Conservative Party
Organization
Found in 923 Collections and/or Records:
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Public and Political: General: End of Coalition Government and date of General Election: correspondence with Mr Attlee and others., 09 May 1945 - 07 Dec 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/550
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Correspondents include: Denis Kelly enclosing copies from WSC's papers; Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso], Leader of the Liberal Party, on the possibility of prolonging the coalition government; Ernest Brown, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on the National Liberals' role in the Coalition government; Clement Attlee, Deputy Prime Minister, on subjects including his unwillingness to prolong the coalition government and his response to WSC's statement in the press about Ernest...
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09 May 1945 - 07 Dec 1947
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Public and Political: General: General Election: Broadcasts and articles., 11 May 1945 - 28 Jun 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/556
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Correspondents include: Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe], Chairman of the Conservative Party Organisation with a draft article for WSC; Geoffrey Lloyd, Minister of Information, on WSC's election film speech; [Edward] Guy Schofield, Editor of the Evening News; Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton] on the effect of WSC's broadcast; and [1st Lord] Margesson.Also includes: copies of correspondence from WSC to the individuals mentioned above; notes and copies of correspondence from...
Dates:
11 May 1945 - 28 Jun 1945
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Public and Political: General: General Election: Conservative and Unionist circulars., Jun 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/555
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Includes pamphlets on subjects including public corporations, Liberal Party policy on national defence, employment, and food and agriculture; and memoranda circulated by the Conservative and Unionist Central Office with suggested replies to questions on issues including the League of Nations, National Peace Council, war damage, a national health service, civil servants, National Insurance and the British Legion.
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Jun 1945
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Public and Political: General: General Election expenses., 27 Jun 1945 - 25 Jan 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/561
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Correspondents include: Leslie Rowan, Private Secretary to Prime Minister, on the cost of the train used by WSC during the General Election campaign and the decision of the War Office not to reclaim the cost (2); Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe], Chairman of the Conservative Party Organisation; Charles Thompson [Personal Assistant to WSC]; and [1st] Lord Marchwood [earlier Frederick Penny] Treasurer of the Conservative Party on donations to WSC's expenses.Also includes: copies of...
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27 Jun 1945 - 25 Jan 1946
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Public and Political: General: General Election: Manifestos., Jun 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/554
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Includes drafts and printed versions of the 1945 Conservative Party manifesto entitled "Mr Churchill's declaration of policy to the electors"; a printed version of the Labour Party manifesto entitled "Let us face the future: a declaration of Labour policy for the consideration of the Nation"; and a newspaper cutting detailing the Liberal Party manifesto. All the manifestos cover issues including foreign policy, defence, housing, unemployment, agriculture and food, and education.Also includes...
Dates:
Jun 1945
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Public and Political: General: General Election: messages to candidates., 14 Jun 1945 - 28 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/551
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Correspondents include various candidates thanking WSC for his support including Randolph Churchill, Alexander Greg, Richard Law [later 1st Lord Coleraine], [Sydney] Frank Markham, Major-General Robert Laycock, [John] Sandeman Allen, Douglas Clifton-Brown [later 1st Lord Ruffside], Ralph Verney, Sir Ronald Cross, [6th] Lord Brownlow [earlier Peregrine Cust], George Harvie Watt and John Dodge; and from individuals on WSC's messages of support including: Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord...
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14 Jun 1945 - 28 Jul 1945
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Public and Political: General: General Election: Press cuttings of broadcasts., 09 Jun 1945 - 01 Aug 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/558
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Newspaper cuttings (mainly from the Times and the Daily Telegraph) of broadcasts and speeches made during the 1945 General Election campaign by the following: Sir Richard Acland; A V Alexander; Leo Amery; Clement Attlee; Philip Noel-Baker; Harold Balfour; [1st] Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Max Aitken]; Leslie Hore-Belisha; Aneurin Bevan; Sir William Beveridge; Ernest Bevin; Lady Violet Bonham Carter [earlier Violet Asquith and Violet, Lady Bonham Carter, later Lady Asquith of Yarnbury]; Brendan...
Dates:
09 Jun 1945 - 01 Aug 1945
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Public and Political: General: General Election: Tours., 22 Jun 1945 - 18 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/553A-B
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Correspondents include Conservative candidates either requesting visits from WSC or thanking him for visits including: Major-General Robert Laycock, [3rd] Lord Long, Reginald Manningham Buller [later 1st Lord Dilhorne], [Edward] Spears (3), Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton], Edward Terrell, Randolph Churchill, Donald Somervell, Bernard Sunley, Alfred Denville, George Harvie Watt and Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe]; David [1st Lord] Margesson of Conservative and Unionist...
Dates:
22 Jun 1945 - 18 Jul 1945
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Public and Political: General: General Election - Various correspondence etc., 22 May 1945 - 27 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/548A-B
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Correspondence and papers on the General Election campaign, 1945 including: Memorandum by WSC, on rules governing wearing of uniform by Parliamentary candidates, and the participation in political activities by members of the Armed Forces; letter from William Haley, Director-General, BBC, on election broadcasts, with note by Leslie Rowan; minute from Herbert Morrison, on meeting on Election; letter from Lord Croft on anti-Semitism, stating that he had never mentioned the word Jew on any...
Dates:
22 May 1945 - 27 Jul 1945
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Public and Political: General: General Election: Various press cuttings., 21 May 1945 - 04 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/557
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Newspaper cuttings (mainly from the Times and the Daily Telegraph) on subjects, events and issues including: Clement Attlee's refusal to continue the Coalition government; the timing and announcement of the General Election; Professor Harold Laski's statements about Attlee's position as an 'observer' to the Potsdam [Berlin, Germany] conference; the division in the Labour Party over Laski's comments; WSC's inviting Attlee to attend the Potsdam conference; and the position of the National...
Dates:
21 May 1945 - 04 Jul 1945
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Public and Political: General: Parliamentary candidates., 01 Jun 1945 - 31 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/546A-B
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Correspondence and papers on Parliamentary candidates at the 1945 General Election File includes correspondence on Sir Ernest Bennett, National Labour MP for Cardiff Central, claiming the seat, in spite of announcing his intention to retire in 1939, with comments by Sir Robert Topping, Director General of the Conservative Party; correspondence with Wing Commander Eric Bullus (2) on his desire to stand as a Conservative candidate at the General Election, with note from Ralph Assheton (later...
Dates:
01 Jun 1945 - 31 Jul 1945
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Public and Political: General: Party Political Truce., 31 Jan 1944 - 15 Feb 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/510
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Correspondence on electoral truce between the main political parties File includes Minute from James Stuart (later Lord Stuart of Findhorn), Government Chief Whip, listing by-elections at which the political truce had been disregarded; article by Sir Walter Layton, on "restlessness in the constituencies" over the electoral truce, with comments by James Stuart, Sir Archibald Sinclair (later Lord Thurso), Leader of the Liberal Party, and draft reply signed by WSC, accusing the Liberal and...
Dates:
31 Jan 1944 - 15 Feb 1944
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Public and Political: General: Patronage: Cincinnati - Czechoslovak Legionaries., Jan 1952 - Dec 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/549A-B
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Includes correspondence from various organisations and individuals informing WSC of tributes paid to him or requesting his support for various projects. Correspondents include: Francis Hatch, President General of the Society of the Cincinnati on WSC's descent from Lieutenant Reuben Murray (through Lady Randolph Churchill) (3); Sir Irving Gane on WSC's admission to the freedom of the City of London; Kenneth Post, Director of the Civic Trust; R Osborne, Honorary Secretary of the Civil Service...
Dates:
Jan 1952 - Dec 1964
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Public and Political: General: Patronage: correspondence., Jan 1940 - Nov 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/409
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Correspondents include: Rennie Smith, Secretary, Friends of Europe, on receiving the text of a broadcast by WSC and his subscription (3); Sir Louis Stuart on the [Sir Michael] O'Dwyer Memorial Fund; Sir Patrick Hannon, as Chairman of the Early Closing Association wishing WSC well, and as Chairman of the Constitutional Club inviting WSC to be its President (2); Sir Howard d'Egville, [Cyril] Costley-White (Dominions Office), and [Sir] Drummond Shiels, Deputy and Acting Secretary of the Empire...
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Jan 1940 - Nov 1940
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Public and Political: General: Patronage: correspondence., Jan 1941 - Dec 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/432A-B
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Correspondents include: James Stuart [Chief Whip] (2) and Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Archibald Weigall, Chairman of the Conservative and Unionist Films Association, on WSC becoming Patron of the National Society of Conservative and Unionist Agents and President of the Films Association; [Vernon] Bovenizer of the War Office (2); Sir Reginald Barnes (3), Secretary of State for War David Margesson, and Military Secretary [to the Secretary of State for War] Lieutenant-General [Arthur] Floyd-Acland,...
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Jan 1941 - Dec 1941
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Public and Political: General: Patronage: correspondence., Jan 1942 - Dec 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/455A-B
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Correspondents include: Thomas Mitchell, Lord Provost of Aberdeen [Scotland], on WSC visiting Aberdeen and accepting its Freedom (4); Thomas Loveday, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bristol, on various University matters; Hugh, [7th] Lord Sefton [earlier Lord Molyneux] offering WSC membership of the Buck's Club; Sir Patrick Hannon sending confidence in WSC's leadership from the Constitutional Club and the Early Closing Association (2); Sir George Mitcheson offering WSC the presidency of...
Dates:
Jan 1942 - Dec 1942
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Public and Political: General: Patronage: Correspondence, N -O., Dec 1955 - Apr 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/559A-B
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Includes correspondence from various organisations and individuals informing WSC of tributes paid to him or requesting his support for various projects. Correspondents include: Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer of the National Army Museum (10); representatives of the National Society of Conservative Agents including R Grundy (4) and A Stephens (3); [Joan] Caroline Petrie [later Caroline, Lady Bathurst, 1st Secretary Foreign Office]; 1st Lord Astor of Hever regarding the Newspaper Press Fund;...
Dates:
Dec 1955 - Apr 1965
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Public and Political: General: Patronage: Correspondence, P-Q., [Mar] [1941] - Mar 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/560A-B
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Includes correspondence from various organisations and individuals informing WSC of tributes paid to him or requesting his support for various projects. Correspondents include: D Routhwaite of the Commonwealth Relations Office regarding a centenary message from WSC to the Pioneer newspaper (3); Sir Frank Francis, Director and Principal Librarian of the British Museum; Charles Jervis, Editor-in-Chief, Press Association; Henry Boyne regarding the Parliamentary Press Gallery Trust; various...
Dates:
[Mar] [1941] - Mar 1965
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Public and Political: General: Patronage: Primrose League:., 1951 - 1962
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/368
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Correspondence and papers on WSC's activities as Grand Master of the Primrose League, including: Correspondence with Lord Chesham, Chancellor, Primrose League (11) and Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister, on meeting of Grand Habitation, Royal Albert Hall, Apr 1958; letters from the General Public (15 pro and 8 anti) on WSC's speech to the Grand Habitation of the Primrose League, in which WSC defended the Government's actions during the Suez Crisis, May 1957; correspondence with Lord Chesham and...
Dates:
1951 - 1962
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, N-Q., Jan 1936 - Dec 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/397
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Correspondents include: Duncan Sandys (2), Sir Geoffrey Fry [Private Secretary to Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin] (5), J Norris (a "working-man Conservative") (5), and Marjorie Maxse, Chief Organising Officer, Conservative and Unionist Party, on subjects including a dispute between Sandys and Norris over payment for his services and meetings organised by Norris; Sir Terence O'Connor congratulating WSC on his speech of 11 April 1940 and his leadership (3); Una, Lady O'Dwyer on the death of...
Dates:
Jan 1936 - Dec 1940
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, R-S, many congratulating WSC on becoming Prime Minister and praising his leadership and speeches, Apr 1908 - Dec 1940. [Please note that almost the whole file dates from 1940].
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/398
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Correspondents include: Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay on his knighthood; Sir Eugene Ramsden on Conservative support for WSC; Whitelaw Reid [London correspondent] of the New York Herald Tribune [United States]; [Sir] Robert Renwick sending on memoranda on French banks (by "Birch"), demolition in London, and Albania (by Renwick) (4); [David] Waley [Principal Assistant Secretary] (Treasury) and Philip Allen (Ministry of Home Security) on Renwick's memoranda; Paul Reynaud, French Minister of...
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Apr 1908 - Dec 1940. [Please note that almost the whole file dates from 1940].
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Public and Political: General: Political: arrangements for the Conservative Party Conference at Blackpool [Lancashire], October 1946 (mainly letters of congratulation from the general public following WSC's speech)., May 1946 - Nov 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/9
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Other correspondents include: Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe], Chairman of the Conservative Party [until July 1946] (2); James Stuart [Chief Opposition Whip]; 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis], Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office [from July 1946]. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Elizabeth Gilliatt, Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], and Honorary Secretary [Edmund]...
Dates:
May 1946 - Nov 1946
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Public and Political: General: Political: arrangements for the Conservative Party Conference at Blackpool [Lancashire], October 1950., Aug 1950 - Nov 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/103
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Correspondents include: 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (3); representatives of the Hotel Majestic, St Annes on the Sea [Lancashire], on WSC's stay there (5); George Christ of Conservative and Unionist Central Office; Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip]; H V Armstrong, Secretary of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations (9); representatives of British Railways (4). Also...
Dates:
Aug 1950 - Nov 1950
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Public and Political: General: Political: arrangements for the Conservative Party Conference at Brighton [Sussex], October 1947., Jun 1947 - Feb 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/59
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Correspondents include: Reginald Maudling and 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] on WSC's speech being televised; James Stuart [Chief Opposition Whip]; David Clarke [Joint Director] of the Conservative Research Department; H V Armstrong, Secretary of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations (5); William Teeling on Brighton. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Elizabeth Gilliatt,...
Dates:
Jun 1947 - Feb 1948
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Public and Political: General: Political: arrangements for the Conservative Party Conference at Llandudno [Carnarvonshire, Wales], October 1948., Jan 1948 - Jun 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/73
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Correspondents include: David Price-White, MP for Llandudno, on WSC attending a ball (2). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from: secretaries Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel], Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], and Elizabeth Gilliatt; CSC.Other subjects include: travel details; matters discussed at the Conference on Conservative policy for defence, agriculture, the House of Lords, taxation, transport, Wales,...
Dates:
Jan 1948 - Jun 1949
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