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(Untitled), 01 Jun 1945 - 23 Jul 1945

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/209/6

Scope and Contents

Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, June and July 1945.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]; the Chief Whip [James Stuart]; senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; the Chiefs of Staff; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe, Chairman of the Conservative Party]; Commissioner of Police [?Sir Philip Game] on Commander Charles Thompson [Personal Assistant to the Minister of Defence] publishing his reminiscences; Major-General Leslie Hollis [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet].Subjects covered by the minutes include: arrangements for "Terminal" [the Potsdam Conference, Berlin, Germany]; relations with France over the Levant states [Syria and the Lebanon]; labour matters; ministers writing in the press; supplies for the Soviet Union; setting up the European Control Committee; the withdrawal of United States forces from Europe; demobilisation; zones of occupation in Germany and Austria; press releases.

Dates

  • Creation: 01 Jun 1945 - 23 Jul 1945

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Crown

Extent

1 item(s) (1 38p)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Former / Other Reference

M 551/5 - M 686/5; D 148/5 - D 163/5; C 42/5 - C 51/5; M(Ter) 1/5 - M(Ter) 16/5; D(Ter) 1/5 - D(Ter) 6/5

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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