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Cabinet: Minutes of Defence and Oversea Policy Committee - OD(79) 5th (Rhodesia, Arms for the Royal Ulster Constabulary, Future Lightweight Torpedo) [declassified 2009]

Document type: Declassified documents
Venue: 10 Downing Street
Source: CAB 148/183
Editorial comments: 1500. Informal papers relating to this meeting are attached to the minutes. Formal papers circulated to committee members and considered at this meeting can be read here. All minutes and papers relating to 1979 meetings of OD Committee can be found here.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 8pp
Themes: Commonwealth (Rhodesia-Zimbabwe), Defence (general), Defence (arms control), Foreign policy - theory and process, Foreign policy (USA), Northern Ireland, MT's meetings as PM