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MS diary, 1938-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DUFC 15/1/26

Scope and Contents

Includes loose papers and correspondence on the Munich Crisis, including: correspondence between Cooper and 1st Lord Halifax, Foreign Secretary [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin]; a note from Cooper to the Prime Minister [(Arthur) Neville Chamberlain] saying that Britain should mobilise its forces immediately; copy of a telegram from Chamberlain to Eduard Benes [President of the Czechoslovak Republic, later Czech Republic and Slovakia], advising him to withdraw his troops from areas of Czechoslovakia occupied by German forces; correspondence between Cooper and Sir [Richard] Archibald Carter, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty, on compiling a narrative of events leading up to the mobilisation of the Fleet in September 1938; letter from Sir Norman Brook [Secretary to the Cabinet, later 1st Lord Normanbrook] on requested cuts to Cooper’s memoirs ["Old Men Forget"].

Dates

  • Creation: 1938-09

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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

Extent

1 volume(s)

1 file(s)

Language of Materials

English

Date information

DateText: Loose papers date from Sep 1938-Mar 1953 (mainly Sep-Oct 1938).

Finding aid date

2013-03-26 16:14:31.970000+00:00

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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