Training Schools in Canada and South Africa, August 1940-August 1943 and March-April 1945
PREM 3/25 - RAF EXPANSION, October 1940-January 1943
PREM 3/26 - RAF Officers serving in Ministry of Aircraft Production, January-March 1941
PREM 3/27 - Air raid shelters and rest centres, September 1940-November 1941 and February 1944
PREM 3/28/1 - AIR RAID WARNINGS: Publication of, September 1940
PREM 3/28/2 - AIR RAID WARNINGS: In Government offices, September-December 1940
PREM 3/28/3 - AIR RAID WARNINGS: In Shops, Banks, and Post Offices, September-October 1940
PREM 3/28/4 - AIR RAID WARNINGS: Effect on production, September-November 1940
PREM 3/28/5 - AIR RAID WARNINGS: Public warnings, August 1940-April 1941
PREM 3/28/6 - AIR RAID WARNINGS: Various, Sept 1940-September 1941

REEL 10
AIR (continued):
PREM 3/29/1 - STRENGTH OF FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS (I): Graphs, June-August 1940
PREM 3/29/2 - STRENGTH OF FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS (I): Operational aircraft in storage units, August 1940-January 1942
PREM 3/29/3 - STRENGTH OF FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS (I): Daily and weekly returns with matters arising, June 1940-August 1943
PREM 3/29/4 - STRENGTH OF FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS (I): Other daily, weekly and monthly returns, September 1940-June 1944
PREM 3/29/5 - STRENGTH OF FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS (I): Various, May 1940-November 1941
PREM 3/30/1 - STRENGTH OF FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS (II): Bomber Command returns, June 1944-June 1945
PREM 3/30/2 - STRENGTH OF FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS (II): Metropolitan Air Force returns, January 1944-April 1945
PREM 3/31 - STRENGTH OF FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS (II): A F M Lord Trenchard on air policy, May 1941-October 1943

REEL 11
PREM 3/32/1 - AIRBORNE TROOPS: Formation of parachute and glider force, June 1940-May 1941
PREM 3/32/2 - AIRBORNE TROOPS: Army air requirements, October 1941-May 1942
PREM 3/32/3 - AIRBORNE TROOPS: Airborne forces for India, June-August 1942
PREM 3/32/4 - AIRBORNE TROOPS: Supply of aircraft and gliders, September 1942-June 1943
PREM 3/32/5 - AIRBORNE TROOPS: Use in Sicily, July-October 1943
PREM 3/32/6 - AIRBORNE TROOPS: Use in Normandy, January-February 1944
PREM 3/32/7 - AIRBORNE TROOPS: Various, July 1940-October 1944
PREM 3/33 - AIRCRAFT: Export of aircraft, July 1940-July 1941
PREM 3/34 - AIRCRAFT: Aircraft losses, July 1940-February 1944
PREM 3/35 - AIRCRAFT: Aircraft production establishments, defence of, September-November 1940

REEL 12
PREM 3/36/1 - AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION FIGURES: Weekly production summaries, August-December 1944
PREM 3/36/2 - AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION FIGURES: Various, March 1938 and January 1940-December 1944

REEL 13
PREM 3/37/1 - AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION 1945: Weekly production summaries, January-June 1945
PREM 3/37/2 - AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION 1945: Monthly statistical bulletins (printed), May-June 1945
PREM 3/37/3 - AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION 1945: Various, January-March 1945
PREM 3/38 - Ministry of Aircraft Production and Air Ministry: differences, June-August 1940
PREM 3/39 - Repair of aircraft, September 1941
PREM 3/40 - AJAX operation (Norway), September-October 1941
PREM 3/41 - ALBANIA: liaison with communists, October 1943-February 1945
PREM 3/42/1 - ALIENS: Intake of aliens to Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps: weekly and monthly returns, July 1940-May 1941
PREM 3/42/2 - ALIENS: Various, July 1940-January 1941
PREM 3/43 - ALLIED: Allied contingents, June-September 1940 and May-June 1942
PREM 3/44 - ALLIED: Co-ordination of allied war effort, December 1941-August 1942
PREM 3/45/1 - ALLIES: Meeting of Allied Representatives, preparations for, (postponed), October-November 1940
PREM 3/45/2 - ALLIES: Meeting of Allied Representatives, papers for, (postponed), November 1940
PREM 3/45/3 - ALLIES: Meeting of Allied Representatives, preparations for, etc., May-August 1941

REEL 14
PREM 3/46/1 - AMMUNITION: Cannon Gun supplies, August-October 1940
PREM 3/46/2 - AMMUNITION: Naval ammunition, September 1940-December 1942
PREM 3/46/3 - AMMUNITION: Small arms ammunition, July 1940-June 1942
PREM 3/46/4 - AMMUNITION: Anti-aircraft ammunition, September 1941-December 1941 and March-June 1943
PREM 3/46/5 - AMMUNITION: Field and medium artillery ammunition, April 1944-July 1945
PREM 3/46/6 - AMMUNITION: Various, August 1940-May 1945
PREM 3/47 - ANKLET: Operation (Norway), December 1941-February 1942
PREM 3/48 - ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENCES, October 1940-January 1945
PREM 3/49 - ‘ARANDORA STAR’ and Huyton Camp inquiries, July-December 1940
PREM 3/50A - ARGENTINE, January 1944-July 1945
PREM 3/50B - Closed for 75 years

REEL 15
PREM 3/51/1 - ARGONAUT: (Malta and Crimea conferences) Choice of meeting place and date, October 1944-January 1945
PREM 3/51/2 - ARGONAUT: Attendance of Supreme Commanders at Cricket (Malta) and Magneto (Yalta), January 1945
PREM 3/51/3 - ARGONAUT: Agenda, December 1944-February 1945
PREM 3/51/4 - ARGONAUT: Minutes of Plenary Sessions and Meetings, February 1945
PREM 3/51/5 - ARGONAUT: Minutes of tripartite military meetings, February 1945
PREM 3/51/6 - ARGONAUT: Minutes of Foreign Secretaries’ meetings, February 1945
PREM 3/51/7 - ARGONAUT: Final report of Combined Chiefs of Staff, February 1945
PREM 3/51/8 - ARGONAUT: Printed record C.O.S. (45) 114 (0) (missing from original), February 1945
PREM 3/51/9 - ARGONAUT: Records of Heads of State military meetings, February 1945
PREM 3/51/10 - ARGONAUT: Various, January-February 1945