Literary: The Second World War: Volume 5 "Closing the Ring", Book 2 "Teheran to Rome", Chapter 21 "Teheran: The Crux" File includes typescripts and galley proofs of Chapter 21 "Teheran: The Crux", annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by WSC, Denis Kelly, Lord Ismay, Charles Wood, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, Sir Norman Brook (later Lord Normanbrook) and William Deakin., Jun 1950 - Aug 1951

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/322

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File also includes note from Kelly to WSC on the text, and correspondence with Lord Alanbrooke,including handwritten account by Alanbrooke of speech at WSC's birthday dinner, British Embassy, Teheran, 30 Nov 1943, replying to toast by Stalin, in which he criticised Alanbrooke for failing to show real feelings of friendship towards the Red Army and lacking a true appreciation of its fine qualities.