COPY OF A MINUTE TO THE MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO, DATED 9TH JULY, 1940. INISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO. On 5th July, you wrote to the President of the Board of rade and the Minister of Supply on the subject of the need of educing home consumption, and the consumption for exports, of ssential raw materials in order to build up stocks, and you uggested that it would be convenient if the present position ould be established through interdepartmental discussion before he question of principle was discussed by Ministers.