France
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Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:
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Speeches: speech notes and other material., 09 Oct 1940 - 24 Dec 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/145
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Notes for WSC's speech (9 October, [Caxton Hall, London]) on his leadership of the Conservative Party and the retirement of Neville Chamberlain. Published: Complete Speeches VI, pp 6294-6.Notes for WSC's broadcast (21 October, BBC) to the people of France entitled "Dieu protege la France". Also includes French translation of WSC's broadcast. Published: Complete Speeches VI, pp 6296-8.Notes for WSC's speech (9 November, Mansion House [London]) entitled "A long road to tread" on the illness of...
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09 Oct 1940 - 24 Dec 1940
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Speeches: speech notes and source material., 28 Feb 1933 - 03 Jul 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/105
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Notes for WSC's speech (12 May, Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire and India Trade Preservation Society Demonstration) on his opposition to the National Government's policy on Indian constitutional reform (the White Paper) and its effect on trade with Lancashire. Source material includes a cutting from the Daily Dispatch on the Lancashire cotton trade, Japan, and the Indian market. Part published: Complete Speeches V pp 5270-1.Very brief notes for WSC's speech (?15 May, Putney, London,...
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28 Feb 1933 - 03 Jul 1933
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Transcript of CS's interviews with Martin Meredith, 1985 - 1985-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 10/19
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Almost complete copy. Subjects include: the Conservatives in the 1960s; becoming British Ambassador to France; CS's relationship with Margaret Thatcher; the Conservatives in the 1950s; the Civil Service strike, 1981; early negotiations for entry into Europe, 1960-64; CS's view of Sir Winston Churchill and [Maurice] Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton]; CS's visit to the Soviet Union,1964; becoming British Ambassador to France; the Soames Affair, 1969; negotiations on entry into...
Dates:
1985 - 1985-04
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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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(Untitled), 07 Aug 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/257/27
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Letter from WSC to Anthony Eden, (later Lord Avon), on the Spanish Civil War. Commenting on the importance of France remaining strictly neutral even if Germany and Italy continued to support the rebels and the Soviet Union to send money to the Government. Stating that if the French Government took sides against the rebels it would be a "god send to the Germans and the pro-Germans" [carbon].
Dates:
07 Aug 1936
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(Untitled), 28 Jan 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/200/30
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Letter from WSC to "Louis" [Major General Sir Edward Spears, Conservative MP for Carlisle, Cumberland] stating that it is not possible for him to "go into all these tangled matters in correspondence" but that he gathers Spears is "inclined to take a somewhat critical line against Government policy in Syria and the Lebanon" and that this does not seem correct while Spears is still in receipt of pay for deferred leave. "It is natural that if you attack the Government some of your Conservative...
Dates:
28 Jan 1945
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From the Fonds:
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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.
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(Untitled), 01 Feb 1944 - 29 Feb 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/152/2
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, February 1944. Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; the Chiefs of Staff; Colonel Ian Jacob [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet]; Thomas Dugdale [later 1st Lord Crathorne, Chairman of the Conservative Party];...
Dates:
01 Feb 1944 - 29 Feb 1944
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(Untitled), 01 Nov 1944 - 30 Nov 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/153/5
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, November 1944.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; Sir Desmond Morton [Prime Minister's Personal Assistant]; the Chiefs of Staff; the Chief Whip [James Stuart]; Colonel Ian Jacob [Military...
Dates:
01 Nov 1944 - 30 Nov 1944
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Open