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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 506 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 06 Jul 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/77/72
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Telegram from WSC to John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] marked "secret and personal" thanking him for his personal concern about the broadcast criticising the Middle East Command which was not heard in the United Kingdom.

Dates: 06 Jul 1942
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), 07 Jul 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/77/82
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander in Chief Middle East] marked "personal and secret" informing him that the information about Allied movements had been released by Auchinleck's military censors, using the Cairo beam which is audible to the German Listening Service, and that he cannot blame the BBC: recommends that the censor responsible is tried by court martial and the correspondent who wrote it sent home; recommends that he hand the matter over to the Minister...
Dates: 07 Jul 1942
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), 07 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/81/12
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and most secret" informing him that he is sending him three telegrams [see CHAR 20/81/13-16] about "Aspidistra" [codename for powerful British radio transmitter] and asking whether Roosevelt likes the idea of preparing one or more records.

Dates: 07 Oct 1942
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), 07 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/81/13-14
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and most secret" outlining how "Aspidistra" (powerful British radio transmitter) will be used to assist "Torch" [codename for allied occupation of French north-west Africa] by disseminating political information to the maximum listening public in France and North Africa.

Dates: 07 Oct 1942
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), 07 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/81/15
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and most secret" describing what type of records should be made for use with "Aspidistra" (powerful British radio transmitter) to assist "Torch" [codename for allied occupation of French north-west Africa].

Dates: 07 Oct 1942
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), 07 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/81/16
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and most secret" requesting immediate priority be given to the supply of six tubes required as essential spares for "Aspidistra" (powerful British radio transmitter) to assist "Torch" [codename for allied occupation of French north-west Africa].

Dates: 07 Oct 1942
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), 09 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/81/28
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Telegram from Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] to WSC marked "personal and most secret" informing him that the tubes he has requested [for use in powerful British radio transmitter "Aspidistra"] are obsolescent and suggesting alternatives.

Dates: 09 Oct 1942
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), 09 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/81/31
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Telegram from WSC to Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] marked "personal and secret" stating that they were unaware that the tubes [for use in "Aspidistra", British radio transmitter] were no longer being manufactured and asking Hopkins to get in touch with Professor Bayly at the Office of Strategic Services in New York.

Dates: 09 Oct 1942
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), 10 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/81/32
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Telegram from Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] to WSC informing him that he expects to have three new and three used tubes [for use in "Aspidistra", British radio transmitter] by 13 Oct which he will forward by the first available air transport to Brendan Bracken [Minister of Information].

Dates: 10 Oct 1942
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), 10 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/81/33
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Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "most secret" informing WSC that he is making a radio disc [for broadcast by "Aspidistra", British radio transmitter] and stating that "while your French grammar is better than mine my accent is most alluring".

Dates: 10 Oct 1942
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), 09 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/81/34
Scope and Contents Telegram from Field Marshal Sir John Dill [Representative of the British Chiefs of Staff in Washington] to WSC marked "private" informing him that Admiral William Leahy [Chief of Staff to the President of the United States] had told Dill that President Roosevelt had accepted the idea of making a record for "Aspidistra" [British radio transmitter] and reporting that Leahy thought Roosevelt would say something in French on the lines of the message to be issued by General Dwight D Eisenhower...
Dates: 09 Oct 1942
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), 27 Oct 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2A/64
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Letter from WSC to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain on communication between Cabinet Ministers and the Press, particularly relating to consultation with the Lord Privy Seal [Sir Samuel Hoare, later 1st Lord Templewood] prior to broadcasting. [carbon].

Dates: 27 Oct 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 11 Jan 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/8/2
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Printed note by WSC for the War Cabinet on broadcasting of shipping losses.

Dates: 11 Jan 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Apr 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/8/14-15
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Typed memorandum by WSC for the War Cabinet on publication of shipping losses.

Dates: 26 Apr 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Dec 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/4/34
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Typed memorandum from WSC with specimens of "cheerful chats" about Naval matters for BBC broadcasting; to give details of the day's casualties and the fate of ships Germaine, Ragni, HC Flood, Ursus, Atheltemplar and Inverlaine.

Dates: 16 Dec 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Dec 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/4/36
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Printed note from WSC, with enclosures on Admiralty advice to the BBC on broadcasting of shipping losses.

Dates: 20 Dec 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Mar 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/21B/146-148
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Letter from WSC to Sir Walter Citrine [General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress and President of the International Federation of Trade Unions] informing him that it was not desirable to have land mines with parachute attachments discussed in the press; censors have kept them secret to avoid giving Germany a huge advantage.

Dates: 12 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Mar 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/21B/178
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Letter from WSC to Major David Davies [Deputy Editor, News of the World] on a misleading article, entitled "With plenty of bombs we shall smash Berlin" [Germany] about WSC's most recent broadcast [9 February 1941 "Give us the tools"].

Dates: 30 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [Nov 1941]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/24/39
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Letter from 1st Lord Beaverbrook [? Minister of Supply, earlier Max Aitken] to WSC on a recent broadcast he feels won over United States opinion.

Dates: [Nov 1941]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Mar 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/25/19-21
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Letter from Sir Walter Citrine, General Secretary, Trades Union Congress and [President of the International Federation of Trade Unions], to Anthony Bevir, Private Secretary to WSC, protesting at censorship of his proposed broadcast to the United States and Canada on the indiscriminate character of German bombing; with a note by Bevir.

Dates: 06 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Oct 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/28/25-56
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Correspondence between Basil Nicolls (BBC, Broadcasting House, London) John Colville [Private Secretary to WSC], and Francis Brown [Assistant Private Secretary to WSC] proposing a programme on the Battle of Blenheim [Germany], based on WSC's book ["Marlborough: His Life and Times"]; permission for broadcast granted; with copy of script by Cyril Roberts.

Dates: 11 Oct 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Dec 1940 - 22 Feb 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/28/111-123
Scope and Contents Correspondence and Cabinet report concerning broadcasts by J B Priestley [author] for the BBC, which despite an initial following declined in popularity; concern over anti-Government sentiments expressed with correspondents including: WSC; Martin Russell and 6th Lord Hood [Private Secretaries to the Minister of Information]; [Alfred] Duff Cooper [Minister of Information, later 1st Lord Norwich]; John Peck and Edith Watson [Private Secretaries to WSC]; Rupert Beckett [Chairman, the Yorkshire...
Dates: 16 Dec 1940 - 22 Feb 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Feb 1941 - 06 Mar 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/30/52-58
Scope and Contents Letter from [Alfred] Duff Cooper [Minister of Information, later 1st Lord Norwich] to WSC asking to ban propaganda broadcasts by Sir Robert Vansittart [Chief Diplomatic Adviser to Foreign Secretary] to the French people; annotated by WSC agreeing; with letter from Vansittart justifying his broadcasts as they were commissioned by Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon] to appeal to French hatred of Germany; WSC concedes; also includes note by Martin Russell [Private Secretary to...
Dates: 24 Feb 1941 - 06 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Mar 1941 - 15 Mar 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/32/33-38
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Correspondence between Prime Minister's Office and Alfred Clark, Chairman, the Gramophone Company Limited (Hayes, Middlesex) on the issue of further gramophone records of WSC's speeches. Includes note and carbon of letter from Anthony Bevir, Prime Minister's Private Secretary, along with details of the broadcasts to be included.

Dates: 03 Mar 1941 - 15 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Sep 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/32/78-81
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Letters from Alfred Clark, Chairman, the Gramophone Company Limited, (Hayes, Middlesex) to Anthony Bevir [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] and WSC (10 Downing Street) on issuing an album of WSC's speeches (27 April, 22 June, and 24 August), asking WSC for suggested titles. Signed typescript with details of the album and preceded by file note, annotated by individuals including WSC and Leonard Smith.

Dates: 01 Sep 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open