Public and Political: General: Greetings: General Election: congratulations acknowledged through Private Office, A - L., Nov 1951 - Dec 1951
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Winthrop Aldrich; Field Marshal [1st] Lord Alexander of Tunis; [1st] Lord Alness [earlier Robert Munro]; John Andrews; the Mararawal of Banswara [India]; the Maharajah of Baroda [India]; [Edward] Beddington-Behrens; William Bullitt; [William] Alexander Bustamante, Minister of Communications, Jamaica; James Byrnes; Sir Donald Cameron; General Sir George Holmes; Sir Robert Ho Tung; Geoffrey [Fisher] Archbishop of Canterbury; Admiral [Robert] Carney; Violet, Lady Cecil; General Mark Clark, Chief of United States Army Field Forces; Sir Duff Cooper [later 1st Lord Norwich]; Sir Ronald Cross; Pierre Dupuy; "Ike" [Dwight] Eisenhower; Paul Emrys-Evans; Arthur Fadden, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia; Prince Frederick of Prussia [later parts of Germany and Poland]; Rene Massigli, French Ambassador to Great Britain; Walter Gifford, United States Ambassador to Great Britain; Samuel Goldwyn, Mayor of New York [United States]; Count Dino Grandi; Archduke Otto of Austria; Averell Harriman; "Bomber" [Sir Arthur] Harris; Eric Harrison [Minister for Australia in Great Britain]; Ismet Inonu; the Sultan of Johore [Malaya, later Malaysia]; Fleet Admiral William Leahy; [Kenneth] Michael Wilford (6) and Frederick Leishman [Assistant Private Secretaries to Foreign Secretary] Eleanor Emery, Principal Private Secretary to Secretary of State for the Dominions, Angus Mackintosh, Principal Private Secretary to Secretary of State for the Colonies and Derek King of the Commonwealth Relations Office (3) advising WSC's Private Office on responses to the individuals mentioned above.Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from Peter Oates, David Hunt, Anthony Bevir and John Colville [Private Secretaries to WSC], and David Pitblado [Principal Private Secretary to WSC].Other subjects covered by the file include: Lord Alexander's use of the codeword "zip" and the case of Field Marshal [Albert] Kesselring.
Dates
- Creation: Nov 1951 - Dec 1951
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Extent
1 item(s) (1 file (259 loose folios))
Language of Materials
English
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