Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
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Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 4519 Collections and/or Records:
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Personal: Family etc.: Fall, London., 16 Nov 1960 - 12 Dec 1960
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/61
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Letters of sympathy on WSC's back injury, correspondents including: Martin Redmayne [Government Chief Whip]; Harold Macmillan [Prime Minister, later 1st Lord Stockton]; Clare Sheridan; Katsumi Ohno, Japanese Ambassador to Great Britain; Tunku Abdul Rahman, Prime Minister of Malaya [later Malaysia]; Lord Hailes [earlier Patrick Buchan-Hepburn] and Diana, Lady Hailes [earlier Diana Buchan-Hepburn]; Bernard Baruch; Al-Haj Nawab, Sir Sadiq Mohammad, Ameer of Bahawalpur [Pakistan]; Aristotle...
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16 Nov 1960 - 12 Dec 1960
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Personal: Family etc.: Fall, South of France: Letters and telegrams., 28 Jun 1962 - 29 Aug 1962
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/63A-B
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Letters of sympathy on WSC's fall, correspondents including: "Betty" Admiral Harold Stark (2); "Monty" [1st Lord Montgomery of Alamein]; CSC; Christopher Dunn; Randolph Churchill; Sir Harry Hylton-Foster, Speaker of the House of Commons; Odette Pol Roger (2); Sarah, Lady Audley [earlier Sarah Churchill, then Sarah Oliver, then Sarah Beauchamp] (2) and 23rd Lord Audley [earlier Thomas Tuchet-Jesson]; Sir Hugh Tudor; Queen Elizabeth II; 2nd Lord Rothermere [earlier Esmond Harmsworth]; Harold...
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28 Jun 1962 - 29 Aug 1962
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Personal: Family etc.: Fall, South of France: Medical and Press., 28 Jun 1962 - 27 Dec 1962
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/62
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Letters of sympathy on WSC's fall and letters of thanks to and from doctors and hospital staff, correspondents including: Professor Herbert Seddon, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (5); Robert Edwards, Editor, Evening Citizen; Doctor Evan Bedford, Consultant in Cardiology to the Army (2); Doctor Campbell Golding (2); Geoffrey Hardy-Roberts, Secretary-Superintendent, Middlesex Hospital (2); Philip Newman [Consulting Orthopaedic Surgeon, Middlesex Hospital]; Robert MacKenna [Consulting...
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28 Jun 1962 - 27 Dec 1962
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Personal: Family etc.: Golden Wedding gift: Golden Rose avenue., 29 Aug 1958 - 06 Sep 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/57
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Includes: typescript plans of a book presented to WSC and CSC by their children, illustrating individual roses from their Golden Wedding gift of a rose avenue at Chartwell [Kent]; photographs of each rose in the book, drawn by artists including: Cathleen Mann; John Armstrong; Mary Potter; Ivon Hitchens; Paul Maze; Duncan Grant; Vanessa Bell; Cecil Beaton; John Nash; Augustus John; R A Butler; John Aldridge; Oliver Messel.Also includes: letters from Randolph Churchill on the book (3); a...
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29 Aug 1958 - 06 Sep 1958
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Personal: Family etc.: Knight of the Garter: Congratulations., 24 Apr 1953 - 21 May 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/53
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Correspondents congratulating WSC on becoming a Knight of the Garter include: 4th Lord Abergavenny [earlier Guy Larnach-Nevill]; 12th Lord Airlie [earlier Lord Ogilvy], and Bridget, Lady Airlie; "Jimmy" [17th Duke of Alba]; 1st Lord Altrincham [earlier Sir Edward Grigg]; 1st Lord Waverley [earlier Sir John Anderson]; Lavinia, Lady Annaly; Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe]; Nancy, Lady Astor; Clement Attlee and Violet Attlee; 1st Lord Baillieu; Princess Marthe Bibesco; Margaret, Lady...
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24 Apr 1953 - 21 May 1953
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Personal: Family etc.: Lord and Lady Moran, C P Wilson, Geoffrey and John Wilson., 19 Nov 1951 - 21 Jul 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/54
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Correspondents include: Dorothy, Lady Moran [earlier Dorothy Wilson] (4); 1st Lord Moran [earlier Charles Wilson, Consulting Physician, St Mary's Hospital] on subjects including WSC's health (20); Edward Percy Smith; Charles Wilson [Senior Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, the Middlesex Hospital]; Geoffrey Wilson; John Wilson [later 2nd Lord Moran]; Sir George Nelson [later 1st Lord Nelson of Stafford], Chairman, the English Electric Company Limited.
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19 Nov 1951 - 21 Jul 1959
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Personal: Family etc.: Pets and other animals: London Zoological Society., 13 Aug 1942 - 25 Aug 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/58A-B
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Correspondence on black swans, kangaroos, a platypus and a lion ("Rota") presented to WSC, correspondents including: Alan Davidson, British Embassy, the Hague [the Netherlands]; George Cansdale, Superintendent, Zoological Society of London (3); William Kitson, Agent-General for Western Australia (4); Brendan Bracken (1st Lord Bracken) (4); Ross McLarty, Premier of Western Australia (3); CSC; Phyllis Barclay-Smith, Editor, the Avicultural Magazine; 4th Lord Wrottesley; Geoffrey Vevers,...
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13 Aug 1942 - 25 Aug 1959
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Personal: Family etc.: Pets and other animals: London Zoological Society and general., 10 Apr 1951 - 10 Aug 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/59
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Correspondence on WSC's animals, including tropical fish, waterfowl and a poodle ("Rufus"), correspondents including: Derrick Cawston (5); Leonard Harrison Matthews, Director, Zoological Society of London (6); Madeline, Lady Lees; Fife Clark [Adviser on Public Relations to WSC].Also includes: "A Coloured Key to the Wildfowl of the World" by Peter Scott, Honorary Director, the Wildfowl Trust.
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10 Apr 1951 - 10 Aug 1964
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Personal: Family etc: Preparations for death and state funeral., Jan 1958 - Nov 1961
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/137
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Correspondents on various aspects of the organisation of WSC's funeral and burial (code named "Operation Hope Not") include: David Stephens, Secretary of Appointments to Prime Minister (11); John Walker, Lancaster Herald, on invitations and arrangements at St Paul's Cathedral (23); Mary Soames [earlier Mary Churchill]; H Woods, vicar of Bladon [Oxfordshire] on WSC's burial; Sir Norman Brook, Secretary to the Cabinet; and Sir Anthony Wagner, Garter Principal King of Arms.Also includes notes...
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Jan 1958 - Nov 1961
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Personal: Family etc: Preparations for death and state funeral., Jan 1962 - Dec 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/138
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Correspondents on various aspects of the organisation of WSC's funeral and burial (code named "Operation Hope Not") include: Dugald Malcolm, Her Majesty's Vice Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps (2); John Walker, Lancaster Herald, on the guest list (17); Rodney Dennys (10); Kenneth Macintosh, Secretary to the Lord Great Chamberlain, on arrangements for the lying in state at Westminster Hall (3); Burke Trend, Secretary to the Cabinet; Kenneth Jamieson; Major Sir Ian Jardine; [17th Lord] Sinclair...
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Jan 1962 - Dec 1964
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Personal: Family: Illness, South of France., 19 Feb 1958 - 27 Mar 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/60
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Letters of sympathy on WSC's illness, correspondents including: Herbert Evatt, Leader of the Opposition, Australia; Winston Churchill; Duncan Sandys; Paul-Henri Spaak [Secretary-General, NATO]; Alan Hodge; Bernard Baruch (2); Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton] and Dorothy Macmillan; Diana Sandys [earlier Diana Churchill, later Diana Bailey]; Pamela, Lady Lytton [earlier Pamela Plowden]; June Churchill and Arabella Churchill; Lady Violet Bonham Carter [earlier Violet Asquith and...
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19 Feb 1958 - 27 Mar 1958
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Personal: Financial Affairs, Lloyds Bank: Statement of account., Jan 1931 - Oct 1932
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/229
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Statement of WSC's current account with Lloyds Bank Limited, Cox's & King's Branch.
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Jan 1931 - Oct 1932
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Personal: Financial Affairs: Lloyds Bank: Statement of account., 26 Oct 1932 - 05 Nov 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/241
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Statement of WSC's current account with Lloyds Bank Ltd, Cox's & King's Branch, Pall Mall.
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26 Oct 1932 - 05 Nov 1934
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Personal: Financial affairs: Lloyds Bank: Statement of Account., 06 Nov 1934 - 28 Nov 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/269
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Statement of WSC's current account with Lloyds Bank Ltd, Cox's & King's Branch, Pall Mall.
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06 Nov 1934 - 28 Nov 1936
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Personal: Financial Affairs: Lloyds Bank: Statement of Account., Nov 1936 - Oct 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/297
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Statement of WSC's current account with Lloyds Bank Limited, Cox's & King's Branch.
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Nov 1936 - Oct 1937
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Personal: Financial Affairs: Lloyds Bank: Statement of Account., Oct 1937 - May 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/321
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Statement of WSC's current account with Lloyds Bank Limited, Cox's & King's Branch.
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Oct 1937 - May 1939
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Personal: Financial affairs: Lloyds Bank: Statement of Account., May 1939 -Jun 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/354
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Statement of WSC's current account with Lloyds Bank Limited, Cox's & King's Branch.
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May 1939 -Jun 1942
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Personal: Financial: income tax and surtax correspondence., 06 Mar 1940 - 22 Oct 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/7
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Correspondents on WSC's tax, financial, and investments position include: representatives of Fladgate and Company, particularly Anthony Moir [WSC's solicitor], (20); representatives of Lloyds Bank, particularly Geoffrey Mason, (29); representatives of Cassell and Company, including a Director, Desmond Flower, (2); Andrew Heiskell, [General Manager] of Life Magazine; John Wood of Wood, Willey, and Company [WSC's accountants] (50); Henry Luce [owner of Time magazine]; William Whitney, London...
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06 Mar 1940 - 22 Oct 1958
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Personal: Financial: income tax, surtax, property, salary: statements, accounts, memoranda, and forecasts prepared by Wood, Willey and Company [WSC's accountants]., 19 Oct 1951 - 16 Apr 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/8
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Includes: accounts for Chartwell Farm [Kent] (September 1951 to September 1954) and 10 Downing Street (April 1952 to April 1954); financial statements (April 1951 to February 1954); turf account (August 1949 to October 1951); forecasts of living and other expenses (June 1952 to April 1953); profit and loss account for stud and valuation of horses (September 1953 to September 1954); particulars of income for 1952-3 surtax return and 1953-4 income tax return; estimated savings in taxes by...
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19 Oct 1951 - 16 Apr 1955
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Personal: Financial investments., 08 Nov 1945 - 24 Dec 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/9
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Includes correspondence on the purchase of shares and advice on investment from: representatives of Lloyds Bank, particularly the Manager of the Cox's and King's Branch, London, T E R Harris, (72); representatives of Vickers, da Costa and Company, including John S Churchill, (13); Charles Spicer, Manager of the Grosvenor Gardens Branch of the Westminster Bank (5); Brendan Bracken (2). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow],...
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08 Nov 1945 - 24 Dec 1948
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Personal: Financial investments., 31 Dec 1948 - 17 Jul 1954
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/10
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Includes correspondence on the purchase of shares and advice on investment from: representatives of Vickers, da Costa and Company (8); representatives of Lloyds Bank, Cox's and King's Branch, London (68); Geoffrey Mason [formerly at Lloyds]; Christopher Soames. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Maud Stanley, Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Elizabeth Gilliatt, and Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of...
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31 Dec 1948 - 17 Jul 1954
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Personal: Financial: Lloyds Bank., 07 Aug 1945 - 12 Dec 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/11
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Includes correspondence on managing WSC's accounts, literary royalty payments, and arranging money for trips abroad from: representatives of Lloyds Bank, Cox's and King's Branch, London (82); Anthony Moir of Fladgate and Company [WSC's solicitor]. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Elizabeth Layton, Kathleen Hill, Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], and Elizabeth Gilliatt.Also includes royalty statements from...
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07 Aug 1945 - 12 Dec 1947
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Personal: Financial: Lloyds Bank., 31 Dec 1947 - 13 Nov 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/12
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Includes correspondence from: representatives of Lloyds Bank, Cox's and King's Branch, London, including Geoffrey Mason, on managing WSC's accounts (102); A J Moyes of the House of Commons Fees Office on WSC's salary as an MP (10); Christopher Soames on WSC's betting account. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Lilian Buck [private secretary to Randolph Churchill], Jane Portal...
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31 Dec 1947 - 13 Nov 1951
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Personal: Financial: Lloyds Bank: current account., 01 Jul 1942 - 05 Apr 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/1
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Statements of WSC's current account with Lloyds Bank Limited, Cox's & King's Branch, 6 Pall Mall, London, for July 1942 to December 1944 and April 1948 to April 1949.Also includes notes from the Bank and filing notes.
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01 Jul 1942 - 05 Apr 1949
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Personal: Financial: Lloyds Bank: current account., 14 Aug 1952 - 01 Jan 1957
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/2
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Statements (including duplicates) of WSC's current account with Lloyds Bank Limited, Cox's & King's Branch, 6 Pall Mall, London, for August 1952 to January 1957.Also includes notes from Anthony Moir of Fladgate and Company and filing notes.
Dates:
14 Aug 1952 - 01 Jan 1957
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