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Literary: The Second World War: Volume 6 "Triumph and Tragedy" Miscellanea., 1945 - 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/392A-F

Scope and Contents

File includes notes on text by WSC, Denis Kelly, (including reports to WSC on progress of book) Sir Henry Pownall, David Hunt, William Deakin, [George] Gordon Allen, Sir Norman Brook (later Lord Normanbrook), Secretary to the Cabinet, N E Martin, Private Secretary to Sir Norman Brook, Cabinet Office, Daniel Longwell, Lord Ismay, Emery Reves (formerly Imre Revez) and Charles Wood.Annotated proofs of text and source material Letter from John Martin, thanks for gift of book, "The Grand Alliance", also reporting on the welfare of the barbary apes on the Rock of Gibraltar.Memorandum on the Prime Minister's Statistical Section.German "Wanted" notice showing WSC with machine gun "Wanted for Incitement to Murder.Copy of "Life" Magazine, 2 Nov 1953, containing extract from "The Second World War V.6.Copy of US News and World Report, 13 Nov 1953, containing interview with Charles E Wilson, United States Secretary of Defense.Copy of "The Times Literary Supplement", 31 Oct 1952, containing article "American Climax".Copy of "The Times Review of the Year 1944", published Jan 1945 Extract from "The Reader's Digest", Dec 1952, article "We Gave the Reds Everything" by George Racey Jordan.Memorandum by Lord Cherwell (formerly F A Lindemann) "Events leading up to the use of the Atomic Bomb", 28 Jan 1953.

Dates

  • Creation: 1945 - 1953

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Extent

6 file(s) (6 unbound files, 751 items)

Language of Materials

English

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Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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