Scope and Contents Correspondence between Alfred Clark, Chairman, the Gramophone Company Limited, Anthony Bevir, Francis Brown [Private Secretaries to WSC], WSC and Alan Hodge [Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of Information] on putting further issues of WSC's speeches, 1941-42, on gramophone record by the Gramophone Company, the United Broadcasting Company of Chicago [United States], and the Columbia Company, with royalties to be paid to the Feathers Clubs; unauthorised editions produced by Audio...

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Correspondence between Alfred Clark, Chairman of the Gramophone Company Limited, Anthony Bevir [Private Secretary to WSC] and WSC on recordings of speeches by WSC and Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] and correspondence between Bevir, Rutherford Tippetts [Principal Private Secretary to Minister of Supply] and Bernard Sendall [Principal Private Secretary to Minister of Information] about provision of paper or woodpulp in making the album of speeches.

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Letter from Frederick Ogilvie [Director-General, BBC] to WSC congratulating him on a recent French broadcast [21 October, "Dieu protege la France"] and on bombing suffered by the BBC; reply expressing thanks.

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Letter from King George VI (Sandringham [Norfolk]) to WSC on the improvement in his health after a rest at Sandringham; mentions a prospective visit to Sheffield [Yorkshire] and thanks WSC for his help with the Christmas Day broadcast. [signed manuscript].

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Letter from Alexander Duckham to WSC asking for consent to distribute gramophone recordings of WSC's broadcast of 14th July ["War of the Unknown Warriors"] to schools, works and other bodies; can obtain such records from Alfred Clark [Chairman, the Gramophone Company Limited]; with covering letter from Anthony Bevir [Private Secretary to WSC] to 6th Lord Hood [Private Secretary to Minister of Information] asking for advice. [Carbon].

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Covering letter from Alexander Duckham offering the recipient's organisation a recording of WSC's broadcast of 14th July 1940 "The War of the Unknown Warriors"; with list of first recipients of records including Cabinet Ministers, Prime Ministers of the Dominions and public and industrial organisations, and letter from Duckham to Anthony Bevir [Private Secretary to WSC].

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Correspondence between Alexander Duckham and WSC's secretaries concerning distribution of further gramophone recordings of WSC's broadcasts.

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Letter from Alfred Clark, Chairman of the Gramophone Company Limited to Anthony Bevir [Private Secretary to WSC] offering WSC a copy of a recent recording of Dorothy Thompson's speech to the people of Canada; annotated by WSC "Yes please".

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Lists of proposed titles for recordings of WSC's broadcasts: 19 May 1940 "In a solemn hour"; 18 June 1940 "This was their finest hour"; 14 July 1940 "The War of the Unknown Warriors" and 11 Sept 1940 "Every man to his post"; also a proposal [granted] that a photograph of WSC should appear on the record label; includes notes by Anthony Bevir [Private Secretary to WSC].

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Cutting from The Listener [BBC weekly publication] of text of WSC's broadcast of 19 May ["Arm yourselves and] Be ye men of valour", later recorded as "In a solemn hour".

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Letter from Freda [Marquesa de Casa Maury, earlier Freda Dudley Ward] to WSC thanking him for nominating her charity, the Feathers Clubs Association, to receive the royalties on the records of speeches being distributed by HMV ["His Master's Voice", or the Gramophone Company Limited]; the charity supplies food to down and outs. [Manuscript].

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Letter from Anthony Bevir [Private Secretary to WSC] to Alfred Clark [Chairman, the Gramophone Company Limited] asking if the company is happy for the royalties to be given to Freda, Marquesa de Casa Maury [earlier Freda Dudley Ward]'s Feathers Clubs. [Carbon].

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Notes between Brendan Bracken [Parliamentary Private Secretary to WSC] and WSC on following King George VI's example in allowing the Gramophone Company Limited to record WSC's speeches; Bracken suggests Freda, Marquesa de Casa Maury [earlier Freda Dudley Ward]'s Feathers Clubs as recipient for royalties, as they feed "thousands of harassed Londoners". [Manuscript].

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Letters from Alfred Clark, Chairman, the Gramophone Company Limited to Anthony Bevir [Private Secretary to WSC] and WSC asking for WSC's consent to the recording and publication of his speeches and the nomination of a charity to receive the profits.

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Letter from Edward, Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, Foreign Secretary] to WSC congratulating him on a recent broadcast; asks if he would see [1st] Lord Trenchard.

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Letter from WSC to Jacques Duchesne [Michel Saint- Denis, head of French section, BBC] thanking him for his translation of WSC's speech to the Allied Representatives on 12 June ["Our stolid, stubborn strength"].

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Telegram from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] to WSC with invitation from University of Rochester, United States, to receive Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws in absentia, and make a broadcast speech to United States on commencement day. [see CHAR 20/38/123 for reply.].

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Telegram from WSC to CSC (Moscow [Soviet Union]) marked "Top Secret" suggesting she broadcast on 9 May a message from him "to Marshal Stalin, to the Red Army, and to the Russian people" sending greetings for their "splendid victories" and hope for a peaceful future. Copy.

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Telegram from Sir Edward Grigg [later Lord Altrincham, Minister of State, Middle East] (Beirut [Lebanon]) to WSC marked "Personal" requesting he look at Grigg's telegram from Beirut expressing anxiety about the arrival of the "Jeanne d'Arc" [French battleship]; and congratulating him on his VE Day broadcast. Carbon copy.

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Telegram from Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] (San Francisco [United States]) to WSC congratulating him on his VE Day announcement.

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Telegram from WSC to Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] (San Francisco [United States]) marked "personal" informing him that he has had to postpone his BBC broadcast until 13 May; and apologising as this upsets an arrangement made for a broadcast by Eden at the same time. Carbon copy.

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Telegram from Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later Lord Avon] (San Francisco [United States]) to WSC marked "personal" stating that he understands [the postponement of WSC's broadcast preventing one by Eden]. Despatched on 10 May (United States time), 11 May (British time).

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Telegram from WSC to Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] (San Francisco [United States]) marked "Personal" expressing his sorrow at displacing a broadcast by Eden [with one of his own]. Carbon copy.

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