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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 954 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 02 Sep 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/22A/94-95
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Letter from WSC to General Charles de Gaulle [Chief of Free French] on reports in the international press about de Gaulle's "unfriendly attitude ... towards the British nation"; feels a meeting would not be useful until explanations have been offered.

Dates: 02 Sep 1941
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: Correspondence (copies).
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(Untitled), 07 Dec 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/22C/303
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Letter from WSC to General Charles de Gaulle [Chief of Free French] informing him that General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] is anxious to use a Free French Brigade immediately in the Cyrenaican [Libyan] operations.

Dates: 07 Dec 1941
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: Correspondence (copies).
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(Untitled), 03 Apr 1941 - 08 Apr 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/24/81-86
Scope and Contents Correspondence concerning Philip Noel-Baker's request to quote a telegram from WSC to Leon Blum [former Prime Minister of France] in 1938 which is reproduced in full; John Martin [Private Secretary to WSC] seeks advice of Foreign Office [? William Ivo Mallet, Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary, and Sir Alexander Cadogan, [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs] who suggest the endorsement of Blum's leadership in 1938 might be used out of context by German...
Dates: 03 Apr 1941 - 08 Apr 1941
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 B.
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(Untitled), 24 Feb 1941 - 06 Mar 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/30/52-58
Scope and Contents Letter from [Alfred] Duff Cooper [Minister of Information, later 1st Lord Norwich] to WSC asking to ban propaganda broadcasts by Sir Robert Vansittart [Chief Diplomatic Adviser to Foreign Secretary] to the French people; annotated by WSC agreeing; with letter from Vansittart justifying his broadcasts as they were commissioned by Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon] to appeal to French hatred of Germany; WSC concedes; also includes note by Martin Russell [Private Secretary to...
Dates: 24 Feb 1941 - 06 Mar 1941
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 T - W.
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(Untitled), 01 Jan 1941 - 31 Jan 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/36/1
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, January 1941.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; Eric Seal [WSC's Principal Private Secretary]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff; F A Lindemann [later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant]; James Stuart [Chief Whip] and...
Dates: 01 Jan 1941 - 31 Jan 1941
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), 01 Mar 1941 - 31 Mar 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/36/3
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, March 1941.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff; senior civil servants including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet], Sir Horace Wilson [Permanent Secretary of HM Treasury and official Head of HM Civil Service], and Sir Alexander Cadogan...
Dates: 01 Mar 1941 - 31 Mar 1941
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), 01 Apr 1941 - 30 Apr 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/36/4
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, April 1941.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; F A Lindemann [later 1st Lord Cherwell] and Desmond Morton [Prime Minister's Personal Assistants]; Sir Alexander Cadogan [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]; the Chiefs of Staff; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; Sir Edward Bridges...
Dates: 01 Apr 1941 - 30 Apr 1941
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), 01 May 1941 - 31 May 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/36/5
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, May 1941.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; Sir Horace Wilson [Permanent Secretary of HM Treasury and official Head of HM Civil Service]; Eric Seal [WSC's Principal Private Secretary]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; the Chiefs of Staff; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; Sir Alexander...
Dates: 01 May 1941 - 31 May 1941
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), 01 Jul 1941 - 30 Jul 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/36/7
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, July 1941.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; 1st Lord Cherwell [earlier F A Lindemann] and Desmond Morton [Prime Minister's Personal Assistants]; Colonel Ian Jacob [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet]; senior civil servants including Sir Edward Bridges...
Dates: 01 Jul 1941 - 30 Jul 1941
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), 01 Sep 1941 - 30 Sep 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/36/9
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, September 1941.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information and in one case later manuscript annotations by WSC) to: Desmond Morton and 1st Lord Cherwell [earlier F A Lindemann, Prime Minister's Personal Assistants]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff; senior civil servants including Sir Alexander Cadogan [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs] and Sir...
Dates: 01 Sep 1941 - 30 Sep 1941
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), 01 Apr 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/37/1
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Telegram from WSC to General [Sir Archibald] Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, advising him to stick to the original plan on French Somaliland [later Djibouti], subject to discussion with General [Charles] de Gaulle [Chief of Free French].

Dates: 01 Apr 1941
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: Prime Minister's Personal Telegrams.
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(Untitled), 02 Apr 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/37/9
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Telegram from Former Naval Person [WSC] to President [Franklin] Roosevelt advising that Admiral [Jean] Darlan [Vice-Premier of Vichy France] has ordered the battleship "Dunkerque" to dock at Toulon [France] for disarmament.

Dates: 02 Apr 1941
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: Prime Minister's Personal Telegrams.
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(Untitled), 02 Apr 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/37/10
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Telegram from General [Sir Archibald] Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, to WSC on the decision made with General [Charles] de Gaulle [Chief of Free French] and [?Selwyn] Jepson to allow the Free French to make the initial approach [to French Somaliland, later Djibouti].

Dates: 02 Apr 1941
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: Prime Minister's Personal Telegrams.
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(Untitled), 02 Apr 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/37/11-12
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Telegram from General [Charles] de Gaulle [Chief of the Free French] (Khartoum [Sudan]) to WSC on British and French victory in Eritrea. In French preceded by English translation.

Dates: 02 Apr 1941
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: Prime Minister's Personal Telegrams.
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(Untitled), 03 Apr 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/37/19-20
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Telegram from WSC to Sir Miles Lampson [later 1st Lord Killearn, British Ambassador to Egypt] on relations with the Vichy Government, particularly Admiral [Jean] Darlan [Vice-Premier of Vichy France], and with General [Charles] de Gaulle [Chief of the Free French] and [General Maxime] Weygand [Governor-General of Algeria and Delegate-General of Vichy Government in French Africa].

Dates: 03 Apr 1941
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: Prime Minister's Personal Telegrams.
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(Untitled), 01 Apr 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/37/24
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Telegram from Sir [Miles] Lampson [later 1st Lord Killearn, British Ambassador to Egypt] (Cairo) to WSC asking for information on relations with the Vichy Government and General [Maxime] Weygand [Governor-General of Algeria and Delegate-General of Vichy Government in French Africa].

Dates: 01 Apr 1941
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: Prime Minister's Personal Telegrams.
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(Untitled), 03 Apr 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/37/33
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Telegram from WSC to General [Charles] de Gaulle [Chief of the Free French] (Cairo [Egypt]) via General [Sir Archibald] Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] conveying the confidence of the British Government in his abilities.

Dates: 03 Apr 1941
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: Prime Minister's Personal Telegrams.
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(Untitled), 04 Apr 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/37/45
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Telegram from President [Franklin Roosevelt] to "Former Naval Person" [WSC] advising that Admiral [William] Leahy [United States Ambassador to Vichy France] has told him that "the Dunkerque will not be transferred from Oran [Algeria] within the next ten days".

Dates: 04 Apr 1941
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: Prime Minister's Personal Telegrams.
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(Untitled), 06 Apr 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/37/53-55
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Telegram from President [Franklin Roosevelt] to "the Former Naval Person" [WSC] on the transfer of the "Dunkerque" from Oran [Algeria] to Toulon [France]; stating that [?Freeman] Matthews, Counsellor to the US Embassy [Vichy, France] met with Marshal [Philippe] Petain [Chief of French State] and Admiral [Jean] Darlan [Vice-Premier of Vichy France], receiving pledges that the ship would not fall into German hands.

Dates: 06 Apr 1941
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: Prime Minister's Personal Telegrams.
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(Untitled), 06 Apr 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/37/59
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Telegram from "Former Naval Person" [WSC] to President [Franklin] Roosevelt on the danger of [Admiral Jean] Darlan [Vice-Premier of Vichy France] transferring French ships from African ports to French ports in danger of German occupation, and on the escort of convoys.

Dates: 06 Apr 1941
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: Prime Minister's Personal Telegrams.
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(Untitled), 08 Apr 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/37/69-70
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Telegram from Sir Miles Lampson [later 1st Lord Killearn, British Ambassador to Egypt] (Cairo) to WSC on [General Charles] de Gaulle's [Chief of the Free French] visit to Egypt and Palestine, and meeting with [General Georges] Catroux [Commander-in-Chief Free French in Levant]; commenting on the situation in Syria.

Dates: 08 Apr 1941
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: Prime Minister's Personal Telegrams.
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(Untitled), 13 Apr 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/37/85
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Telegram from "Former Naval Person" [WSC] to President [Franklin] Roosevelt on: a "momentous cable" [see CHAR 20/37/97]; Marshal [Philippe] Petain's [Chief of French State] promise not to move the "Dunquerque" without Roosevelt's agreement; US declarations about the Red Sea; British defence of the Nile Valley [Egypt] and Tobruk [Libya].

Dates: 13 Apr 1941
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: Prime Minister's Personal Telegrams.
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(Untitled), 14 May 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/38/126
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Telegram from WSC to General Charles de Gaulle [Chief of the Free French] (Brazzaville [Congo]) on decision to maintain blockade of Djibouti [French Somaliland]; on need for General Georges Catroux to remain in Palestine; and extending invitation for de Gaulle to visit Cairo [Egypt]. [see CHAR 20/38/129].

Dates: 14 May 1941
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), 15 May 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/38/129
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Telegram from General Charles de Gaulle [Chief of the Free French] to WSC: contains response to.

Dates: 15 May 1941
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), 16 May 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/38/137
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Telegram from Prime Minister of Canada [Mackenzie King] for WSC asking for guidance on continuance of Canadian relations with the French Government.

Dates: 16 May 1941
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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