Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
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Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 89 Collections and/or Records:
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence A., 05 Jan 1946 - 30 Jun 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/145A-B
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Correspondents include: Haile Selassie, Emperor [of Ethiopia] (2); Grant Duff Ainslie on the loss of India; "Brookie" [1st Lord Alanbrooke, earlier Sir Alan Brooke, Chief of Imperial General Staff] on subjects including the evacuation of British troops from Egypt (6); "Jimmy", 17th Duke of Alba, on subjects including Andres Revesz's biography of 1st Duke of Marlborough, and being prevented from leaving Spain (7); 1st Lord Altrincham [earlier Sir Edward Grigg] on the country's need for WSC's...
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05 Jan 1946 - 30 Jun 1949
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence B., 18 Dec 1948 - 14 Sep 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/167
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Correspondents include: 1st Lord Balfour of Inchyre; Rear Admiral William Chalmers on his biography of 1st Lord Beatty (3); Commodore George [Gordon] Allen on the Beatty biography (4); 2nd Lord Beatty [earlier Lord Borodale] on the biography; Sir Brograve Beauchamp (2); 1st Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Sir Max Aitken] on ["The Second World War"], a history of the War Production Board and good wishes for the General Election (7); Charles Wood [literary assistant to WSC]; Edward...
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18 Dec 1948 - 14 Sep 1951
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence Baruch - Beaverbrook., Jul 1951 - Jan 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/519A-C
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Correspondents include: "Bernie" [Bernard Baruch] on various subjects including arrangements to meet WSC, disarmament, the Cold War and atomic weapons, NATO, requests to publish excerpts from letters from WSC, racehorses and his memoirs (36); Donald Logan, Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary, on a gift from Baruch; William Buckley of Henry Holt and Company Incorporated on Baruch's memoirs; [6th Lord] Bath [earlier Lord Weymouth] on items for his Churchill museum (4); Christofor,...
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Jul 1951 - Jan 1965
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence C - D., 25 Dec 1946 - 22 Oct 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/168A-B
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Correspondents include: William Hughes [former Prime Minister of Australia] introducing Archibald Cameron, Speaker of the Australian Parliament; "Bill", 1st Lord Camrose [earlier Sir William Berry, owner of the Daily Telegraph] on racing, and Daily Telegraph criticism of Conservative taxation pledges (7); Tilly Losch-Carnarvon [Ottilie, Lady Carnarvon]; Admiral Robert Carney, Commander- in-Chief, Allied Forces in Southern Europe (2); Sir Robert Cary (2); Richard Casey, Australian Minister...
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25 Dec 1946 - 22 Oct 1951
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence D - E., 04 Jan 1946 - 17 Dec 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/148
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Correspondents include: Edouard Daladier; Sir William Darling on Elbert Hubbard's "A Message to Garcia", and using a recording of a speech by WSC (5); 1st Lord Davidson; "Clem", Clement Davies; William Deakin [literary assistant to WSC] on subjects including ["The Second World War"] (10); Kenneth de Courcy; General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (5); "Buck", 9th Lord de la Warr [earlier Lord Buckhurst] (2); Filippo del Giudice, Managing Director, Pilgrim Pictures Limited (4); 6th Lord De L'Isle...
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04 Jan 1946 - 17 Dec 1948
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Open, except for folios 314 - 321, closed under S40 and S41(1) of the Freedom of Information Act on advice from the Cabinet Office. Review date: 1 Jan 2022.
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence La - Me., 04 Jun 1951 - 09 Sep 1961
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/193
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Correspondents include: Maurice Macmillan [later Lord Macmillan of Ovenden, Group Chairman, Macmillan Limited]; Sir Eric Harrison, High Commissioner for Australia; Henry Luce [Editor], Time and Life, on subjects including covering WSC's retirement, the Suez Crisis [Egypt], Anglo-United States relations, and asking WSC to attend Independence Day in Washington (11); Sir Jocelyn Lucas [Chairman], Empire War Memorial Fund; 2nd Lord Lyle [of Westbourne]; Oliver Lyttelton [later 1st Lord Chandos]...
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04 Jun 1951 - 09 Sep 1961
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence Q - Roo., 09 Dec 1940 - 18 Mar 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/196
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Correspondents include: 1st Lord Quickswood [earlier Lord Hugh Cecil] on subjects including WSC's career, chances of war with the Soviet Union, and WSC's speeches (6); Admiral Arthur Radford; Prince Rainier of Monaco (2); Raja Sir Maharaj Singh; Habib Rahimtoola, Governor of Sind, Pakistan; J Arthur Rank, Chairman, Rank Organisation Limited, on a film about Douglas Bader; Helen Reid [Chairman], New York Herald Tribune, on the Herald Tribune Forum; 1st Lord Reith, former Chairman, Imperial...
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09 Dec 1940 - 18 Mar 1958
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Proposed libel action against the Daily Mirror., 09 Oct 1951 - 11 Mar 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/221
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Correspondents on WSC's libel action include: Henry Gisborne, senior partner, Lewis and Lewis, and Gisborne and Company, solicitors (19); Sir Valentine Holmes, former QC [Queen's Counsel] (2); Sir Walter Monckton (11); Brendan Bracken; Sir Lionel Heald, Attorney-General; Sir Hartley Shawcross, counsel for the defence (3); Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Government Chief Whip]; Sir Herbert Williams; Sir [Robert] Patrick Gower [former Chief Publicity Officer, Conservative and...
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09 Oct 1951 - 11 Mar 1953
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Public and Political: General: Proposed broadcasts abroad following BBC ban., 22 Apr 1932 - 04 Jul 1932
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/590
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Correspondents include: Ira Morrison, Chairman of the International Radio Forum (enclosing information about the purpose of the forum) on arrangements for WSC to speak (2); [Benjamin] Cardozo on a broadcast by WSC; Esmond Rothermere [later 2nd Lord Rothermere] on the BBC's refusal to allow WSC to speak (3); Charles Hunter suggesting venues from which WSC could speak.Also includes: copies of letters from WSC to the individuals mentioned above and a note from Violet Pearman [Secretary to WSC]...
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22 Apr 1932 - 04 Jul 1932
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Speeches: House of Commons and Non-House of Commons: Speech notes., 05 Mar 1952 - 26 Jun 1952
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/47A-B
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Speech notes, typescript and galley proofs for WSC's speech (5 March, House of Commons) entitled "Defence" on subjects including: WSC's resignation as Minister of Defence; the Conservatives' voting on defence while in Opposition; the short-fall of defence spending; aid from the United States; the scarcity of home defence, and the training of new forces, including the registration of the Home Guard and forming of new battalions; the extension of National Service; armoured forces and new...
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05 Mar 1952 - 26 Jun 1952
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Speeches: House of Commons and Non-House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 04 Nov 1950 - 14 Dec 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/39A-C
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Speech notes and typescript for WSC's speech (6 November, House of Commons) entitled "Housing", for the housing amendment in the debate on the address, on failed Government election pledges on housing, the contrast with the post-First World War housing programme, rent increases, the results for the building trade of limiting the housing target, the possibility of increasing the target, including increasing the production of building materials, the harm done by the overuse of economic...
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04 Nov 1950 - 14 Dec 1950
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Speeches: House of Commons and Non-House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 04 Oct 1952 - 11 Dec 1952
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/49A-C
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Typescript for WSC's broadcast (4 October, London) entitled "King George VI Memorial Fund Appeal", on the national memorial for the King, his interest in children's welfare, funding a statue of the King and a foundation for the care of children and the elderly. Published: Complete Speeches VIII pp 8409 - 10.Speech notes, typescript and transcripts for WSC's speech (11 October, Conservative Annual Conference, the Spa, Scarborough [Yorkshire]) entitled "The First Year" on subjects including:...
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04 Oct 1952 - 11 Dec 1952
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Speeches: House of Commons and Non-House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 09 Oct 1954 - 08 Dec 1954
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/56A-B
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Speech notes and transcripts for WSC's speech (9 October, Conservative Party Conference, Winter Gardens, Blackpool [Lancashire]) entitled "'Peace Through Strength'" on subjects including: the achievements of the Government, including restored national solvency, the dismantling of wartime economic controls and the work done by Conservative MPs; the corrective influence of the press on politics; the need for stable government; the 2-Party system, and common ground between Conservatives and...
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09 Oct 1954 - 08 Dec 1954
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Speeches: House of Commons and Non-House of Commons: Speech notes, source material and Hansard., 25 Jan 1955 - 28 Mar 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/57A-B
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Speech notes for WSC's speech (25 January, National Federation of Building Trade Employers' Dinner, Dorchester Hotel [London]) entitled "The Building Industry" on WSC's bricklayer status, the increasing part played by the Trade Unions and the influence of Union leaders, the past uncertainty of building trade employment, present stable employment conditions and long-term building demand, the increasing accord between the Unions and employers, the ending of direct controls on the industry, the...
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25 Jan 1955 - 28 Mar 1955
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Speeches: House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 06 May 1942 - 02 Jul 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/185A-D
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Speech notes for WSC's speech (2 July) on the central direction of the war including: setbacks in Egypt and Cyrenaica [Libya] including the fall of Tobruk to forces under Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and WSC's confidence in General Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief Middle East]; press coverage of the war and the freedom of war correspondents; his meeting with President Roosevelt and the strength of the alliance with the United States; ship-building and the production and deployment of...
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06 May 1942 - 02 Jul 1942
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Speeches: House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 19 Jul 1944 - 08 Aug 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/200A-B
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Speech notes for WSC's statement (2 August) on the war situation including: successes against Germany and Japan world-wide including the Far East; decisions made at the Quebec [Canada] conference; the Normandy landings; RAF losses; the tanks supplied by the United States and praise for the Sherman and Churchill tanks; the progress of General Sir Harold Alexander [Commander in Chief of the Allied Armies in Italy]; his hopes of victory; flying bombs and the evacuation of London; improved...
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19 Jul 1944 - 08 Aug 1944
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Speeches: House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 28 Aug 1944 - 18 Oct 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/201A-D
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Speech notes for WSC's speech (28 September) on the war situation including: successes in France, the liberation of Paris, and landings in the South of France; fighting in Italy; a tribute to the achievements of the British and United States armies; casualty figures; the campaign in Burma [later Myanmar] and progress against Japan; the use of DDT; setbacks in China; the modernisation of the British fleet; the position of Eastern European countries; and the presidential elections in the...
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28 Aug 1944 - 18 Oct 1944
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Speeches: Non-House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 11 Feb 1950 - 24 Feb 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/32A-C
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Press Association transcript and press cutting from the Sevenoaks News reporting WSC's election address (11 February, Sevenoaks [Kent] Constitutional Club) on the Labour threat to the economy and the Empire. Also includes transcript of comments by Ness Edwards [Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Labour and National Service] on WSC's responsibility for sending in troops during the miners' strike at [Tonypandy, Glamorgan, Wales, 1910]. Part published: Complete Speeches VIII pp 7935 -...
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11 Feb 1950 - 24 Feb 1950
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Speeches: Non House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 01 Feb 1943 - 31 Mar 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/193A-C
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Speech notes for WSC's broadcast (21 March) on post war plans including: his illness; the difficulty of forecasting post war expenditure; anticipation of victory against Germany and Japan; the need for a 4 year plan; the Beveridge report; WSC's conviction of the need for social reform; agriculture; public health; education; unemployment. Extracts from the draft [unused] notes include criticism of Gandhi's fast and of the Beveridge report. See CHAR 9/193A/85-116 for description of draft...
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01 Feb 1943 - 31 Mar 1943
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Speeches: Non House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 06 Jun 1943 - 09 Nov 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/196A-B
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Speech notes and transcript of WSC's speech (6 September, University of Harvard, United States) on receiving an honorary degree and on Anglo-American unity including the success of joint operations and also on his interest in Basic English which he shares with President Roosevelt, including the phrase "The empires of the future are the empires of the mind". Also includes correspondence from C K Ogden on Basic English (2); Isaiah Berlin (2); Alan Hodge; Raymond Swing; Averell Harriman;...
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06 Jun 1943 - 09 Nov 1943
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Speeches: Non House of Commons: Speech notes, typescript and press cuttings., 25 Apr 1925 - 15 Dec 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/73
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Print of WSC's speech (25 April, Royal Naval Division War Memorial unveiling ceremony, Admiralty Building, London). Also includes a note from Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard Freyberg. Published: Complete Speeches IV pp 3554 - 3556.Speech notes for WSC's speech (1 May, Primrose League Demonstration, Albert Hall, London) on the founding of the League, conditions now facing Conservatives, the Budget and foreign policy. Also includes a note from [Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister], regretting his...
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25 Apr 1925 - 15 Dec 1925
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Speeches: Non House of Commons: Speech notes, typescript and press cuttings., 20 Jan 1931 - 27 Jun 1931
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/95
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Typescript for WSC's statement (20 January, Press Association, London), entitled "The Indian Conference" on the difference between public opinion and the Round Table Conference on India, and concessions to India. Published: Complete Speeches V pp 4945 - 4946.Speech notes by WSC (27 June, Chancellor's Address, Degree Conferment Ceremony, Bristol University), entitled "War Debts" on the moratorium proclaimed by the United States on war debts, and the harmful effects of reparations. Written on...
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20 Jan 1931 - 27 Jun 1931
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Speeches: Non House of Commons: Speech notes, typescript and source material., 16 Mar 1931 - 22 Apr 1931
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/96
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Typescript and print for WSC's speech (16 March, Select Committee on Procedure on Public Business) on Parliament as a focus and expression of national opinion, and its need for greater flexibility to free itself from routine business.Speech notes for WSC's speech (26 March, Constitutional Club, London), entitled "The March of Events" on the Labour Government's Indian policy, the cotton trade and Britain's duty to govern India. Source material includes press cuttings on the Indian boycott of...
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16 Mar 1931 - 22 Apr 1931
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Speeches: speech notes., 03 May 1946 - 31 May 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/5A-B
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Newscutting reporting WSC's speech (3 May, Dorchester Hotel, London) at the Jubilee dinner celebrating 50 years of the Daily Mail, and reporting speeches delivered by 2nd Lord Rothermere [earlier Esmond Harmsworth] Chairman of the Daily Mail, 1st Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Max Aitken], 1st Lord Tedder and G Ward Price.Speech notes for WSC's speech of thanks (7 May) on receiving the freedom of Westminster entitled "The British Commonwealth" including: his standing for election in Westminster...
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03 May 1946 - 31 May 1946
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"The International Situation", 14 Dec 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/39C/539-574
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Speech notes for WSC's speech (House of Commons) subjects including: the importance of keeping up relations with the United States, and the reluctance of the Prime Minister [Clement Attlee] to do so, particularly over Korea; the advantage of maintaining a fortified line in Korea; the need to censor the despatches of the United Nations war correspondents from Korea; appeasing from strength, not weakness; the lack of consultation with Britain by the United States over its atomic weapons; the...
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14 Dec 1950
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Open