Sir John Woods, Ministry of Production; Laithwaite; Professor Postan; sting rangements. NOTE OF A MEETING HELD AT THE CABINET OFFICE ON THURSDAY, 12TH JULY, 1945 at 11.30 a.m. PRESENT: Mr. Norman Brook (In the Chair) Sir Gilbert Lt.Col. King-Salter; Professor Hancock; Mr. Topham. Mr. Brook said that the meeting had been convened to consider, in the light of existing arrangements for examining into war production in Germany, the part to be played in such examination by those engaged in writing the history of British war production.