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Letters from JA to Leo Amery, 1942-01 - 1948-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 3/1/8

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: JA's idea for Balkan Federation; JA's frustration with his health and trying to find a new posting; the Cairo Conference, Nov 1943; trying to find a Parliamentary seat in partnership with Randolph Churchill; a visit to King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia; the situation in Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia]; joining the British mission in Albania; serving on the staff of General Carton de Wiart, Winston Churchill's personal representative with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, in China; trying to find a Parliamentary constituency; visiting the United States, 1947; campaigning at Preston [Lancashire], 1947.

Other correspondents include: [Neil] "Billy" McLean.

Dates

  • Creation: 1942-01 - 1948-12

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

2 file(s)

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

Box 575

Finding aid date

2014-03-12 16:45:42.300000+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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