Armed forces
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(Untitled), 27 Jan 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/69A/49-50
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Telegram from the Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] to WSC pressing for the allotment of additional aircraft and giving details of operational strength, adding that Australia is left almost defenceless against its enemies.
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27 Jan 1942
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(Untitled), 28 Dec 1942 - 29 Dec 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/64/54-56
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Letter and report from Peregrine Churchill to WSC on a meeting with Sir Stafford Cripps [Minister of Aircraft Production] about the photographic projection of engineering designs direct onto templates for aircraft construction; with acknowledgement by John Peck [Assistant Private Secretary to WSC].
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28 Dec 1942 - 29 Dec 1942
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(Untitled), 02 Jan 1942 - 28 Feb 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/67/1
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, January and February 1942. Some written by WSC when in the United States.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: Major-General Leslie Hollis [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet]; Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States]; the Chiefs of Staff; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to...
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02 Jan 1942 - 28 Feb 1942
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(Untitled), 01 Mar 1942 - 30 Mar 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/67/2
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, March 1942.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: Major-General Leslie Hollis [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet]; the Chiefs of Staff; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chief Whip [James Stuart].Subjects covered by the minutes include: matters concerning the command structure, including...
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01 Mar 1942 - 30 Mar 1942
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(Untitled), 01 Apr 1942 - 30 Apr 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/67/3
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, April 1942.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff.Subjects covered by the minutes include: the Japanese threat to the Falkland Islands; discussion of operation "Ironclad" [code name for British occupation of Diego Suarez, Madagascar]; the British naval...
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01 Apr 1942 - 30 Apr 1942
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(Untitled), 01 May 1942 - 31 May 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/67/4
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, May 1942.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence].Subjects covered by the minutes include: aircraft production; bombing policy; operation "Ironclad" in Madagascar; the availability of ammunition for the Home Guard; naval operations in the Indian Ocean;...
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01 May 1942 - 31 May 1942
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(Untitled), 02 Sep 1942 - 30 Sep 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/67/7
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, September 1942.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; Major-General Leslie Hollis [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet]; the Chiefs of Staff; Colonel John Bevan [Head of the London Controlling Section]; Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Moore [Vice Chief of the Naval Staff]; Air Chief Marshal Arthur Harris [Commander in Chief Bomber...
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02 Sep 1942 - 30 Sep 1942
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(Untitled), 02 Oct 1942 - 31 Oct 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/67/8
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, October 1942.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; the Chiefs of Staff; Lieutenant-Colonel Ian Jacob [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet].Subjects covered by the minutes include:...
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02 Oct 1942 - 31 Oct 1942
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(Untitled), 01 Nov 1942 - 30 Nov 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/67/9
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, November 1942.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: Desmond Morton [Prime Minister's Personal Assistant]; Colonel Ian Jacob [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; the Chiefs of Staff; senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War...
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01 Nov 1942 - 30 Nov 1942
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(Untitled), 01 Dec 1942 - 31 Dec 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/67/10
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, December 1942.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff; Director of Movements [War Office, General Noel Holmes]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; Colonel Ian Jacob [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet]; Chief Whip [James Stuart].Subjects covered by the minutes include:...
Dates:
01 Dec 1942 - 31 Dec 1942
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(Untitled), 31 Dec 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/68A/11
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Telegram from the Prime Minister of Australia, John Curtin, to WSC on modifications to the Empire Air Training Scheme; asks about strength of force in South Western Pacific.
Dates:
31 Dec 1941
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(Untitled), 07 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/38/80
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Telegram from WSC to Air Officer Commanding Iraq congratulating him on vigourous action [in suppressing the revolt].
Dates:
07 May 1941
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(Untitled), 07 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/38/84-88
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Telegram from General Henry Arnold [Chief of the United States Air Corps] to WSC blaming division of responsibility for underproduction by assembly points at Takoradi [Ghana]. With accompanying letters of 11 May 1941 indicating that WSC replied and that Arnold's message and WSC's reply were forwarded by WSC's Private Office to the Foreign Office and Buckingham Palace.
Dates:
07 May 1941
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(Untitled), 10 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/38/101-102
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt accepting offer from General Henry Arnold [Chief of the United States Air Corps] for one third of United States airforce pilot training places to go to British pupils.
Dates:
10 May 1941
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(Untitled), 11 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/38/106-107
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Telegram from WSC to General Henry Arnold [Chief of the United States Air Corps] thanking him for information on problems with aircraft assembly at Takoradi [Ghana] and repying to the points raised.
Dates:
11 May 1941
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(Untitled), 15 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/38/127-128
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Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] on impending air attack on "Colorado" [codename for Crete][T179]; with reply from Wavell on operation "Scorcher" [codename for British occupation and defence of Crete] [T180].
Dates:
15 May 1941
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(Untitled), 16 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/38/144
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Telegram from WSC to General William Dobbie [Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Malta] proposing Stephenson to lead coastal air fighting against German shipping.
Dates:
16 May 1941
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(Untitled), [May 1941]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/10
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Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC advising that the training of pilots as arranged by General Henry Arnold [Chief of the United States Army Air Forces] can begin, and referring to supply of 6 additional small aircraft carriers.
Dates:
[May 1941]
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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), 25 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/27
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt thanking him for his message about General Henry Arnold's [Chief of the United States Army Air Forces] pilot training programme and the provision of small aircraft carriers.
Dates:
25 May 1941
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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), 27 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/34
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Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander-in- Chief, Middle East] to WSC regarding importance of advancing in Western desert to protect Tobruk [Libya] from bombing.
Dates:
27 May 1941
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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), 29 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/50-52
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Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC outlining proposal for United States military to assume responsibility for ferrying combat aircraft for Britain from production plant to delivery point for collection by RAF.
Dates:
29 May 1941
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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), May 1941 - Jun 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/54-56
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Part only of telegram from WSC to [Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia] explaining failure to defend Crete [Greece] in terms of absence of air fields rather than lack of air strength, with filing note confirming that this can be shown to Stanley Bruce [High Commissioner for Australia in London]. Also with telegram from Robert Menzies [Prime Minister of Australia] to WSC suggesting that the decisive factor in Middle East is air strength; that Australia and New Zealand have high stake...
Dates:
May 1941 - Jun 1941
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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), [May 1941]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/57
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Telegram from WSC to Robert Menzies [Prime Minister of Australia] reassuring him that Operation Jaguar will give Allied air superiority in Western desert.
Dates:
[May 1941]
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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), 31 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/60
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt accepting reorganisation of aircraft delivery [see CHAR 20/39/52 for proposal]; and commenting on reasons for withdrawal from Crete [Greece].
Dates:
31 May 1941
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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), 21 Oct 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/44/37
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Telegram from WSC to Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] complaining about delays in unloading tanks and proceeding with operations; Air Chief Marshal Sir Wilfrid Freeman has corrected the alarmist view of Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder [Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Middle East] on enemy air superiority.
Dates:
21 Oct 1941
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