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(Untitled), 01 Mar 1944 - 31 Mar 1944

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/152/3

Scope and Contents

Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, March 1944.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers, particularly Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon]; senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; the Chiefs of Staff; Major-General Leslie Hollis [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet]; Director of Military Intelligence [Major-General Francis Davidson].Subjects covered by the minutes include: arrangements for the main offensive against Japan, including in the Indian theatre; ownership of oil interests; French civil affairs; relations with Marshal Tito [Premier of Yugoslavia, later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia]; diplomatic affairs, including the proposed transfer of Sir Victor Mallet [British Minister in Sweden]; the 4th Hussars; information becoming known about "Overlord" [invasion of France]; relief for liberated Europe; differences with the United States; Russo-Polish relations concerning the western border of the Soviet Union; an apology to [Dwight] Eisenhower for the behaviour of Captain Liddell Hart.

Dates

  • Creation: 01 Mar 1944 - 31 Mar 1944

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Crown

Extent

1 item(s) (1 40p)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Former / Other Reference

M 196/4 - M 334/4; C 15/4 - C 22/4; D 65/4 - D 105/4; DM 3/4, DM 4/4

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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