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Articles and film and book reviews by GK, also including the text of an article on television and politics, which he had sent to [James] Harold Wilson, Prime Minister, for comment.

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The collection includes scrapbooks containing photographs and press cuttings; family and professional correspondence; speeches and articles; official documents relating to Foreign Office and Suez Canal Company business; and draft notes for Cadogan's autobiography. A series of frank personal diaries with almost daily entries cover Cadogan's career and private life from his appointment as Minister to China in 1933 to his retirement.

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The papers cover Jacob's adult life from his early army career, his work as Assistant Military Secretary to the War Cabinet and as Director General of the BBC, to his retirement where he remained active in many important public services. Also included are some Boer War papers which were kept by Jacob's father-in-law.

Scope and Contents Letters chiefly relating to Geikie-Cobb's commissioning of BBC broadcast talks during the Second World War (mainly under his pseudonym 'Anthony Weymouth'), which he apparently kept as souvenirs. Correspondents include: Edith Watson, Private Secretary to Winston Churchill, acknowledging a letter from Geikie-Cobb advising that it should be made clear to the German Government that German cities would be bombed in retaliation for the bombing of British cities; Patricia Hamilton,...

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Comprising diaries and scrapbooks; books, articles and lectures; correspondence files; memorabilia; and audio-visual material.

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Fortieth anniversary pamphlet on the history of the BBC radio programme 'The Week in Westminster', with photograph of Mary Agnes Hamilton, who presented the first talk in 1929.

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The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Scope and Contents Transcripts of broadcasts and interviews with JEP, mainly on his general career, with other subjects including 'The Chamberlain Trilogy' on Neville Chamberlain, Joseph Chamberlain and Austen Chamberlain, a worldwide political shift to the right, immigration and politics in the 1970's (with Michael Foot. Also includes: text of an interview with members of the People's Democracy, including [Josephine] Bernadette Devlin [later Bernadette McAliskey]; draft report of the European...

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Typescript. Germans using information in BBC Empire broadcasts and re-interpreting to Britain's detriment in their overseas broadcasts.

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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].

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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.

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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.

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Printed note from WSC, with enclosures on Admiralty advice to the BBC on broadcasting of shipping losses.

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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.