...like adequate power of control, such a minister would be bound to interfere in administration, just as the first lord of the admiralty and the secretary of state for war are bound to be ready to do so, by reason of their direct responsibility for it to Parliament. The...

...should have entire control of the supply of the Air Services and should be of status equal to that of the First Lord of the Admiralty and the Secretary of State for War. XI THE ACTIVITIES DURING 1915 OF THE GERMAN AIR STATIONS OPPOSED TO GREAT YARMOUTH AIR STATION DURING...

...MEMO. TO PRIME MINISTER 1. That the War Committee consist of three members — two of whom must be the First Lord of the Admiralty and the Secretary of State for War, who should have in their offices deputies capable of attending to and deciding all department business...

...the full meaning of those words I They ought to be emblazoned over the desks of the Prime Minister, the First Lord of the Admiralty, and the Secretary of State for War. My first quotation shall be from Sun Tzu's Introduction, on the Laying of Plans : The Art of War is...

...tangible existence. It will consist, not merely of the President of the Council, the Prime Minister, the First Lord of the Admiralty, and the Secretary of State for War, but of the Commander-in-Chief, the first Naval Lord, and the directors of military and naval intelligence....

...the policy revised met with no success.16 However, two weeks after the Japanese landings at Shanghai, the First Lord of the Admiralty and the Secretary of State for War brought the subject before their colleagues in the Cabinet as a matter of urgency. Lord Hailsham, newly...

...(Cabinet papers, 86/1) 2 July 1 94 1 10 Downing Street 5 pm Secret The Prime Minister asked: (1) That the First Lord of the Admiralty and the Secretary of State for Air should submit a joint report to the next meeting, showing the measures proposed to counter night...

...existing system of naval and air co-operation. Before this Sub-Committee was to convene, it was agreed by the First Lord of the Admiralty and the Secretary of State for Air that an attempt should be made to bring together the First Sea Lord and the Chief of Air Staff...

...NA.39 and that a new aircraft to GOR.339 was justified. 294 This came after correspondence between the First Lord of the Admiralty and the Secretary of State for Air on the matter of joint RAF/RN requirement which the Cabinet had stipulated was required before...

...George and Bonar Law (a) 1 That the War Committee consist of three members - two of whom should be the First Lord of the Admiralty and the Secretary of State for War, who should have in their offices deputies capable of attending and deciding all departmental business,...