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Other Ministers took part in the proceedings at one or more meetings. These were — Great Britain. The Right Hon. Lord Robert Cecil, K.C., M.P., Lord Privy Seal. The Right Hon. Neville Chamberlain, M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Right Hon. W. C. Bridgeman, M.P., Secretary of State for Home Affairs. The Right Hon. the Earl of Derby, K.G., G.C.8., G.C.V.0., Secretary of State for War. The Right Hon. Sir Samuel Hoare, Bart., C.M.G., M.P., Secretary of State for Air. The Right Hon. L. S. Amery, M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty. The Right Hon. Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, K.8.E., M.C., M.P., President of the Board of Trade. The Hon. W. G. Ormsby-Gore, M.P., Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office. Irish Free State. Mr. W. T. Cosgrave, T.D., President of the Executive Council. Mr. Kevin O'Higgins, T.D., Vice-President of the Executive Council. General R. Mulcahy, Minister of Defence. Mr. J. C. C. Davidson, C.H., C.8., M.P., Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Minister in Charge of Publicity, and Sir J. Masterton Smith, X.C.8., Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office, were present at nearly all the sessions of the Conference. The following also attended for the discussion of subjects which particularly concerned their respective Departments : — Great Britain. Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty, G.C.8., 0.M., G.C.V.0., D.5.0., First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, Admiralty. General the Earl of Cavan, K.P., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.0., X.C.8., Chief of the Imperial General Staff, War Office. Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh M. Trenchard, Bart., X.C.8., D.5.0., Chief of the Air Staff, Air Ministry. The Right Hon. Sir John Anderson, G.C.8., Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Home Office. Mr. R. G. Vansittart, C.M.G., M.V.0., Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Mr. A. W. A. Leeper, C.8.E., Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Mr. T. Jones, Principal Assistant Secretary, Cabinet Office. Lieutenant-Colonel C. W. G. Walker, D.5.0., Assistant Secretary, Committee of Imperial Defence. Commander H. R. Moore, D.5.0., R.N., Assistant Secretary, Committee of Imperial Defence. Major L. A. Clemens, 0.8. E., M.C., Assistant Secretary, Committee of Imperial Defence. Major-General Sir Fabian Ware, X.C.V.0., K.8.E., C.8., C.M.G, Vice-Chairman of the Imperial War Graves Commission. Major C. K. Phillips, 0.8. E., Land and Legal Adviser, Imperial War Graves Commission. Canada. Major-General J. H. Macßrien, C.8., C.M.G., D.5.0., Chief of General Staff, Canada. Commodore Walter Hose, C.8.E., R.C.N., Director of Naval Service, Canada. Commonwealth of Australia. Vice-Admiral Sir Allan F. Everett, K.C.M.G., X.C.V.0., C.8., First Naval Member of the Royal Australian Naval Board. Rear-Admiral P. H. Hall-Thompson, C.M.G., First Naval Member Designate of the Royal Australian Naval Board. Brigadier-General T. A. Blaney, C.8., C.M.G., D.5.0., Australian Representative on the Imperial General Staff, War Office.