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Found in 619 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 01 Jul 1943 - 31 Jul 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/104/1
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, July 1943.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; the Chiefs of Staff; senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; "C" [Major General Sir Stewart Menzies, Head of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service].Subjects covered by the minutes...
Dates: 01 Jul 1943 - 31 Jul 1943
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Personal Minutes: printed.
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(Untitled), 08 Nov 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/174/104
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] marked "Top Secret and Personal" informing him of intentions regarding the command, deployment and administration of the Fleet being sent to the Pacific to arrive in Australia towards the end of December; stating that Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser [Commander of the Eastern Fleet] is being appointed Commander of the Pacific Fleet and that a Vice Admiral, Administration, will need to be stationed at Melbourne [Australia] as permanent...
Dates: 08 Nov 1944
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official Prime Minister: Prime Minister's Personal Telegrams.
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(Untitled), 08 Nov 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/174/112
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Telegram from WSC to John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] marked "Personal" expressing worry at learning of Curtin's illness.

Dates: 08 Nov 1944
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official Prime Minister: Prime Minister's Personal Telegrams.
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(Untitled), 27 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/196/99
Scope and Contents Letter from Eleanor Emery [Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Dominions] to Leslie Rowan [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] regarding a top secret and personal telegram received today from the British High Commissioner in Australia [Sir Ronald Cross] regarding the health of John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia]: suggests that it would not be appropriate for WSC to send a message of sympathy as there is no evidence that Mr Curtin is aware that the telegram has been sent...
Dates: 27 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Private Office Correspondence BI - CU.
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(Untitled), 26 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/196/100
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Telegram from the British High Commissioner in Australia [Sir Ronald Cross] to the Dominions Office marked "top secret and personal" commenting on the poor health of the Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] who "was taken ill with heart trouble again about a week ago".

Dates: 26 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Private Office Correspondence BI - CU.
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(Untitled), 30 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/196/101
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Note from John Martin [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary] to Eleanor Emery [Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Dominions] thanking her for her letter of 27 Apr [1945] enclosing the telegram from Sir Ronald Cross [British High Commissioner in Australia] regarding the health of John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia], and stating that WSC agrees that no message should be sent to Mr Curtin [initialled carbon].

Dates: 30 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Private Office Correspondence BI - CU.
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(Untitled), 30 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/196/102
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Telegram from British High Commissioner in Australia [Sir Ronald Cross] to Dominions Office marked "top secret and personal" stating that it has been announced on the wireless today that the Prime Minister [John Curtin] is in a private hospital suffering from congestion of the lungs, but that he is reliably informed that Curtin has anginal symptoms.

Dates: 30 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Private Office Correspondence BI - CU.
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(Untitled), 01 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/196/103
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Letter from Eleanor Emery [Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Dominions] to John Martin [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary] regarding a further telegram about John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] from Sir Ronald Cross [ British High Commissioner in Australia], and suggesting that as Mr Curtin's illness has been made public there is no longer any reason why messages of sympathy should not be sent to him [signed typescript].

Dates: 01 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Private Office Correspondence BI - CU.
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(Untitled), 02 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/196/104
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Note from John Martin [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary] to WSC regarding the further telegram about John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] from Sir Ronald Cross [ British High Commissioner in Australia]: suggests that now Mr Curtin's illness has been made public WSC might want to send him a telegram and encloses draft [see CHAR 20/196/105] [initialled typescript].

Dates: 02 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Private Office Correspondence BI - CU.
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(Untitled), 03 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/196/105
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Draft telegram from WSC to Sir Ronald Cross [British High Commissioner in Australia] reciting text of message for John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] wishing him a speedy recovery from illness: "I know how disappointed you must be to be away from your post in these stirring days.".

Dates: 03 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Private Office Correspondence BI - CU.
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(Untitled), 05 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/196/106
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Telegram from Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] to WSC marked "personal" thanking him for his kind message and reporting that his condition has improved considerably.

Dates: 05 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Private Office Correspondence BI - CU.
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(Untitled), 05 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/196/107
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Telegram from Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] to WSC marked "personal" thanking him for his kind message and reporting that his condition has improved considerably.

Dates: 05 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Private Office Correspondence BI - CU.
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(Untitled), 03 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/196/109
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Telegram from WSC to John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] marked "personal" wishing him a speedy recovery from his illness: "I know how disappointed you must be to be away from your post in these stirring days.".

Dates: 03 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Private Office Correspondence BI - CU.
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(Untitled), 23 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/196/110
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Telegram from British High Commissioner in Australia [Sir Ronald Cross] to Dominions Office marked "top secret and personal" reporting on his visit to John Curtin (Prime Minister of Australia) in hospital: relates Curtin's comments on his own health; concludes that Curtin will not be able to return to continuous full duty "and I think he is beginning reluctantly to admit this in his own mind".

Dates: 23 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Private Office Correspondence BI - CU.
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(Untitled), 24 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/196/111
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Letter from Eleanor Emery [Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Dominions] to Leslie Rowan [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] regarding the latest telegram from Sir Ronald Cross [British High Commissioner in Australia] about the health of John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] which WSC may like to see [see CHAR 20/196/110] [signed typescript].

Dates: 24 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Private Office Correspondence BI - CU.
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(Untitled), 29 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/196/112
Scope and Contents Telegram from Acting British High Commissioner in Australia to the Dominions Office marked "top secret and personal" regarding the health of John Curtin (Prime Minister of Australia): states that there has been no recent bulletin but that Curtin is at his Canberra residence and is still a very sick man; comments on the speculation as to whether Curtin will resign; identifies Francis Forde [Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Army] and Joseph Chifley [Treasurer and Minister for Post...
Dates: 29 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Private Office Correspondence BI - CU.
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(Untitled), 03 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/196/113
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Letter from Eleanor Emery [Private secretary to the Secretary of State for the Dominions] to Leslie Rowan [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] regarding a further telegram on the health of John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] sent by the Acting British High Commissioner in Australia "which indicates that Mr Curtin is unlikely to take up his duties as Prime Minister again in the near future, if at all" [see CHAR 20/196/115] [signed typescript].

Dates: 03 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Private Office Correspondence BI - CU.
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(Untitled), 03 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/196/115
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Telegram from Acting British High Commissioner in Australia to the Dominions Office reciting text of a bulletin issued by Francis Forde (Acting Prime Minister of Australia) regarding a deterioration in the condition of John Curtin (Prime Minister of Australia).

Dates: 03 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Private Office Correspondence BI - CU.
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(Untitled), 28 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/197A/96
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Letter from Francis Forde (Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Delegation, The United Nations Conference of International Organization, Sir Francis Drake Hotel, San Francisco, California [United States]) to WSC marked "personal" thanking WSC and the British Government for their hospitality, and stating that when WSC visits Australia he "will get the greatest welcome ever accorded to a visiting statesman". Signed typescript.

Dates: 28 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Private Office correspondence D - K.
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(Untitled), 13 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/103
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Telegram from John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] to WSC expressing shock at "tragic news" of death of President Roosevelt, whose help and support "are acknowledged with great thankfulness by people this country". Curtin states that, "We know how greatly you will miss his comradeship and support and feel deeply for you in added burden which necessarily will now be yours".

Dates: 13 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Private Office correspondence "N - R".
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(Untitled), 13 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/104-105
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Telegram from John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] to WSC expressing shock at "tragic news" of death of President Roosevelt, whose help and support "are acknowledged with great thankfulness by people this country". Curtin states that, "We know how greatly you will miss his comradeship and support and feel deeply for you in added burden which necessarily will now be yours". With single annotation in red ink, probably by WSC.

Dates: 13 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Private Office correspondence "N - R".
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(Untitled), 10 Mar 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/71B/125-126
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to the Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin]: recites telegram from the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] to WSC regarding American reinforcements for Australia, New Zealand and the South West Pacific [see CHAR 20/71B/101-104]; comments on plans to ship British divisions to the Middle East or India; states his belief that the presence of United States forces in ANZAC [Australian and New Zealand Army Corps] area will lead to United States naval...
Dates: 10 Mar 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Personal telegrams.
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(Untitled), 12 Mar 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/71B/138
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Telegram from WSC to General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East: comments on the plan to deploy United States troops in Australia and New Zealand thereby allowing Australian and New Zealand divisions to remain in the Middle East; comments on plans to deploy five British divisions in the period March to July using British and American shipping.

Dates: 12 Mar 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Personal telegrams.
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(Untitled), 13 Mar 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/71B/147
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Telegram from John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] to WSC informing him of a visit to the United States and Britain by Herbert Evatt, Australian Minister for External Affairs and Attorney-General and asking that he be accepted as Australia's accredited representative in the War Cabinet and on the Pacific War Council.

Dates: 13 Mar 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Personal telegrams.
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(Untitled), 14 Mar 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/71B/151
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Telegram from John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] to WSC asking that Richard Casey [Australian Minister to the United States] be allowed to remain in Washington until after the visit of Herbert Evatt [Australian Minister for External Affairs and Attorney-General] to the United States.

Dates: 14 Mar 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Personal telegrams.

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