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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: Switzerland (August - September 1946) M - O., 09 Jul 1946 - 21 Dec 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/243

Scope and Contents

Correspondents on WSC's visit include: Ella Maillart; Charles Montag; William Oudendyk, former Minister of the Netherlands in Petrograd [later Leningrad and St Petersburg, Soviet Union] on policy towards the Soviet Union, and British policy on the Dutch East Indies [later Indonesia]. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence by CSC and Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Elizabeth Gilliatt, M Staite and B Vogel, WSC's secretaries. A large proportion of the papers in this file are in French or German.Other subjects include: gifts and invitations for WSC; requests for interviews and WSC's autograph; visa requests; the treatment of German Democrats.Also includes: prints of pictures of Marrakesh [Morocco]; poems and songs for WSC; press cutting on WSC fighting Prince Alfred of Edinburgh as a boy; draft 5-Year Plan for Palestine, in the Jewish Religious World Conference; issue of Neues Winterthurer Tagblatt on WSC's visit.

Dates

  • Creation: 09 Jul 1946 - 21 Dec 1946

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Extent

1 item(s) (1 file (179 loose folios))

Language of Materials

English

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Repository Details

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