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Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from WSC's secretary Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow].Other subjects include: Dutch serialisation rights.Also includes: a note from Martin Gilbert (1963); details of word counts for speeches; cuttings from Life magazine serialisation; copies of Ons Vrije Nederland [Dutch magazine] containing the speeches.WSC's notes and source material for these speeches can be found in files CHAR 9/140-1, 147, 156, 174, 179, 184 and 187.

Scope and Contents Includes: Press cutting for "1938 - World's Year of Fate", published in Answers (29 January 1938), briefly commenting on rearmament, the Spanish Civil War, the threat of Japan, Italy and Germany, and the role of Britain, France and the United States. Cuttings and proofs for "Women in War", published in the February edition of the Strand Magazine, looking at the subject from both an historical perspective, focusing on figures such as Joan of Arc, and examining the contemporary situation...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Edward Chatterton on correcting statements in an article by WSC on Q-boats in the Sunday Chronicle; Stefan Lorant, Editor of Picture Post, on a special issue telling the story of the Battle of the River Plate; John Perowne (Foreign Office) and 11th Lord Lothian [British Ambassador in the United States] on WSC writing an article for Atlantic Monthly; William Chenery, Editor of Collier's magazine; representatives of George G Harrap and Company on getting an introduction...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Josephine Parr [former secretary to WSC] offering her services; Emile Rieu, Literary and Academic Adviser at Methuen and Company (2); representatives of Cassell and Company (3), including a Director, Sir Newman Flower, on the destruction of Cassell's premises in an air raid; Douglas Jerrold, Director of Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited (3); George Campbell on publishing "Lord Randolph Churchill" in Sweden (6); Brendan Bracken (3); Rubeigh Minney, Editor of the Strand...

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Cuttings from February edition of Omnibook magazine containing abridged version of "While England Slept" [United States title of "Arms and the Covenant"], including a "Foreword to the Omnibook Edition" commenting on the foresight of WSC's speeches.

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Papers against the bill (and later against the act) introduced by David Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, including: memoranda on 'Dishonest Finance' and the effect of the bill on different types of Friendly Society; programme of the Amend the Act League, including a speech by LSA pointing out defects in the act, with summary; text of speech by LSA against the bill.

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Speech.

Scope and Contents Subjects include: Imperial Preference and expansionist policy; Britain's economic future; India's position in relation to the Commonwealth; economic discussions with the United States; Anglo-American relations; planning for after the war; overseas trade; government of Indian provinces controlled by the Congress party; India and the war; the Empire and the preferential tariff system; the post-war future of India; commercial policy; the sterling problem. Also includes: memorandum by...

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Copies.

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Copies.

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Copies.

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The Papers consist of political papers, correspondence, speeches and press cuttings, mainly relating to Trade Unions, the Ministry of Labour and National Service, and the Foreign Office.

Scope and Contents Includes: articles on free trade and the currency, 1847-57; offprint of an article on the history of London government; report on the polls and the 1970 election by Richard Rose, Professor of Politics, Strathclyde University; copies of immigration and nationality legislation, 1948-80; correspondence on immigration statistics with David Ennals, Secretary of State for Social Services and Jennifer Tanfield, Head of Statistical Section, House of Commons Library, with tables for the 1976...

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Includes photographs of the reception and celebration of the 12th Anniversary of the Independence of Burma [later Myanmar]; notes and correspondence, including letters from Harold Macmillan; a family photograph; and lists of speeches made in the United States and Canada.

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Includes a photograph of the courtroom of the Nuremberg Trials, [1945-6].

Scope and Contents Notes, with some source material for LSA's memoirs ["My Political Life"], including: speech notes, including a speech by LSA on Imperial unity at the inauguration of the Chatham Club; notes on a meeting with Joseph Chamberlain in 1909; notes on conversations with Sir Ian Hamilton on why Hamilton was sent out as Chief of Staff to General 1st Lord Kitchener [Commander-in-Chief, India] in 1904, and with Sir Wodehouse Richardson on army catering fraud during the South African War; text of...

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Includes leaflets, posters, manifestos, and election arrangements (for 1951), for JEP and other candidates and various political parties; also includes some correspondence, including election letters from Edward Heath [Leader of the Conservative Party], Ernle Money, Henry Kerby (2), [Arthur] John Page, and [William] John Biffen (with texts of Biffen's campaign speeches, 1970).

Scope and Contents Annotated speech notes by LSA on subjects including: the future of Parliament; the London Library; United Europe; the political situation in India; relations between Britain and South America; London House [later Goodenough College]; the international situation; Burma [later Myanmar]; the record of the Labour Government; the Washington Loan Agreement, and its effect on the British export trade; the Indian constitutional problem; Britain's place in Europe; Empire Preference and the export...

Scope and Contents Texts of speeches and articles by LSA on subjects including: the report of the Palestine Commission; colonial claims; the Geographical magazine; British agriculture in relation to the Dominions; sugar duties and Imperial Preference; the Import Duties Bill (1932); maintaining naval strength; the worldwide economic depression; Kingsley Fairbridge and the Empire Farm Schools; failures of the League of Nations; Magna Carta and political freedom in the modern era; Dutch policy in the East Indies...

Scope and Contents Texts of speeches and articles by LSA on subjects including: patriotism; health education; freedom; the future of Canada and the world; limitations of the League of Nations; Empire co-operation in social hygiene; the coronation and role of King George VI; the value of education; the city of Birmingham [Warwickshire]; the development of East Africa. Also includes: report of the Army League Committee on a policy for the army; statement on new Conservatism by the Oxford University...

Scope and Contents Comprising 'Power Politics in the Nuclear Age'; 'The Cold War and the Hansard Society'; 'Guerilla Warfare'; 'Two just wars'; 'My premier motorcycle'; notes on Youth and International relations; notes for English Speaking Union debate; 'The Significance of Rhodesia' [later Zambia and Zimbabwe]; 'What is parliamentary democracy'; 'Political problems'; notes for 'Talk at Furzedown college'; notes for speech at Rotherham Chamber of commerce annual dinner, 1963; 'Violence and power politics';...

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Annotated text of speech by [? LSA] on the state of the Anglo-French Entente after Germany sent a warship to Agadir [Morocco].

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Extract from the Times containing the text of WSC's broadcast (30 September 1940, BBC) to the people of Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia] including Germany's breach of the terms of the Munich Agreement, Hitler's ambitions to incorporate Czechoslovakia, admiration for the Czechs. Ends by stating: "Be in good cheer. The hour of your deliverance will come. The soul of freedom is deathless; it cannot, and will not perish."Carbon typed copy. Filing envelope present.

Scope and Contents Papers and correspondence, with correspondents including: copy of a letter from Arthur Balfour to Sir George Clarke [Secretary to Committee of Imperial Defence, later 1st Lord Sydenham] on new risks of invasion from Germany; Field-Marshal 1st Lord Roberts on the poor state of the army, the dangers of leaving national defence to volunteers and asking LSA to help him with a speech (4); Charles A'Court-Repington [earlier Charles A'Court] on the arguments against conscription; letters from LSA...

Scope and Contents Typescript speaking notes for WSC's speech (House of Commons) on subjects including: naval armaments; detailed explanation of the naval estimates and predictions; increase of German naval power; the importance of maintaining the fleet at the minimum level "consistent with full security"; plans for construction of ships which will be modified to follow German naval construction; docks; oil; aviation and shipbuilding capacity; the importance of a strong fleet to Great Britain; plans for the...