Special correspondence: Sir Winston Churchill, 1940-05 - 1955-07
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Sir Winston Churchill on subjects including: organisation of the War Cabinet; the value of air transport, and LSA's view that the Air Ministry did not give it enough importance; averting famine in India; monetary and commercial policy and the possibility of this causing a split in the Conservative Party; the lifelong friendship between Churchill and LSA; honours for LSA; policy on European Union and India after the war; Army reform; Palestine; the possibility of India separating from the Commonwealth; the state of the economy (1947); the 1950 General Election campaign; Israel's attitude to Britain; the United Europe movement; LSA's memoirs; policy on the Suez Canal [Egypt].
Other correspondents include: 1st Lord Greenwood on an article by LSA on Churchill for the Daily Mail; [Thomas] Leslie Rowan [Principal Private Secretary to Churchill] on Churchill's resignation as Prime Minister.
Dates
- Creation: 1940-05 - 1955-07
Conditions Governing Access
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Extent
4 file(s)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
Box 239
Finding aid date
2004-08-12 14:22:40.607000+00:00
Geographic
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
Churchill Archives Centre
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