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"A total and unmitigated defeat", 05 Oct 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/130/354-379

Scope and Contents

Notes for WSC's speech on the Munich [Germany] agreement, the acceptance of the German military occupation of the Sudetenland [Czechoslovakia, later Czech Republic and Slovakia], the "abandonment & ruin" of [Czechoslovakia], Germany's strength in Eastern and Central Europe, its impact on Britain and France, and WSC's efforts to secure defences.Typescript speaking notes laid out in "psalm" form to aid delivery with handwritten annotations and amendments by WSC in red and black ink. Two press cuttings (from which WSC quotes) are pasted into the notes.

Dates

  • Creation: 05 Oct 1938

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: WSC

Extent

26 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Bibliography

Complete Speeches VI pp 6004-13 (but note that the published version is a record of the speech as delivered and there are differences with these speaking notes).

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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