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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 186 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), [Oct 1945]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/3/105
Scope and Contents Copy of a message from WSC to Prime Minister [Clement Attlee] marked "personal and secret" about the text of a draft message for [Harry Truman, President of the United States, from Attlee] in which he questions what [Attlee] wishes the Americans to do about sharing information about atomic weapons with the Soviet Union and a reference to an "Act of Faith"; discusses the importance of security in world policy and the timing of a United Nations conference; WSC's agreement with President...
Dates: [Oct 1945]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Mar 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258A/17
Scope and Contents

Minutes [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on countering the torpedo threat to convoys and supplying "D.B. 7's". [Copies; given running numbers 257 and 258].

Dates: 21 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [17] Mar 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258A/19
Scope and Contents

Minute [prepared by F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to First Lord of the Admiralty [A V Alexander, later 1st Lord Alexander of Hillsborough] on measures against aircraft directing U-boats, suggesting setting up radar stations and disturbing communications. [Copy; given running number 256a].

Dates: [17] Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Mar 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258A/21
Scope and Contents

Minutes from "F.A.L." [F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on phosgene gas production and an Air Ministry estimate. [Copies; given running numbers 255 and 255a].

Dates: 14 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Jun 1920

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/110/48
Scope and Contents

Letter from Sir John Simon (House of Commons) praising his speech [in the House of Commons defending his decision to keep ceremonial dress for the Guards and the Household Cavalry], promising to praise WSC's appliance of science to war when he gets the chance but adding that he (Simon) "must keep banging away until you meet us on present day needs.".

Dates: 23 Jun 1920
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 13 Dec 1912

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/57/69
Scope and Contents

Letter from James Caird (Roseangle, Dundee, [Angus, Scotland]) to WSC asking for advice on how best to spend a sum for a project with a scientific basis in Scotland.

Dates: 13 Dec 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Mar 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258A/22-23
Scope and Contents

Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on measures against aircraft directing U-boats, suggesting setting up radar stations on vessels and land, and disturbing communications. [Copy; given running number 254].

Dates: 12 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Mar 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258A/24-27
Scope and Contents

Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on the import shortage, livestock reductions, the move towards the basal diet, non-food imports, and the value of animal proteins. [Copy; given running number 253a].

Dates: 12 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Mar 1941 - 11 Mar 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258A/29-31
Scope and Contents

Minutes [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on rationing preserves, low flying attacks, searchlights on aircraft, and countering torpedoes. [Copies; given running numbers 249a, 250, 251, and 252].

Dates: 06 Mar 1941 - 11 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Mar 1941 - 06 Mar 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258A/32-33
Scope and Contents

Minutes [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on "Spitfire" losses, WSC broadcasting on the need for scientists for radar work, and differences in army figures between WSC and [Sir James] Grigg [Secretary of State for War]. [Copies; given running numbers 247a, 248, and 249].

Dates: 01 Mar 1941 - 06 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Feb 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258A/41
Scope and Contents

Minute from "F.A.L." [F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] (Offices of the War Cabinet, Great George Street) to WSC on experiments with searchlights on aircraft. Typescript of annotation by WSC to "C.A.S." [Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sir Charles Portal]: "Pray consider this". [annotated copy; given running number 245].

Dates: 26 Feb 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 29 Jan 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258A/83
Scope and Contents

Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC attaching a draft minute to the First Lord of the Admiralty [A V Alexander, later 1st Lord Alexander of Hillsborough] on research on measures to impede enemy "R.D.F." [radar] methods. [Copy; given running number 221].

Dates: 29 Jan 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Apr 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258B/161
Scope and Contents

Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on the possibility of shooting down a "Queen Bee" [training aircraft] with "P.E." [photo-electric fuzes] and "U.P." [unrotated projectile weapons]. [Copy; given running number 282].

Dates: 21 Apr 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Apr 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258B/172
Scope and Contents

Minutes [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] (Great George Street [London]) to WSC on imports and food stocks, referring to "W.P.(R) (41) 31", and fuzes for high level bombing. [annotated copies; given running numbers 288 and 289].

Dates: 30 Apr 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 02 May 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258B/177
Scope and Contents

Minutes [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on the use of the "U.P." [unrotated projectile] weapon as a means of daylight defence for bombers and destroying Iraqi oil-fields. [Copies; given running numbers 291 and 291A].

Dates: 02 May 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Jul 1941 - 09 Jul 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258C/245-247
Scope and Contents

Minutes [from 1st Lord Cherwell, earlier F A Lindemann, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on the idea of WSC writing a letter to the managing director of a particular firm, producing weapons which effectively deal with tanks and aircraft, countering radio beam bombing, and comparing RAF, and German and Italian air force strengths in the Middle East and Mediterranean. [Copies; given running numbers 334, 335, 336, and 337].

Dates: 08 Jul 1941 - 09 Jul 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Jul 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258C/253
Scope and Contents

Minutes [from 1st Lord Cherwell, earlier F A Lindemann, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on torpedo output, attacking German oil (referring to "W.P. (41) 162"), the Whittle engine trials, and call-sign evidence from German aeroplanes on the Russian front. [Copies; given running numbers 345, 346 and 347].

Dates: 12 Jul 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Jul 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258C/254
Scope and Contents

Minutes [from 1st Lord Cherwell, earlier F A Lindemann, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on an intelligence mistake in WSC's "Blue Book" and German high explosive bombs. [Copies; given running numbers 348 and 349].

Dates: 14 Jul 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Jul 1941 - 23 Jul 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258C/257-262
Scope and Contents Series of minutes from [1st Lord] Cherwell [earlier F A Lindemann, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on: 1. a shortfall in production of Vickers 0.5 inch ammunition, attaching a draft minute to [1st] Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Sir Max Aitken, Minister of Supply] with WSC's annotation in typescript; 2. burning crops with "razzles" [?bombs]; 3. the number of German aircraft operating and their losses; 4. German oil stocks and synthetic plant; 5. attaching a draft minute on factories...
Dates: 16 Jul 1941 - 23 Jul 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open