(Untitled), 01 Jun 1945 - 23 Jul 1945
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
Cultural context
Geographic
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
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