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Public and Political: General: Visits and Invitations: United States and Jamaica., Dec 1952 - May 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/290

Scope and Contents

Correspondence (A-I) on arrangements for WSC's official visit to the USA and subsequent holiday at Prospect, Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Jan 1953.File includes papers on voyage to USA aboard RMS "Queen Mary"; drafts of itinerary; correspondence with Bernard Baruch (10); telegram from Sarah Beauchamp (formerly Churchill, later Lady Audley); correspondence about cocktail parties aboard "Queen Mary" and in Jamaica, including guest lists and acceptances from Norman de Bruyne, Lord Iliffe, Vice Admiral Felix Johnson, US Navy, Noel Coward (telegram); letter from Charles Foley, Foreign Editor, Daily Express, asking for meeting (declined); Correspondence with Sir Hugh Foot (later Lord Caradon), Governor of Jamaica (4).

Dates

  • Creation: Dec 1952 - May 1953

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Extent

1 file(s) (1 unbound file, 211 folios)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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