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Official: War Cabinet: Prime Minister's Directives., 24 Nov 1942 - 28 Dec 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 23/11
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Printed directives by the Prime Minister, WSC, on subjects including: a forecast of the arrival of American forces in Britain; enemy strength in Tunisia, including notes by General Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to WSC]; over- optimism on post-war conditions; Sir William Beveridge's report on social security; demands on shipping by overseas cereal requirements; the ringing of church bells; telegrams between WSC and Stalin on Soviet-Polish relations; Jewish immigration into Palestine,...
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24 Nov 1942 - 28 Dec 1943
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Speeches: speech notes., 31 Mar 1947 - 17 May 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/12A-E
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Speech notes for WSC's speech (18 April, Albert Hall, London) to a meeting of the Primrose League entitled "Empire and Freedom" including: the diminishing British empire; Lord Randolph Churchill's role in founding the Primrose League; criticism of the spending of a loan from the United States; party politics and support for the United Nations. Also includes press cuttings about the speech and notes from Elizabeth Gilliatt [Secretary to WSC]. Published: Complete Speeches VII, pp...
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31 Mar 1947 - 17 May 1947
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