MS diary, 1938-09
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
- From the Fonds: Cooper, Alfred Duff, 1890 - 1954 (1st Viscount Norwich) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
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