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(Untitled), 26 Sep 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/16/25-31
Scope and Contents "Weekly Intelligence Commentary no. 58" from the War Office General Staff. Covers 19 to 26 September 1940 and divided into sections on: 1. Germany: a) invasion of the United Kingdom; b) activities in South-East Europe; c) "German sentiments towards this country"; d) "Changes in the art of war" (from the German press); e) fortifications 696, 678 and 699 (from the German press), "A Report on how the Engineers broke through the Maginot Line"; f) distribution of German divisions; 2. Italy and...
Dates: 26 Sep 1940
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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Military Intelligence Reports.
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(Untitled), 21 Nov 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2B/120-124
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Letter from [1st] Lord Vansittart [Chief Diplomatic Adviser to Foreign Secretary] to WSC, enclosing copy of letter to Sir Kingsley Wood, Secretary of State for Air, containing information from a private source on German air and naval capabilities; with letter of thanks from WSC to Vansittart.

Dates: 21 Nov 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Secret and Personal correspondence.
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(Untitled), 25 Nov 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2B/130-131
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Letter from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin], Foreign Secretary, to WSC on German and Soviet intentions towards Scandinavia.

Dates: 25 Nov 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Secret and Personal correspondence.
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(Untitled), [1939] - [1940]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2B/209
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Notes by WSC on the possibility of bringing in all of the Balkan states against Germany, and a possible treaty with Turkey. [manuscript].

Dates: [1939] - [1940]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Secret and Personal correspondence.
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(Untitled), 10 Sep 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2C/239-248
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Letter from WSC to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with thoughts on future action relating to Germany, advising against immediate bombing raids, commenting on supplies of artillery and munitions, and offering suggestions for the development of the Navy and Army. [carbon, with manuscript annotations by WSC].

Dates: 10 Sep 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Secret and Personal correspondence.
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(Untitled), 15 Sep 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2C/255-259
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Letter from WSC to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, speculating on German plans for the winter regarding the Balkans and the East; urging preparations to be made in Western Europe. [carbon with manuscript annotations by WSC].

Dates: 15 Sep 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Secret and Personal correspondence.
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(Untitled), 08 Oct 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2C/315-319
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Notes on the build up to war and German peace suggestions. [carbon, with manuscript annotations].

Dates: 08 Oct 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Secret and Personal correspondence.
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(Untitled), 04 Sep 1939 - 30 Sep 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/3/1
Scope and Contents First Lord of the Admiralty's printed minutes, September 1939.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (sometimes annotated with additional printed information) to: various naval directors; the Sea Lords, particularly 1st [Sea Lord, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound] and [3rd Sea Lord and] Controller [Rear-Admiral Bruce Fraser]; [Permanent] Secretary [Sir Archibald Carter]; Deputy Chief of Naval Staff [Rear-Admiral Tom Phillips]; Prime Minister [Neville Chamberlain]; other senior officers and...
Dates: 04 Sep 1939 - 30 Sep 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: First Lord's minutes. [printed].
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(Untitled), 01 Oct 1939 - 31 Oct 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/3/2
Scope and Contents First Lord of the Admiralty's printed minutes, October 1939.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (sometimes annotated with additional printed information) to: various naval directors; Deputy Chief of Naval Staff [Rear-Admiral Tom Phillips]; the Sea Lords, particularly 1st Sea Lord [Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound] and [3rd Sea Lord and] Controller [Rear-Admiral Bruce Fraser]; [Permanent] Secretary [Sir Archibald Carter]; other senior officers and civil servants.Subjects covered by the...
Dates: 01 Oct 1939 - 31 Oct 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: First Lord's minutes. [printed].
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(Untitled), 01 Nov 1939 - 30 Nov 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/3/3
Scope and Contents First Lord of the Admiralty's printed minutes, November 1939.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (sometimes annotated with additional printed information) to: Deputy Chief of Naval Staff [Rear-Admiral Tom Phillips]; [Permanent] Secretary [Sir Archibald Carter]; the Sea Lords, particularly [3rd Sea Lord and] Controller [Rear-Admiral Bruce Fraser] and 1st Sea Lord [Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound]; various naval directors; Professor [F A] Lindemann [later 1st Lord Cherwell] and Major...
Dates: 01 Nov 1939 - 30 Nov 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: First Lord's minutes. [printed].
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(Untitled), 16 Dec 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/4/37
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Printed note from WSC on Norwegian iron-ore traffic with Germany.

Dates: 16 Dec 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: War Cabinet papers by WSC.
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(Untitled), Jan 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/6/1
Scope and Contents First Lord of the Admiralty's printed minutes, January 1940.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (sometimes annotated with additional printed information) to: the Sea Lords, particularly 1st [Sea Lord, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound], 2nd [Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel, Admiral Sir Charles Little], and [3rd Sea Lord and] Controller [Rear-Admiral Bruce Fraser]; Deputy Chief of Naval Staff [Rear-Admiral Tom Phillips]; [Permanent] Secretary [Sir Archibald Carter]; various naval...
Dates: Jan 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: First Lord's minutes. [printed].
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(Untitled), Mar 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/6/3
Scope and Contents First Lord of the Admiralty's printed minutes, March 1940.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (sometimes annotated with additional printed information) to: the Sea Lords, particularly 1st [Sea Lord, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound], [3rd Sea Lord and] Controller [Rear-Admiral Bruce Fraser], and 5th [Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Air Services, Vice-Admiral Guy Royle]; [Permanent] Secretary [Sir Archibald Carter]; Controller [of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs, Sir James Lithgow]; Deputy...
Dates: Mar 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: First Lord's minutes. [printed].
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(Untitled), 01 Apr 1940 - 03 May 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/6/4
Scope and Contents First Lord of the Admiralty's printed minutes, April and May 1940.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (sometimes annotated with additional printed information) to: the Sea Lords, particularly [3rd Sea Lord and] Controller [Rear-Admiral Bruce Fraser], 1st [Sea Lord, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound], and 2nd [Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel, Admiral Sir Charles Little]; [Permanent] Secretary [Sir Archibald Carter]; Deputy Chief of Naval Staff [Rear-Admiral Tom Phillips]; Controller...
Dates: 01 Apr 1940 - 03 May 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: First Lord's minutes. [printed].
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(Untitled), 19 Jan 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/7/8
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Minute [from ?F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, WSC's Personal Assistant] to WSC on seizing of German ships as sanctions.

Dates: 19 Jan 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: copies of minutes [?mostly from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, WSC's Personal Assistant] to WSC, with a summary of the contents at the start of the file. Also includes a small amount of later correspondence [from the time of the production of WSC's "Second World War"].
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(Untitled), 18 Jan 1940-19 Jan 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/7/9
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Minute from [Rear-Admiral] John Godfrey, Director of Naval Intelligence, to WSC on German ships carrying ore from Narvik [Norway]. [Copy].

Dates: 18 Jan 1940-19 Jan 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: copies of minutes [?mostly from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, WSC's Personal Assistant] to WSC, with a summary of the contents at the start of the file. Also includes a small amount of later correspondence [from the time of the production of WSC's "Second World War"].
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(Untitled), 20 Jan 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/7/10
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Minute [from ?F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, WSC's Personal Assistant] to WSC on German, Austrian, Czechoslovak and Polish iron and steel production, and imports. [Copy].

Dates: 20 Jan 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: copies of minutes [?mostly from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, WSC's Personal Assistant] to WSC, with a summary of the contents at the start of the file. Also includes a small amount of later correspondence [from the time of the production of WSC's "Second World War"].
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(Untitled), 03 Apr 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/7/41-43
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Minute [from ?F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, WSC's Personal Assistant] to WSC on butter and whale oil, and preventing Germany getting hold of supplies.

Dates: 03 Apr 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: copies of minutes [?mostly from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, WSC's Personal Assistant] to WSC, with a summary of the contents at the start of the file. Also includes a small amount of later correspondence [from the time of the production of WSC's "Second World War"].
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(Untitled), 25 Nov 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/3/19-20
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Copy of a minute from WSC to Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance] on war reparations and the payment of war debts to the United States. WSC feels that there is a good prospect of obtaining reparations from Europe, including 25 million pounds a year from Germany, and that they should wait for proposals from France and Italy. He advocates an open statement that all previous offers have lapsed.

Dates: 25 Nov 1924
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Treasury / Official: Treasury: WSC's minutes.
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(Untitled), 24 Apr [1924]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/7/141-143
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Memorandum from Frederick Leith-Ross [British representative on Finance Board of the Reparation Commission] to WSC responding to his queries. He explains the delay between the collection of reparations and payment into the Exchequer and £6 million interest earned from investment of German funds; discusses reasons to avoid specific public mention of this and the basis for lower estimates this year.Typescript.

Dates: 24 Apr [1924]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Treasury / Official: Treasury: Budget 1925-1926: Customs and Excise memoranda, Treasury memoranda and tables, used in the production of the Budget.
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(Untitled), 20 Apr 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/71/10-16
Scope and Contents Memorandum from WSC to Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance, Treasury] on the economic position of Germany and Great Britain and the negative impact of the rigid policy of the Bank of England, high taxation, poor trade and high unemployment. WSC argues that the policy is unsatisfactory on social, industrial and political grounds; that Germany is in a healthier economic state and that the allies may need to reduce the reparations burden on Germany and that misleading conclusions will be...
Dates: 20 Apr 1927
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Treasury / Official: Treasury: Budget 1928-1929: Treasury memoranda and tables, used in the production of the Budget.
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(Untitled), 14 Sep 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/75/167-173
Scope and Contents Copy of a memorandum from WSC to Sir Warren Fisher [Permanent Secretary] "and others concerned" on: the possibility of shortening the occupation of Germany if Germany makes improvements in payment of reparations; the economic impact of the early return of troops; disarmament and the need for France to retain a strong army to uphold the Locarno treaty; repayment of United States debt and the need to pass on costs to Germany; the need for the Treasury to adopt am attitude of "extreme reserve...
Dates: 14 Sep 1928
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Treasury / Official: Treasury: WSC's minutes.
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(Untitled), 19 Apr 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/7/60-65
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Minute [from ?F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, WSC's Personal Assistant] to WSC on "The Economic Consequences of German aggression in Scandinavia".

Dates: 19 Apr 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: copies of minutes [?mostly from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, WSC's Personal Assistant] to WSC, with a summary of the contents at the start of the file. Also includes a small amount of later correspondence [from the time of the production of WSC's "Second World War"].
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(Untitled), 26 Apr 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/7/67-68
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Minute [from ?F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, WSC's Personal Assistant] to WSC on conclusions about Allied air strengths in comparison with those of Germany.

Dates: 26 Apr 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: copies of minutes [?mostly from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, WSC's Personal Assistant] to WSC, with a summary of the contents at the start of the file. Also includes a small amount of later correspondence [from the time of the production of WSC's "Second World War"].
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(Untitled), 08 Sep 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/201/36-37
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Letter from Alfred Duff Cooper [later 1st Lord Norwich] (Schloss St Martin, Austria) to WSC reporting on the Austrian fears of invasion by Germany, the apparently vigorous preparations for war in Germany, a disappointing speech by Adolf Hitler and the date of the next meeting of the Other Club.

Dates: 08 Sep 1933
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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Public and political: general / Public and political: correspondence relating to the Other Club.

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