Literature
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Personal: South Africa: Correspondence., 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/26
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Correspondents include Joseph Cheetham; Joseph Chamberlain; Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson; Captain Percy Scott; Colonel Neville Chamberlain.File also includes WSC's certificate of service with the South African Light Horse, Jan-Mar 1900, signed by Lt-Colonel Julian Byng [later Lord Byng of Vimy].
Dates:
1900
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Personal: Visits and invitations: Aix-en-Provence [France], Monte Carlo [Monaco] (August - October 1948): A - H., 05 Jul 1948 - 31 Oct 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/71
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Correspondents on WSC's visit to Aix and Monte Carlo include: Ava, Lady Anderson [earlier Ava Wigram, later Ava, Lady Waverley] offering accommodation (2); Edward, Duke of Windsor [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales, and Edward VIII]; CSC (4); Robert Boothby; Comtesse de Geoffre de Chabrignac; 1st Lord Cherwell [earlier F A Lindemann]; Sylvia Churchill; William Deakin [WSC's literary assistant] (3); representatives of Thomas Cook and Son Limited on travel arrangements (18); G Ritleng,...
Dates:
05 Jul 1948 - 31 Oct 1948
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Personal: Visits and invitations: Aix-en-Provence [France], Monte Carlo [Monaco], (August-October 1948): arrangements etc., 05 Aug 1948 - 29 Oct 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/70
Scope and Contents
Correspondents on WSC's visits to Aix and Monte Carlo include: John Snedaker, Business Manager, Time-Life International (4); CSC (3); Christopher Soames; "Bernie" [Bernard Baruch]; William Deakin [WSC's literary assistant].Also includes: bills and accounts of travel expenses; telegrams between WSC's secretaries, Lettice Marston, Elizabeth Gilliatt and Jo Sturdee [later Lady Onslow], between London and France; baggage lists, including letters and lists of proofs for ["The Second World War"];...
Dates:
05 Aug 1948 - 29 Oct 1948
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Personal: Visits and invitations: Italy (July - September 1949): arrangements etc., 11 Jul 1949 - 12 Apr 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/75
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Correspondents on WSC's visit to Italy include: CSC (2); Christopher Soames; Charles Wood [literary assistant to WSC] on ["The Second World War"].Also includes: telegrams between WSC's secretaries, Jo Sturdee [later Lady Onslow], Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel], Elizabeth Gilliatt, Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford] and Cecily "Chips" Gemmell; baggage lists, including lists of letters and proofs for volume 4 of ["The Second World War"]; accounts of travel expenses and...
Dates:
11 Jul 1949 - 12 Apr 1950
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Personal: Visits and invitations: Madeira (January 1950) A - G., 18 Nov 1949 - 29 Mar 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/80
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Correspondents on WSC's visit to Madeira include: "Bill", 1st Lord Camrose [earlier Sir William Berry, Chairman, Amalgamated Press] on subjects including the serialisation of ["The Second World War"] (2); CSC (4); Barry Aikman, Managing Director, Aquila Airways Limited (4); Marshal Antonio Carmona [President of Portugal] welcoming WSC to Madeira; Arthur Christiansen, [Editor] Daily Express, on the use of Daily Express cartoons by the Conservative Party; Duncan Sandys; R Mullins, Manager,...
Dates:
18 Nov 1949 - 29 Mar 1950
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Personal: Visits and invitations: Marrakesh [Morocco], (December 1947 - January 1948): A - D., 21 Oct 1947 - 04 Mar 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/68
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Correspondents on WSC's visit to Marrakesh include: Marquis de Montesquiou-Fezensac, President of the Societe des produits d' Armagnac [France]; Clement Attlee [Prime Minister]; A-L Breugnot, L'Echo D'Algers [Algeria] (4); Francois Cogne, on his sculpture of WSC (5); Noel Barber, [Editor], Continental Daily Mail; H Valentine, Assistant Traffic Manager, Thomas Cook and Son Limited, on travel arrangements (13); Stanley Adams, Chairman, Thomas Cook and Son Limited; Sir Edward Bridges [Permanent...
Dates:
21 Oct 1947 - 04 Mar 1948
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Personal: Visits and invitations: Monte Carlo [Monaco] (December 1948 - January 1949) A - G., 01 Dec 1948 - 06 Mar 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/73
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Correspondents on WSC's visit to Monte Carlo include: CSC (4); Aga Khan (III); "Max" [1st Lord Beaverbrook, earlier Sir William Aitken] on his inability to join WSC; Edwyn Hole, Consul-General, Nice [France]; General Raymond Brutinel, on acupuncture and its possible benefits to George VI; Mischel Cherniavsky [cellist], offering to play for WSC; Sylvia Churchill; H Valentine, Assistant Traffic Manager, Thomas Cook and Son Limited, on travel arrangements (5); Eve Curie [Co-publisher], Paris...
Dates:
01 Dec 1948 - 06 Mar 1949
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Personal: Visits and invitations: Monte Carlo [Monaco] (December 1948 - January 1949) H - Z., 29 Nov 1948 - 19 Jan 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/74
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Correspondents on WSC's visit to Monte Carlo include: Louis Detraz, General Manager, Hotel de Paris, Monte Carlo (7); Denise, Duchess of Leinster; Prince Rainier of Monaco; James Griffyth Fairfax, President, M C Club; Lady Smith-Gordon; Mary Soames [earlier Mary Churchill]; Florence Stonor (2); "Bendor" [2nd Duke of Westminster]; Edward, Duke of Windsor [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales, and Edward VIII] (3); Charles Wood [literary assistant to WSC] on ["The Gathering Storm", volume 1 of "The...
Dates:
29 Nov 1948 - 19 Jan 1949
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Photographs, 1896 - 1957
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW II 8
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1 WSC with Alcock and Brown (1919).
2 Armoured Train destroyed by Boers (15.09.1896).
3 Photos from Natal Archives - stone marking where WSC taken by Boers.
4 Memorial Stone Armoured Train.
5 WSC in Durban [South Africa] after his escape (1899).
6 Portrait of WSC by F.List (1957).
7 WSC on boat to South Africa and Armoured train.
8 Illustrations for 'Great Contemporaries': Georges Clemenceau, Philip Snowden, Lord Rosebery, George Bernard Shaw, Chamberlain,...
Dates:
1896 - 1957
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From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Series
Poetry, 1880 - 1917
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CASR II 3
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From the Sub-Fonds:
For the most part, these additional papers consist of correspondence both with prominent contemporary figures and with members of the family, notably Sir Frank Lascelles, Lady Spring-Rice's father and with her cousin Gertrude Bell. Amongst these additional papers are many of Sir Cecil's own poems together with the charming stories he wrote and illustrated to amuse his daughter when she was in hospital as a small child.
Dates:
1880 - 1917
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From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence H-J., 03 Jun 1938 - 09 Oct 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/56A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Lieutenant J E G Halsey (4); Brendan Bracken; Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (12); Sir John Anderson [Lord Privy Seal, later 1st Lord Waverley] on ARP Controllers and London Regional Commissioners (3); Walter Elliot [Minister of Health]; H E Hounsell (5).Subjects include: Conservative Central Office undermining WSC in Epping; Supplementary Reserve and Territorial Army commissions; air raid shelters; munitions profiteering;...
Dates:
03 Jun 1938 - 09 Oct 1939
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence Pi-Pr., 15 Mar 1940 - 10 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/88
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Correspondents include: Duncan Sandys [Financial Secretary of the War Office] on repatriation of British prisoners of war and sending food parcels to them; Thomas Poulter (6); Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (5); Lily Preston (10).Other subjects include: bomb damage repair; petrol allowances; de-requisitioning of houses; religion in WSC's "Thoughts and Adventures"; reference to a photograph of WSC in the snow...
Dates:
15 Mar 1940 - 10 Jul 1945
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: Letters of congratulation on WSC's election as Liberal MP., 14 Nov 1906 - 15 Dec 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/9
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Correspondents include: George Armitage Smith, Henry Spicer, Sir Richard Tangye, 10th Lord Chesterfield, Ivor Guest [later Lord Ashby St Ledgers and 2nd Lord Wimborne], Walter Runciman, Sir George Agnew, Alfred Emmott MP, Sir Algernon West, Sir Alfred Turner, Sir Robert Perks MP, George Buckle, editor of the Times, Lord Althorp [later 6th Lord Spencer], Sir Edward Grey [later Lord Grey of Fallodon], David Lloyd George, Sir William Holland MP, Pearl Craigie, Lord James of Hereford [earlier...
Dates:
14 Nov 1906 - 15 Dec 1906
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Portfolio of press cuttings on "Closing the Ring", vol V of WSC's "The Second World War", 1952 - 1953-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHWL/PE 30 (box 1)
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From the Series:
Printed items sent to WSC as gifts, tributes, press cuttings on his career etc.
Dates:
1952 - 1953-03
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Public and Political: General: correspondence and papers concerning an action brought by William Griffin, editor and publisher of the New York Enquirer, against WSC for slander over WSC's denial of statements attributed to him by Griffin on the United States' entry into World War I allegedly made during a meeting in August 1936., Jan 1940 - Dec 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/408
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Correspondents include: David Hecht and J Arthur Leve of Leve, Hecht, Hadfield and Clarke, WSC's US lawyers (14); David Scott [Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]; [11th] Lord Lothian [earlier Philip Kerr, British Ambassador to the United States] (7); Sir John Simon [Chancellor of the Exchequer] (2); Sir Thomas Barnes, Treasury Solicitor (4); "B B" [Brendan Bracken, Prime Minister's Parliamentary Private Secretary]. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from...
Dates:
Jan 1940 - Dec 1940
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Public and Political: General: correspondence and papers concerning the action brought by William Griffin, editor and publisher of the New York Enquirer [United States], against WSC., Mar 1942 - Jun 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/454
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Correspondents include: Sir Thomas Barnes, Treasury Solicitor (26); John Foster [First Secretary] (British Embassy, Washington) (4); [Bernard] Sendall [Principal Private Secretary to Minister of Information]; Lovat Dickson [Director] of MacMillan and Company (3); Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin], British Ambassador to the United States (2); [Maurice] Bathurst [Legal Adviser, British Embassy, Washington] (2); [Frank] Lawton [Principal Assistant Treasury Solicitor] (3). Also...
Dates:
Mar 1942 - Jun 1945
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence C-G., Jul 1929 - May 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/573A-B
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Correspondents include: [1st Lord] Carson on India; "Bertie" [7th Duke of] Leinster [earlier Lord Edward FitzGerald] on his health; Randolph Churchill on his finances; representatives of Nicholl Manistry and Company regarding the division of stock and a settlement to Randolph Churchill; Lord Ivor Churchill on subjects including family affairs including Gladys, Duchess of Marlborough and a statue of John, 1st Duke of Marlborough (5); Neville Chamberlain on opposition to the Finance Bill;...
Dates:
Jul 1929 - May 1934
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Public and Political: General: correspondence, mostly on the Munich Crisis, from the general public in Britain and abroad, mostly supporting WSC's stance., Oct 1938 - Jan 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/605A-B
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Correspondents include: Major-General Sir Guy Beatty, Sir Albert Howard, Sir Robert Bird, Sir Michael Sadler, and [John] Eric Allden on WSC's broadcast to the United States of 16 October; George Bailey on modernising dry docks; [John Warren] MacAlpine on getting information into Germany and Italy; Sir Leonard Hill of the St John Clinic and Institute of Physical Medicine on birth rates; A H Richards [General Organising Secretary of the Anti-Nazi Council] (5) on organising meetings and support...
Dates:
Oct 1938 - Jan 1939
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence N-Z., 1880 - Jun 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/576A-C
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Correspondents include: [Sir] Walton Newbold on economic issues; Harold Nicolson; Terence O'Connor on subjects including wireless broadcasting, Ireland and WSC's attacks on his speech; Sir Michael O'Dwyer; Herman Ould on the role of John Galsworthy's play "Justice" on prison reform; Edward Marsh on subjects including submarine campaigns (3); [Thomas] Guy Paget; [1st Lord] Portsea [earlier Bertram Falle]; [Frederick] Ponsonby [later 1st Lord Sysonby] on a libel case and distress to King...
Dates:
1880 - Jun 1934
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Public and Political: General: correspondence with Charles Wood, former literary assistant of WSC, on an offer to proof read "Into Battle", the printer's bill from [George G] Harrap [and Company], the whereabouts of William Deakin, and the bombing of his house in Golder's Green [London]., Jan 1941 - Nov 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/433
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Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from WSC's secretary [Kathleen] Hill; details of a Robert Wood.
Dates:
Jan 1941 - Nov 1941
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Public and Political: General: correspondence with or about Charles Wood, former literary assistant of WSC, on his retirement from George G Harrap and Company, obtaining wartime employment, personal details, and the gift of some apples., Jun 1940 - Dec 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/411
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Also includes notes and copies of correspondence by WSC's secretary [Kathleen] Hill and [Brendan] Bracken [Prime Minister's Parliamentary Private Secretary].
Dates:
Jun 1940 - Dec 1940
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Public and Political: General: Defence of Freedom and Peace., 04 Jan 1937 - 08 Jan 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/311A-B
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Correspondence on the Focus in Defence of Freedom and Peace, mainly between WSC and A H Richards [Secretary of the Focus] on subjects including: extending the Focus to the United States, France and Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia]; suggested visits by WSC to the United States and Yugoslavia; meetings of the focus group, and mass meetings in Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow [Scotland]; appeals and recruiting...
Dates:
04 Jan 1937 - 08 Jan 1938
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Public and Political: General: Defence of Freedom and Peace: Invitation to Yugoslavia., 02 Jun 1937 - 29 Dec 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/313
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Correspondents, mainly on WSC's invitation to Yugoslavia [now Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia], include: A H Richards [Secretary of the Focus in Defence of Freedom and Peace] on subjects including WSC's meeting with Zelimir Mazuranic, President of the Yugoslav Senate, Yugoslavia's potential support for the democratic nations rather than Germany and Italy, WSC's suggested visit, the Focus in Defence of Freedom and Peace statement of...
Dates:
02 Jun 1937 - 29 Dec 1937
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Public and Political: General: Greetings: Nobel Prize: congratulations., 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/468A-C
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Correspondents (congratulating WSC on receiving the Nobel Prize for literature) include: Winthrop Aldrich, United States Ambassador to Great Britain; Andrew Stark, Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary; Olaf Nobel; [James] Vincent Sheean; Joyce Hall; Francois Mauriac; Sir Alexander Korda; Eugene Meyer; Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz]; King Peter II of Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia]; Prince Bertil of...
Dates:
1953
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Public and Political: General: Palestine., 20 Dec 1937 - 11 Nov 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/348
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Correspondents on Palestine include: Colonel Angus McNeill [former Commander of Palestine Gendarmerie] on continuing terrorism in Palestine, the difficulties of policing the area, and the disbanding of the Gendarmerie; Gerald Creasy, Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Colonies (2); Leo Amery on the advantages of continuing with the policy of partition, and on terrorism; Josiah Wedgwood on "Great Contemporaries", the Jewish attitude to Britain's policy on Palestine, asking...
Dates:
20 Dec 1937 - 11 Nov 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
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