(Untitled), 02 Dec 1944 - 31 Dec 1944
Scope and Contents
Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, December 1944.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; Major-General Leslie Hollis and Colonel Ian Jacob [Military Assistant Secretaries to the War Cabinet]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff; the Chief Whip [James Stuart].Subjects covered by the minutes include: French participation in the war against Germany and British relations with France; food relief for liberated Europe; reorganisation of the services; matters concerning Switzerland, Spain, Poland, and Greece; the welfare of British forces in the Far East; man-power levels in the Middle East; a possible visit to Moscow [Soviet Union] by Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander [later 1st Lord Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre]; the Special Operations Executive sending sovereigns to an organisation associated with EAM Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo, The National Liberation Front]; leaking of information; honours.
Dates
- Creation: 02 Dec 1944 - 31 Dec 1944
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright: Crown
Extent
1 item(s) (1 29, [1]p)
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Former / Other Reference
C 71/4 - C 76/4; D 289/4 - D 317/4; M 1172/4 - M 1262/4
Geographic
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
Churchill Archives Centre
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