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(Untitled), 02 Dec 1944 - 31 Dec 1944

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/153/6

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

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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