France
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(Untitled), 03 Dec 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/176/75
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Telegram from Marshal Stalin to WSC marked "Personal" giving details of his attitude to the two main questions raised by the French delegation to the Soviet Union: the proposal of a Franco-Soviet Pact of Mutual Assistance and the question of extending France's eastern frontier to the left bank of the Rhine.
Dates:
03 Dec 1944
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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.
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(Untitled), 05 Dec 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/176/83-84
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Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that he has no objections to a Franco-Soviet Pact of Mutual Assistance and suggesting that a tripartite agreement is concluded with the United Kingdom; that the question of extending France's eastern frontier to the left bank of the Rhine should be decided at a post-war peace conference; hoping that General de Gaulle [President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic] will be invited to some sessions of...
Dates:
05 Dec 1944
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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.
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(Untitled), 06 Dec 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/176/98-99
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "Personal and Top Secret" repeating the text of his telegram to Marshal Stalin on the questions of a Franco-Soviet Pact of Mutual Assistance and extending France's eastern frontier to the left bank of the Rhine [CHAR 20/176/83-84].
Dates:
06 Dec 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.
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(Untitled), 06 Dec 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/176/105
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Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" repeating a message to Marshal Stalin stating that he has no objection to a Franco-Soviet Pact of Mutual Assistance; and that the question of extending France's eastern frontier to the left bank of the Rhine should be left until after the defeat of Germany.
Dates:
06 Dec 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.
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(Untitled), 06 Dec 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/176/107
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Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that he still believes that General de Gaulle [President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic] should not be included in the next triple meeting between Marshal Stalin, WSC and himself; that the the question of France's post-war frontier should not be put to the European Advisory Commission in London since this is already fully occupied; and that a tripartite agreement on mutual assistance...
Dates:
06 Dec 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.
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(Untitled), 21 Oct 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/67-69
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt relaying details of discussions in Moscow: between Stanislaw Mikolajczyk [Prime Minister of Poland in exile] and Boleslaw Bierut [President of Polish Committee of National Liberation]; between Mikolajczyk and Marshal Stalin; suggesting that the composition of the Polish Government will not be "an insuperable obstacle"; that Mikolajczyk will urge the Polish Government in exile [London] to accept the Curzon Line [line recommended by the Supreme Council...
Dates:
21 Oct 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.
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(Untitled), 22 Oct 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/73
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Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" congratulating WSC on progress towards compromise over Poland made at Moscow; stating that he will discuss war criminals, the future partition of Germany, modification of the Montreux Convention for free passage of Russian warships at the forthcoming triple meeting; that he will communicate his position on the recognition of [the French Committee of National Liberation] as the provisional Government of France as soon...
Dates:
22 Oct 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.
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(Untitled), 23 Oct 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/74
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "Personal and Top Secret" expressing surprise at the [United States] State Department's announcement on [recognising the French Committee of National Liberation as] the provisional Government of France; suggesting that the Soviet Union may be offended if they are not consulted over the matter.
Dates:
23 Oct 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.
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(Untitled), 23 Oct 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/81-82
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that he agrees fully to the announcement to be made that evening recognising the Committee of National Liberation as the Government of Liberated France; discussing the possible location for the next triple meeting and suggesting sending a joint message to Marshal Stalin; and inquiring about Roosevelt's health.
Dates:
23 Oct 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.
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(Untitled), 23 Oct 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/85
Scope and Contents
Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that both London and Moscow were informed in time for the announcement on [recognising the French Committee of National Liberation as] the provisional Government of France.
Dates:
23 Oct 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.
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(Untitled), 02 Nov 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/174/45-46
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Telegram from Duff Cooper [later Lord Norwich, British Ambassador to France] to WSC marked "Top Secret and Personal" setting out General de Gaulle's [President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic] programme for WSC's visit to Paris [France] and Duff Cooper's responses. Copy.
Dates:
02 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.
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(Untitled), 20 Nov 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/175/51
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Telegram from General de Gaulle [President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic] to WSC thanking him for his message and paying tribute to his war leadership. Copy.
Dates:
20 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.
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(Untitled), 20 Nov 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/175/68
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Telegram from Marshal Stalin to WSC marked "Secret and Personal" stating that he has no objection to a French Governmental presence at the next triple meeting between himself, WSC and President Roosevelt if the latter also agrees to this; and informing him that General de Gaulle [President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic] is expected to arrive in Moscow [Soviet Union] towards the end of November.
Dates:
20 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.
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(Untitled), 25 Nov 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/175/101
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Telegram from WSC to Duff Cooper [later Lord Norwich, British Ambassador to France] marked "Personal and Top Secret" requesting he pass on a message through General de Gaulle [President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic] to General Jean-Marie de Lattre de Tassigny [Commander French 1st Army] congratulating him on the "brilliant exploits of your young Army".
Dates:
25 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.
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(Untitled), 02 Dec 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/176/50
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Telegram from Marshal Stalin to WSC marked "Strictly Secret and Personal" asking his advice on two questions likely to be raised by the French delegation to the Soviet Union: the conclusion of a Franco-Soviet Pact of Mutual Assistance and extending France's eastern frontier to the left bank of the Rhine.
Dates:
02 Dec 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.
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(Untitled), 10 Mar 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/198B/134-135
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Letter from John Colville [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to Pierson Dixon [Principal Private Secretary] (Foreign Office) commenting on those matters still outstanding upon which WSC is expecting a reply from the Foreign Office. These are: the message from Dr Ivan Subasic [Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia (later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia)]; the question of an honour for Marshal Tito [Premier of the Yugoslavian Committee of...
Dates:
10 Mar 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open, with the exception of folios 63 and 202 which have been closed on the instructions of the Cabinet Office under S23 of the Freedom of Information Act but are available in 'sanitised' form. Review 2021.
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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
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.
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(Untitled), 11 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194B/176
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Letter from WSC (Chateau Bordaberry, Near Hendaye, B.P. [France]) to Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Sir Max Aitken] recommending that he read "La Verite sur L'Armistice" by Albert Kammerer and especially the part dealing with their visit to Tours [carbon].
Dates:
11 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open
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(Untitled), 22 Mar 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/197B/170
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Letter from Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris (Headquarters, Bomber Command, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire) to WSC describing a recent visit to the Chateau de l'Horizon (Cannes [France]). He refers to the condition of the house and garden, and states that the "Boche" occupied it but took nothing except WSC's painting of the swimming pool and the volumes of Marlborough which WSC had given to Maxine Elliot [Maxine Eliott]. "It all looked somewhat sad. The local French are terribly...
Dates:
22 Mar 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open
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(Untitled), 22 Mar 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/197B/171
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Typescript copy of letter from Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris (Headquarters, Bomber Command, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire] to WSC describing a recent visit to the Chateau de l'Horizon (Cannes [France]). He refers to the condition of the house and garden, and states that the "Boche" occupied it but took nothing except WSC's painting of the swimming pool and the volumes of Marlborough which WSC had given to Maxine Elliot [Maxine Eliott]. "It all looked somewhat sad. The local French are...
Dates:
22 Mar 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open
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(Untitled), 06 Mar 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/198B/194-195
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Letter from Charles Montag (Paris [France]) to WSC asking him to meet Roland Pre who has worked for the French Resistance with great success; led the French mission to Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia]; and organised the Republican Guard and police force in France before the liberation of Paris. Signed typescript.
Dates:
06 Mar 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 06 Mar 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/198B/196
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Letter from Charles Montag (72, Rue de Paris-Meudon, Paris [France]) to WSC asking him to meet Roland Pre who will discuss French affairs with him confidentially and suggesting that such a discussion will unify British and French interests. Signed typescript.
Dates:
06 Mar 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 14 Mar 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/198B/199-201
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Report by Desmond Morton [Personal Assistant to WSC] on "political tendencies in France" marked "secret". The report summarises the observations of Roland Pre, an organiser of the French Radical Party and serving member of the French Air Force whom Morton had interviewed. Pre had served on [Charles] de Gaulle's personal staff and his politics are described as liberal or right-wing socialist. He observed that support for the Communist Party in France has increased, that there are internal...
Dates:
14 Mar 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 15 Mar 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/198B/202
Scope and Contents
Note from Desmond Morton [Personal Assistant to WSC] to WSC enclosing a report [CHAR 20/198B/199-201] about internal politics in France after an interview with [Roland] Pre suggesting that WSC should send a reply to [Charles] Montag. Typescript signed with initials.
Dates:
15 Mar 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
'Sanitised' version of document available - original closed on Cabinet Office instructions under S23 of the Freedom of Information Act.
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(Untitled), 28 Mar 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/81
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Telegram from Alfred Duff Cooper [later 1st Lord Norwich, British Ambassador to France] to Foreign Office marked "special (economic, supply and relief)" reporting on the progress of the Rosenman mission to France. States that Samuel Rosenman [Special Counsel to President of the United States] has had detailed discussions with various sections of Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force concerned with with civil affairs, transportation and all supplies, including coal and Pol[and]....
Dates:
28 Mar 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.