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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence and papers on a number of immediate post-war issues (includes copies of wartime documents)., Jan 1940 - Oct 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/3
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Correspondents include: Prime Minister Clement Attlee (15) on subjects including questions in Parliament about raw materials for atomic weapons and secret agreements with Belgium, Holland and Brazil, and also on decorations for wartime service ; Sir John Anderson [later 1st Lord Waverley] (2); Norman Tucker [Private Secretary to Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh Dalton]; Robert Brand [Representative of HM Treasury in Washington, United States] (2); Leslie Rowan [Principal Private Secretary to...
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Jan 1940 - Oct 1945
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence, M., Aug 1956 - Oct 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/510A-B
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Correspondents include: [Jesse] Dickson Mabon, MP; John McGovern, MP; Brigadier Sir Harry Mackson, MP (4) on subjects including a position as Governor; Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton], Prime Minister, on the publication of correspondence between WSC and President Roosevelt and documents relating to the Potsdam conference [Berlin, Germany], the possible location of the United Nations headquarters in Berlin [Germany] and discussions with the United States regarding the atomic bomb...
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Aug 1956 - Oct 1964
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Open
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Speeches: General Election Miscellanea., Oct 1949 - Feb 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/29A-C
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Includes: speech notes and extracts from various speeches made by WSC during the 1950 General Election campaign on subjects including nationalisation, a statement made by [Walter] Higgs in New Zealand, food and petrol rationing, conscription and National Service, the coal and oil industries and home owning; newspaper cuttings; extracts of earlier speeches made by WSC; suggestions for speeches from various individuals including Randolph Churchill on the B B C and a party political broadcast,...
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Oct 1949 - Feb 1950
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Open
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Speeches: House of Commons and Non-House of Commons: Speech notes, Hansard and source material., 12 Jul 1954 - 05 Sep 1954
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/55A-B
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Speech notes and copies of Hansard for WSC's speech (12 July, House of Commons) entitled "Visit to the United States and Canada" on subjects including: WSC's concern at the lack of information given by the United States on their hydrogen bomb tests; his visit with Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon], Foreign Secretary, for personal talks with Dwight Eisenhower, President of the United States; hopes for more open relations in future; his reception in Canada; Britain's common aims with the...
Dates:
12 Jul 1954 - 05 Sep 1954
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Open
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Speeches: speech notes., 20 Apr 1946 - 21 Sep 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/8A-C
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Speech notes and Hansard report of WSC's speech (1 August, House of Commons) on Palestine on subjects including: his conviction that there should be a Jewish national home in Palestine; the success which followed the 1922 [Balfour] declaration; the opinions of T E Lawrence [T E Shaw, "Lawrence of Arabia"] about the treatment of the Arabs; the repatriation of the Jews in Europe; and the decision by the United States not to support Zionism policy. Source material includes: an extract from a...
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20 Apr 1946 - 21 Sep 1946
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Speeches: speech notes., 09 Oct 1948 - 28 Oct 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/21A-B
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Speech notes for WSC's speech (9 October, Annual Conservative Party Conference, Llandudno, Wales) entitled "Perils abroad and at home" on subjects including: the recovery of the Conservative Party since 1945; the part played by Wales in British affairs; relations with the Soviet Union and the likelihood of a third world war; the degeneration of the United Nations; the importance of nuclear weapons belonging to the United States in countering the threat posed by the Soviet Union; the...
Dates:
09 Oct 1948 - 28 Oct 1948
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Open
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Speeches: Speech notes., 02 Nov 1949 - 28 Dec 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/28A-B
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Brief manuscript notes for and transcript of WSC's speech of thanks (2 November 1949, Grosvenor House, Park Lane [London]) entitled "Riches of English Literature" on receiving the Sunday Times book prize including: the importance of the Sunday Times, of the English language and of reading; his experiences as a writer; and communications and television. Source material includes: notes from "Jo" [Sturdee, later Lady Onslow, Secretary to WSC]; correspondence from Lionel Berry [later 2nd Lord...
Dates:
02 Nov 1949 - 28 Dec 1949
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Open
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"The Tragedy of Europe", 19 Sep 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/8/145-162
Scope and Contents
Speech notes for WSC's speech (19 September, University of Zurich [Switzerland]) entitled "The Tragedy of Europe" including: the need for a “United States of Europe” and the Council of Europe; reflection on the roles of the United Nations and the League of Nations; the need to act quickly to avoid another war and for faith on the part of the peoples of Europe; warnings about the spread of information about nuclear weapons; and the importance of Great Britain, the Commonwealth, the United...
Dates:
19 Sep 1946
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Open
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