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Spain, the Balkans and the Second World War, 1931 - 1985

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/1

Scope and Contents

Includes: papers from JA's work as a war correspondent for the Daily Express, Daily Telegraph and News Chronicle in the Spanish Civil War; correspondence, memoranda, diaries and telegrams from JA's work for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia], the Middle East, Albania and China; later papers on Yugoslavia and the Balkans, including notes from JA's part in a post-war operation to overthrow the Communist regime in Albania; personal war service papers.

Dates

  • Creation: 1931 - 1985

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.

Extent

10 archive box(es)

Language of Materials

English

Related Materials

See also AMEJ 8/3/3 for JA's letters to his parents from Spain.

Date information

DateText: The majority of files date from 1936-1950.

Finding aid date

2005-09-27 15:26:52+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

Contact:
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 336087