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(Untitled), 24 Jun 1942 - 19 Sep 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/65/106-145

Scope and Contents

Letter from Randolph Churchill to WSC on his exploits in a secret mission to block the harbour of occupied Benghazi [Libya], with others including his commander David Stirling and Fitzroy Maclean, with manuscript postscript on his accident and health and typescript extracts from the letter; also includes covering correspondence between [Arthur] Brian Boyle [Military Assistant to Chief of Imperial General Staff] and Leslie Rowan and Francis Brown [Private Secretaries to WSC] forwarding copies of the letter to Vice-Chief of Imperial General Staff [Major-General Archibald Nye], CSC, Pamela Churchill [earlier Pamela Digby, later Pamela Harriman] and General Sir Alan Brooke, Chief of Imperial General Staff [later 1st Lord Alanbrooke] and acknowledgement from Brooke.

Dates

  • Creation: 24 Jun 1942 - 19 Sep 1942

Conditions Governing Access

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Open

Language of Materials

English