Armed forces
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(Untitled), 26 Sep 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/244/34-36
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Letter from WSC to Lord Winterton (Shillinglee Park, Chiddingfold), stating that he had been invited to serve on the Air Defence Research Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence, but that he remained free to criticise air policy and air strength. Agreeing that the condition of the Air Ministry was unsatisfactory, and Britain was falling further and further behind Germany. Suggesting a meeting to discuss a deputation to the Prime Minister.
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26 Sep 1935
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(Untitled), 30 Sep 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/244/37-39
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Letter from Desmond Morton, (Earlylands, Crockham Hill, Edenbridge, Kent) to WSC, on relative air strength of Britain and Germany, stating that the number of military aircraft in the possession of the German Air Ministry and available for home defence in Britain were about the same, but that all of the German aircraft were new.
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30 Sep 1935
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(Untitled), 18 Oct 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/244/87-92
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Letter from Samuel Haines, Haines & Co., Englewood, New Jersey, USA to WSC, on design of improved searchlights to assist air defence.
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18 Oct 1935
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(Untitled), 28 Nov 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/244/97-99
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Letter from Lord Rothermere, Stratton House, Piccadilly, London to WSC, on the impossibility of anti-aircraft defence of warships, concluding that warships could carry no more that one hour's ammunition, and that "warships are doomed except for mid-ocean purposes", enclosing cutting from the "Daily Telegraph" on high altitude bombing.
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28 Nov 1935
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(Untitled), 29 Nov 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/244/100
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Pamphlet "Volkerbund" the Journal of the German Association for League of Nations Questions No.144 on French Military Aviation.
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29 Nov 1935
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(Untitled), 02 Dec 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/244/102-105
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Letter from Major-General Harry Pritchard, Ospringe, Faversham, Kent, to WSC, on the question of aerial defence.
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02 Dec 1935
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(Untitled), 04 Dec 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/244/107-109
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Letter from Desmond Morton to WSC, on defence of warships against air attack.
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04 Dec 1935
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(Untitled), 14 Mar 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/192/65
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Letter from "Charley" [7th Lord Londonderry] (Londonderry House, Park Lane, [London]) to WSC thanking him for his "very helpful speech" [on the air estimates].
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14 Mar 1933
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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), 15 Mar 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/192/74
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Letter from [WSC] to 7th Lord Londonderry reporting that Admiral Sir Reginald Custance agrees with him on the tactical methods of air defence, praising Sir Philip Sassoon's speech [on the air estimates] and attacking Londonderry's speech on India as damaging to the Conservative Party. Carbon typescript copy.
Dates:
15 Mar 1933
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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), 18 Mar 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/192/85-88
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Letter from [a senior army officer] (New Delhi, [India]) to [? Brigadier-General Sir James Edmonds] on: the isolated position of the Viceroy under the proposals in the White Paper on India; the severe strains on the finances of the central Indian government which will lead to an extremely dangerous reduction in the size of the army; the Prime Minister's proposals for the reduction of Britain's air strength and the danger of Russia establishing air bases in Afghanistan; the attitude of the...
Dates:
18 Mar 1933
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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), 01 May 1944 - 31 May 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/152/5
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, May 1944.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: the Chiefs of Staff; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers, particularly Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon]; Major-General Leslie Hollis [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet]; senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the...
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01 May 1944 - 31 May 1944
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(Untitled), 01 Aug 1944 - 31 Aug 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/153/2
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, August 1944.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers, particularly Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon]; the Chiefs of Staff; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet].Subjects covered by the minutes include: British naval activity in Western Europe;...
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01 Aug 1944 - 31 Aug 1944
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(Untitled), 04 May 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/74/112-113
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Telegram marked "Hush - Most Secret" from Richard Casey [Minister of State in the Middle East] (Malta) to WSC regarding the supply of reinforcements and provisions to Malta and outlining the importance of achieving air superiority.
Dates:
04 May 1942
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(Untitled), 12 May 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/75/17-19
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Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] marked "personal and secret" requesting supplies of aircraft: asks for help in securing a loan of 200 Martlets (fighter aircraft) to help meet the threat posed by Japanese aircraft carriers equipped with fighter dive-bombers; asks for an early supply of transport aircraft for use by British airborne forces during the summer; suggests that American airborne units should be sent to train alongside their British...
Dates:
12 May 1942
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(Untitled), 17 May 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/75/46-47
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Telegram from the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] to WSC marked "personal and secret" regarding the movement of American equipment and personnel to Britain: states that the failure of the United States to meet minimum requirements for carrier fighters in 1942 means that he cannot loan Martlets [fighter aircraft] to Britain; comments on plans to move air transport units to Britain; welcomes invitation for American parachutists to train in Britain and states that a...
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17 May 1942
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(Untitled), 20 May 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/75/56-58
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Telegram from the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] to WSC regarding the allocation of combat aircraft manufactured in the United States: argues that planes should be removed from reserve status and that every appropriate American-made aircraft should be manned and fought by an American crew; comments on changes in conditions and suggests that the Combined Chiefs of Staff determine the strength of aircraft to be maintained in the respective theatres of war; proposes...
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20 May 1942
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(Untitled), 21 May 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/75/64-66
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Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] marked "personal and secret" regarding the President's proposals for the allocation of combat aircraft: states that the sole objective must be the optimum air impact on the enemy "irrespective of whether British or United States pilots man the aircraft"; calls for a common expansion plan; asks that General Henry Arnold [Chief of United States Army Air Force] and Towers be sent at the earliest possible moment and...
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21 May 1942
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(Untitled), 27 May 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/75/84-85
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Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] marked "personal and secret": reports on the signing of a treaty [of alliance between Britain and the Soviet Union]; comments on Vyacheslav Molotov [Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs] and asks for Roosevelt's impressions; states that all has gone well with the Northern convoy but that the next two days will be serious; comments on talks with General Henry Arnold [Chief of United States Army Air Force] and Towers...
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27 May 1942
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(Untitled), 16 Mar 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/71B/171
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Telegram from Field Marshal Sir John Dill [Head of British Joint Staff Mission, Washington, United States] to WSC replying to comments by WSC [see CHAR 20/71B/165] on war strategy: comments on the security of Great Britain and the United States, the development of the American Pacific Fleet, the importance of the southern Soviet Union and Middle East theatres, the ineffectiveness of an air offensive against Germany from Britain and the impracticality of a land offensive in Europe; concludes...
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16 Mar 1942
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(Untitled), 17 Mar 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/71B/183-193
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Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt]: states that he has not yet heard from Australia and New Zealand but that in principle there are great merits resulting from the United States controlling the Pacific sphere and Britain controlling the Indian sphere; comments on the need for the American and British navies to work to a common strategy; describes British naval force in the Central Indian Ocean; comments on the need to co-ordinate all naval commands...
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17 Mar 1942
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(Untitled), 19 Mar 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/72/20-21
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Telegram from the Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] regarding the aircraft position in Australia: comments on his representations to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] regarding the need for a United States - Australian Air Staff and Planning Staff, and the willingness of Australia to place its Air Force under the immediate control of Lieutenant-General George Brett [Commander of Allied Air Forces, Dutch East Indies, later Indonesia]; states that President...
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19 Mar 1942
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(Untitled), 20 Mar 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/72/39
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Telegram from the Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] to WSC: states that WSC will be advised as soon as possible about the [Australian] 9th Division; thanks WSC for assurances of support in the event of invasion; comments on the aircraft position in Australia.
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20 Mar 1942
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(Untitled), 21 Mar 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/72/55-57
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Telegram from Sir Stafford Cripps [Lord Privy Seal] to WSC reciting his conclusions on the situation in the Middle East: states that "at present time neither our strength in tanks nor in air is such as to give any chance worth considering of a successful offensive"; gives details of tank and air strength; comments on the need for heavy bombers; comments on the view of General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] that there can be no offensive before mid-May; states that...
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21 Mar 1942
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(Untitled), 21 Mar 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/72/60
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Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt]: comments on his loan of American shipping and release of the Queen Mary, the Queen Elizabeth and the Aquitania for British use; suggests that a further 9000 American troops be sent to Iceland; expresses pleasure at the level of shipping of American personnel; expresses anxiety at the level of air provision for the Levant-Caspian front and asks for American light bombers and fighters to be diverted to the Middle...
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21 Mar 1942
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(Untitled), 26 Mar 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/72/104-105
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Telegram from Sir Stafford Cripps [Lord Privy Seal] (India) to WSC regarding the defence of North Eastern India: states that the next few weeks will be critical for morale; warns that the result may be disastrous if Calcutta is bombed without any effective defence; comments on the desperate need for up-to-date fighters and suggests alternative means of obtaining these from Britain or the Middle East or Ceylon [later Sri Lanka].
Dates:
26 Mar 1942
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