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Speech to the Joint Session of Congress, 26 Dec 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/153/29-45

Scope and Contents

Notes for WSC's speech (Washington) on his American ancestry; his democratic convictions ("I am a child of the House of Commons"); the resources available to the United States and Britain and the production of munitions; relations between the Unites States and Britain; his observations of morale and "Olympian fortitude" in the United States; the north African campaign, and the war with Japan in the Far East.Typescript speaking notes with manuscript annotations by WSC.

Dates

  • Creation: 26 Dec 1941

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: WSC or Crown

Extent

17 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English