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Subject Source: Local sources

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Press Cuttings, 1938-07 - 1946-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 5/59
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Including: the India situation; elections in Birmingham [Warwickshire]; foreign aid; Swiss speeches.

Dates: 1938-07 - 1946-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Press Cuttings, 1940 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 5/60
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Including: the India situation.

Dates: 1940 - 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Press Cuttings, 1941 - 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 5/62
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Including: India's war effort and Indian servicemen; Sir [Richard] Stafford Cripps's mission to the Indian Congress; the political situation in India.

Dates: 1941 - 1943
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Press Cuttings, 1939 - 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 5/63
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Including: reviews of 'Days of Fresh Air'; details of LSA's mountaineering; the situation in India and Burma [later Myanmar]; the 1945 British General Election; United States loans.

Dates: 1939 - 1946
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Press cuttings relating to Sandys visits to India and Ceylon [later Sri Lanka], December 1962-3, 1962 - 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DSND 8/31
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And cuttings relating to his visits to British Guiana [later Guyana], 1962-63, and Dublin, May 1963

Dates: 1962 - 1963
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open to researchers. Information about closures can be obtained from Churchill Archives Centre.
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Press cuttings relating to Sandys' visits to India, January 1961, and to Australia & New Zealand relating to the EEC, June-July 1961, 1961-01 - 1961-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DSND 8/26
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The material covers much of Lord Duncan-Sandys public life. Papers, reports and correspondence document the ministries in which he served and there are also constituency correspondence, speeches, publications, press cuttings and photographs. A number of papers exist relating to his involvement in the campaign to restore Capital Punishment, the European Movement and the Civic Trust.

Dates: 1961-01 - 1961-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open to researchers. Information about closures can be obtained from Churchill Archives Centre.
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Printed letter concerning two chronometers for HMS Volage under Captain G.B. Martin, and the purchase of a chronometer in India, 1833-06-19

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/231: 165
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Sent from Francis Beaufort to John Pond.

Dates: 1833-06-19
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Private correspondence between LSA and Field Marshal 1st Lord Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, India, 1941-43, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, 1943-47], 1941-03 - 1949-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/13
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Subjects include: Wavell's talks with Liaquat Ali Khan [Prime Minister of Pakistan] and Shri Jawaharlal Nehru [Prime Minister of India]; the unhelpful bitterness of Winston Churchill's attitude towards India; Indian service pensions; the formation of India's coalition Government; attempts to form an interim Government; a proposed expedition to Mount Everest; air power in the South East Asia campaign.

Other correspondents include: G M Trevelyan.

Dates: 1941-03 - 1949-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private letters from LSA to the Governor of Bengal, 1942-06 - 1945-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/18
Scope and Contents Copies of letters from LSA to Sir John Herbert [Governor, 1939-43] then Richard Casey [Governor, 1944-46] on subjects including: Bengali politics [parts of Bangladesh and India]; the No Confidence motion against the British Government; Herbert's decision to step down; a possible food surplus for use elsewhere in India; Sir Hassan Suhrawardy; Casey's idea for a Governor's Defence Committee; administrative reform; the water supply, agricultural and fishery reform; constitutional systems; the...
Dates: 1942-06 - 1945-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private letters from LSA to the Governor of Bombay, 1940-11 - 1945-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/16
Scope and Contents Copies of letters from LSA to Sir [Lawrence] Roger Lumley [Governor, 1937-43, later 11th Lord Scarbrough], then Sir [David] John Colville [Governor, 1943-48, later 1st Lord Clydesmuir], on subjects including: the distribution of news reels through Indian villages; the supply of news to Governors; Henry Stebelski, Polish Consul at Bombay and his mission to help Poles stranded in Asia; an extension of Lumley's tenure; Sir [Richard] Stafford Cripps's mission to the Indian Congress; the famine...
Dates: 1940-11 - 1945-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private letters from LSA to the Governor of Burma and source material for memoirs, 1941-01 - 1955-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/20
Scope and Contents Copies of letters from LSA to Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith on subjects including: reasons for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union; Chinese immigration into Burma [later Myanmar]; British parliamentary business; the future Burmese constitution; the war situation, particularly relating to Japan; Burmese relations with India over immigration; the visit of U Saw, Premier of Burma, to Britain, with letter from Lord Halifax [British Ambassador to the United States, earlier Edward Wood and Lord...
Dates: 1941-01 - 1955-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private letters from LSA to the Viceroy of India, 1940-05 - 1940-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/22
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Printed copies of letters from LSA to 2nd Lord Linlithgow [earlier Lord Hopetoun] on subjects including: the war situation; aircraft and munitions production; the constitutional problem; Indian defence; talks with Mahomed Jinnah [Leader of the Muslim League] and Mohandas Gandhi; dealings with the Indian Congress; the imprisonment of Jawaharlal Nehru; the appointment of General Sir Claude Auchinleck [as Commander-in-Chief, India].

Dates: 1940-05 - 1940-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private letters from LSA to the Viceroy of India, 1941-01 - 1941-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/24
Scope and Contents Printed copies of letters from LSA to 2nd Lord Linlithgow [earlier Lord Hopetoun] on subjects including: negotiations with Mahomed Jinnah [Leader of the Muslim League], Mohandas Gandhi, Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru and the Indian Congress; the war situation; Sir Alexander Roger and his Ministry of Supply mission to India; inventions by Chaim Weizmann in yeast and molasses-based food and fuel production; the Indian Seamen's Union; Pakistan; the enlargement of Linlithgow's Council, particularly...
Dates: 1941-01 - 1941-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private letters from LSA to the Viceroy of India, 1942-01 - 1942-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/26
Scope and Contents Printed copies of letters from LSA to 2nd Lord Linlithgow [earlier Lord Hopetoun] on subjects including: finding a successor to General Sir Archibald Wavell as Commander-in-Chief, India; the transfer of control of Iraq and Iran from India to the Middle Eastern command; negotiations with Mahomed Jinnah [Leader of the Muslim League], Mohandas Gandhi, Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru and the Indian Congress; the war situation; Sir [Richard] Stafford Cripps's mission to Congress; recommendations of the...
Dates: 1942-01 - 1942-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private letters from LSA to the Viceroy of India, 1943-01 - 1943-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/28
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Printed copies of letters from LSA to 2nd Lord Linlithgow [earlier Lord Hopetoun] on subjects including: the fast by Mohandas Gandhi; Chaudhri Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan; future military and political operations in Burma [later Myanmar]; negotiations with Mahomed Jinnah [Leader of the Muslim League], Mohandas Gandhi and the Indian Congress; establishing a South East Asia Supreme Command; the food situation.

Dates: 1943-01 - 1943-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private letters from LSA to the Viceroy of India, 1945-01 - 1945-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/31
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Printed copies of letters from LSA to 1st Lord Wavell (and to Sir [David] John Colville, Acting Viceroy [later 1st Lord Clydesmuir]) on subjects including: the constitution and the India Committee; Governorships; the General Election and the effects of a new Government.

Dates: 1945-01 - 1945-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private letters from the Governor of Bengal to LSA, 1942-07 - 1945-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/19
Scope and Contents Letters from Sir John Herbert [Governor, 1939-43] then Richard Casey [Governor, 1944-46] to LSA on subjects including: Abul Huq, Chief Minister of Bengal [parts of Bangladesh and India] and the possibility of civil disobedience; Casey's health; administrative reform and Casey's ministers; the rice supply; the need for a new housing construction programme; forming a Governor's Defence Committee; the Bengal Secondary Education Bill; Casey's general impressions of Bengal; the water system;...
Dates: 1942-07 - 1945-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private letters from the Governor of Bombay to LSA, 1941-01 - 1945-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/17
Scope and Contents Letters from Sir [Lawrence] Roger Lumley [Governor, 1937-43, later 11th Lord Scarbrough], then Sir [David] John Colville [Governor, 1943-48, later 1st Lord Clydesmuir] to LSA on subjects including: showing news reels in Indian villages; the supply of news to Governors; the effect of developments in the war on Bombay; Lumley's wish to end his governorship; recommendation of Sir Gilbert Wiles, LSA's new adviser; rationing in Bombay and the situation in provinces producing a food surplus;...
Dates: 1941-01 - 1945-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private letters from the Governor of Burma to LSA, 1941-05 - 1945-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/21
Scope and Contents Letters from Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith to LSA on subjects including: his impressions of Burma [later Myanmar] and his meetings with officials from the Government of India; the political situation in Burma, including Chinese immigration; local hostility towards Indians; setting up a Government in exile following the Japanese invasion; poor relations between Dorman-Smith's staff and the Army; the future of post-war Burma; meetings with General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, India]...
Dates: 1941-05 - 1945-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private letters from the Viceroy of India to LSA, 1940-05 - 1940-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/23
Scope and Contents Printed copies of letters from 2nd Lord Linlithgow [earlier Lord Hopetoun] to LSA on subjects including: Linlithgow's dealings with the previous Secretary of State for India, 2nd Lord Zetland [earlier Lawrence Dundas]; negotiations with Mahomed Jinnah [Leader of the Muslim League], Mohandas Gandhi and the Indian Congress; the war situation; aircraft and munitions production; appointing a Defence Minister; governorships; the composition of Linlithgow's council; feeling among the Sikh...
Dates: 1940-05 - 1940-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private letters from the Viceroy of India to LSA, 1941-01 - 1941-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/25
Scope and Contents Printed copies of letters from 2nd Lord Linlithgow [earlier Lord Hopetoun] to LSA on subjects including: negotiations with Mahomed Jinnah [Leader of the Muslim League], Mohandas Gandhi, Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru and the Indian Congress; the war situation; Sir Alexander Roger and his Ministry of Supply mission to India; the Bombay Conference; Linlithgow's Executive Council, particularly expansion; filling governorships; inventions by Chaim Weizmann in yeast and molasses-based food and fuel...
Dates: 1941-01 - 1941-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private letters from the Viceroy of India to LSA, 1942-01 - 1942-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/27
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Printed copies of letters from 2nd Lord Linlithgow [earlier Lord Hopetoun] to LSA on subjects including: the visit of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek to India; the evacuation of Burma [later Myanmar]; Sir [Richard] Stafford Cripps's mission to Congress; negotiations with Mahomed Jinnah [Leader of the Muslim League], Mohandas Gandhi and the Indian Congress; the visit of Henry, Duke of Gloucester; the expansion of Linlithgow's Council; rioting throughout the provinces.

Dates: 1942-01 - 1942-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private letters from the Viceroy of India to LSA, 1943-01 - 1943-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/29
Scope and Contents Printed copies of letters from 2nd Lord Linlithgow [earlier Lord Hopetoun] to LSA on subjects including: the future of Burma [later Myanmar]; negotiations with Mahomed Jinnah [Leader of the Muslim League], Mohandas Gandhi and the Indian Congress, particularly Gandhi's fast; the reconstitution of Linlithgow's Council; General Sir Claude Auchinleck's return as Commander-in-Chief, India and 1st Lord Wavell's appointment as the next Viceroy; the deteriorating situation in Bengal [parts of...
Dates: 1943-01 - 1943-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private letters from the Viceroy of India to LSA, 1943-10 - 1944-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/30
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Printed copies of letters from 1st Lord Wavell to LSA, with minutes of the Governors' Conference, on subjects including: conditions in Bengal [parts of Bangladesh and India]; the food situation; post-war reconstruction; Wavell's Council, particularly the Finance Membership; negotiations with Mahomed Jinnah [Leader of the Muslim League], the Indian Congress and Mohandas Gandhi, particularly on Gandhi's health and talks between him and Jinnah; a trade dispute with South Africa.

Dates: 1943-10 - 1944-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private letters from the Viceroy of India to LSA, 1945-01 - 1945-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/32
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Printed copies of letters from 1st Lord Wavell (and Sir [David] John Colville, Acting Viceroy [later 1st Lord Clydesmuir]) to LSA on subjects including: the trade dispute between India and South Africa; progress on the constitution; negotiations with Mahomed Jinnah [Leader of the Muslim League] and the Indian Congress; Bengal [parts of Bangladesh and India]; the food situation.

Dates: 1945-01 - 1945-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.