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                                             London.
 
     The Chairman is assisted by two independent
 
members without departmental association or respon-
 
sibilities, and by representatives of the Prime
 
Minister and the Lord President of the Council. He
 
holds regular meetings at which the great majority
 
of the Departments enumerated above are continuously
 
represented, together with those concerned with in-
 
telligence, including the intelligence directorates
 
of the three fighting services. While the departments
 
with general security or intelligence functions are
 
always represented at each meeting, those with purely
 
sectional interests attend only for the discussions
 
which concern them. For special purposes represen-
 
tatives may be invited from any Department.
 
 
                                  WINANT
 
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