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American memoranda, 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/LAUT 4/22

Scope and Contents

Typescripts of memoranda written by HL, mainly for Robert H Jackson, Attorney-General and member of the Supreme Court of the United States, and also for Francis Biddle, Jackson's successor as Attorney-General, including: memorandum on the principles of international law governing the question of aid to the allies by the United States, Jan 1941; memorandum on allegations that Britain had acted at the expense of American commercial interests, Sept 1941; memorandum on the question of piracy in relation to German methods of sea warfare, Oct 1941; memorandum on the principles of international law on which the United States relied for its actions against Germany, 1940-41, refuting criticism against the legality of the American Government's conduct, c Dec 1941.

Dates

  • Creation: 1941

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The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Extent

1 file(s)

Related Materials

See also LAUT 1/20 for correspondence on the memoranda and LAUT 7/32 for Jackson's use of HL's memorandum on aid to the allies..

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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