Public and Political: General: correspondence concerning using WSC's name in connection with the publication of "The Churchill Song" (based on WSC's Manchester speech on 27 July 1940) and registering the fund connected with the song as a war charity., Apr 1940 - Jan 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/414

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Correspondents include: representatives of H B Wedlake, Saint, and Company, solicitors, on behalf of the song publishers (7); [William] Newton, Chief Officer, Public Control Department, London County Council (3); [Bernard] Sendall [Principal Private Secretary to Minister of Information]; Sir Thomas Barnes, Treasury Solicitor (2). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from WSC's secretaries Kathleen Hill and "M S" [Mary Shearburn], [Admiralty Private Secretary, Eric] Seal, [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] "E M W" [Edith Watson], and [Brendan] Bracken [Prime Minister's Parliamentary Private Secretary].Also includes: copies of letters to establish publicist W Llewellyn-Amos' credentials from [William] Evans [Director of Establishments, Admiralty] dated 1920 and [Alexander] Hardinge [Private Secretary to the King] dated 1937; copies of sheets for the song by Edgar Fawcett and H Baynton-Power and souvenir posters.