Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence Sm - V., 10 Apr 1947 - 11 Nov 1951
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Arthur Soames (4); Sir Edward Spears, thanking WSC for books (4); Francis Spellman, Cardinal of New York [United States] (2); CSC; 10th Lord Stamford [earlier Lord Grey of Groby]; Oliver Stanley; Portia, Lady Stanley; "Betty", Admiral Harold Stark; Harold Stassen, asking WSC to broadcast for the Crusade for Freedom; Air Vice-Marshal Donald Stevenson; Edgar Stogdon [former Housemaster, Harrow School, Middlesex] (3); Charles Frey, Mayor of Strasbourg [France] on the meeting of the Council of Europe; Jacobus Strauss [Leader of the Opposition, South Africa]; Arthur Sulzberger (2); William Surrey Dane; "Philip" [1st Lord Swinton, earlier Philip Cunliffe-Lister, then Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame]; Henry Brooke; Sir Ernest Swinton on WSC's painting; Myron Taylor, former United States representative at the Vatican, on a United States/Anglo peace initiative, and his wartime dealings with WSC, General Franco and Benito Mussolini (2); [?] Vice-Admiral Ernest Taylor; 1st Lord Templewood [earlier Sir Samuel Hoare]; Admiral Sir William Tennant [Chairman], King George's Fund for Sailors, on the premiere of ["Captain Hornblower"]; Francois Theron, South African Minister in Rome [Italy] on the death of [Jan Smuts]; James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin]; "CRT", Charles Thompson [former Personal Assistant to WSC]; Nawab Sir Khizar Hayat Khan Tiwana (2); Elizabeth, Lady Townshend (2); 1st Lord Trenchard (3); Konstantinos Tsaldaris, Vice-Premier of Greece; Sir Hugh Tudor on his worries over the threat from the Soviet Union (5); Sir Oliver Franks [British Ambassador to United States]; Arthur Vandenberg, United States Senator; Lady Ursula Vernon; Admiral Sir Philip Vian.Other subjects include: the funeral of Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt.Also includes: flannel for lumbago; a copy of the exchange of letters between Harry S Truman, President of the United States, and Myron Taylor, on Taylor's retirement as Truman's representative at the Vatican; extracts from the Ciano Diaries [of Count Galeazzo Ciano] on Mussolini's irritation with Taylor and the Vatican, and from "Wartime Mission in Spain" by Carlton Hayes, former United States Ambassador to Spain, on a meeting between Taylor and Franco.
Dates
- Creation: 10 Apr 1947 - 11 Nov 1951
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Extent
1 item(s) (1 file (197 loose folios))
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
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Repository Details
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