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Public and Political: General: Visits and Invitations: United States (cancelled visit, May 1951)., May 1950 - Sep 1951

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/285

Scope and Contents

Correspondence (A-O) on arrangements for proposed visit to Philadelphia, New York and Washington, May 1951, to speak at Bi-Centennial of the University of Pennsylvania Library and receive honorary degree - other engagements include meeting with President Harry Truman.File includes drafts of itinerary; correspondence with Sir William Strang, Foreign Office; Walter Giffard, United States Ambassador, London (2); Bernard Baruch (11); note from CSC to WSC, on the advisability of taking Lord Moran on visit; correspondence with Sir Oliver Franks, British Ambassador, Washington, (8) enclosing copies of correspondence with Bernard Baruch and Harold Stassen (40pp); British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) on travel arrangements (2); Sarah Beauchamp (formerly Churchill later Lady Audley); C B (Bill) Ormerod, British Information Services, New York, (4); David, 28th Lord Crawford (formerly Lord Balniel); Cunard Steamship Company Ltd, with Thomas Cook brochure on ocean sailings and air services (3); Hon. Thomas Dewey (2); Lewis Douglas (2); Robert Dunlop (2); Averell Harriman (2); Henry Laughlin, Houghton Mifflin Co.; Henry Luce, Life Magazine (2); General George Marshall.

Dates

  • Creation: May 1950 - Sep 1951

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Extent

1 file(s) (1 unbound file, 188 folios)

Language of Materials

English

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Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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