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Diary I, 18 March-25 June 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/LMAR 2/1

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: beginning work at Hyde Park Gate [London]; Churchill's return from the United States after his ['Iron Curtain'] speech at Fulton; working and living arrangements at Chartwell [Kent]; arrangements for showing films at Chartwell; taking dictation and use of the Soundscriber machine for work on Churchill's war memoirs; work on Churchill's speeches for his visit to Edinburgh and Aberdeen [Scotland], April 1946; the goldfish at Chartwell escaping, April 1946; work on Churchill's speech on receiving the Freedom of Westminster, May 1946; reaction to the elections in France, May 1946; Churchill's speech in Parliament on the evacuation of British troops from Egypt, May 1946; work on speeches for Churchill's visit to the Netherlands, May 1946 [? speech to the States General at The Hague, "The United States of Europe"]; Churchill's speech in the Egypt debate, on treaty negotiations, 24 May; plans for building a projection room for film-shows at Chartwell, May 1946; Frank Sawyers the valet being 'well under way' [drinking]; Churchill's foreign affairs speech, 5 June 1946; the health of John S Churchill [Jack Churchill]; Victory Day celebrations, June 1946, including LM's disapproval of 1st Lord Montgomery of Alamein's exhibitionism; sittings for the portrait of Churchill by Oswald Birley, June 1946; Churchill's visit to Bristol [as Chancellor of the University] for the degree ceremony, June 1946.

Also includes passes for LM to attend the Victory Day parade and fireworks display.

Dates

  • Creation: 18 March-25 June 1946

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Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Extent

1 volume(s)

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Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

Contact:
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
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