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The latest Cabinet Secretary's notebook to be released covers the resignation of prime minister Sir Anthony Eden due to ill health, military co-operation with Europe and proposals for a Channel rail tunnel.

The notebooks contain the handwritten notes made by the Cabinet Secretary at Cabinet meetings. They differ from the official minutes in attributing views to individual ministers, and often include incidental discussion, giving more of a flavour of ministers' personalities.

The newly released notebook is the 16th to be released, covering the period from 8 January to 21 November 1957. It was kept by Sir Norman Brook.

You can see highlights from the notebook or download the full transcription free of charge.  You may also be interested in comparing the notebook to the official minutes and memoranda of Cabinet meetings, available on the Cabinet Papers website.