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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 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.

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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"].

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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 1st Lord Beaverbrook [? Minister of Supply, earlier Max Aitken] to WSC on a recent broadcast he feels won over United States opinion.

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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.

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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.

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...

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...

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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.

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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.

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Letter from WSC to Sir Stafford Cripps [Lord Privy Seal] on the cancellation of his broadcast on the miners, and its replacement with a broadcast on the Soviet Treaty by Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon].

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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Printed note by WSC for the War Cabinet on broadcasting of shipping losses.

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Typed memorandum by WSC for the War Cabinet on publication of shipping losses.