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Canada (nation)

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Found in 2830 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), [24] [Sep] [1922]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/125/18
Scope and Contents Extract from a letter from [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain to [Joseph] Austen Chamberlain, sent on to WSC. Writing in the train between Moose Jaw and Medicine Hat, Canada, Chamberlain comments on his surprise and delight at the strong pro-British feeling in Canada, and at the offers of service that had been pouring in since Britain had called on the Dominions for help. He states that Canada could raise tens of thousands of volunteers, and comments on criticism of [William] Mackenzie King [Prime...
Dates: [24] [Sep] [1922]
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), 09 Jul 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/134/15-16
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Letter from Walter Grant Morden ("The People", 49 Wellington Street, Strand, London) to WSC on: Dr Black, former Deputy Minister of Emigration in Canada, and Mervyn Brown, founder of the Canada Colonisation Association, who will be dining with WSC and Morden to discuss the scheme to form a private corporation to aid the transfer of "our surplus unproductive population from here to other parts of the Empire; the Government's attitude to the scheme.

Dates: 09 Jul 1924
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 Jul 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/134/17-18
Scope and Contents Letter from Walter Grant Morden ("The People", 49 Wellington Street, Strand, London) to WSC on the support of Sir Newton Moore, the Agent General for Nova Scotia [Canada] and others from Canada and other Dominions for the scheme of a private corporation to promote settlement in the Empire, and the meeting to promote the scheme, at which Morden hopes WSC and 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] will speak. Adds that he has instructed the writers on "The People" to back WSC "in every...
Dates: 02 Jul 1924
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 Apr 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/122/23
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Letter from Dr J Murray Clark (Clark, McPherson, Campbell and Jarvis, barristers and solicitors, The Kent Building, 156 Yonge Street, Toronto, Canada) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/122/24 and calling for the co-ordination of information about the disbursement of foreign money to foment unrest in the United States, Canada and South Africa and elsewhere in the Empire.

Dates: 10 Apr 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Aug 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/122/24
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Pamphlet: "The relations between the British Dominion of Virginia and the Dominion of Canada", a paper read by Dr J Murray Clark of Toronto, Canada at Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. Sent with CHAR 2/122/23.

Dates: 31 Aug 1921
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Feb 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/70/32
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Telegram from WSC to the Prime Minister of Canada [William Mackenzie King] clarifying the scope and functions of the Pacific War Council, and agreeing that it is not essential for Canada to be represented on the Council at this stage.

Dates: 13 Feb 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Mar 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/71A/92
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Telegram from the Prime Minister of Canada [Mackenzie King] to WSC welcoming the statement of policy for the "earliest possible realization of complete self government in India"; offers to make an early appointment of a High Commissioner for Canada in India.

Dates: 06 Mar 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), Jun 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/7/71-74
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Letter from 1st Lord Queenborough [earlier Almeric Paget] to John Colville [Private Secretary to WSC], asking him to show enclosure to WSC; encloses a copy of a letter from Arthur Meighen [Leader of the Government in the Canadian Senate] with opinions about war expressed in Canada and the United States; annotated; with acknowledgement from Colville.

Dates: Jun 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Sep 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/27/33
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Letter from Hamar Greenwood (Whitby, Ontario, Canada) to WSC describing his tour of Canada and the good reception given by Canadians to WSC's letter assuring them that the change of government in Britain will bring about no fundamental change in imperial policy. Encloses related newspaper cuttings [See CHAR 2/27/34].

Dates: 13 Sep 1906
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Sep [1906] - 08 Sep [1906]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/27/34
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Cuttings from The Toronto World and The Toronto Globe on Hamar Greenwood's return to his native town of Whitby, [Ontario, Canada] and WSC's letter to him assuring Canadians that the change of government in Britain will bring about no fundamental changes in imperial policy. 7 papers. Originally sent with CHAR 2/27/33.

Dates: 03 Sep [1906] - 08 Sep [1906]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Sep 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/30/84
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Letter from Sir Francis Hopwood [later Lord Southborough] (Barbon Manor, Kirkby Lonsdale, [Yorkshire]) to WSC on the dispute with Sir Robert Bond [Prime Minister of Newfoundland, later part of Canada], the conduct of the governmnent of Natal [South Africa], and the agreement by King Edward VII to accept the Cullinan Diamond.

Dates: 27 Sep 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Oct 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/35/62-63
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Letter from 1st Lord Northcliffe [earlier Sir Alfred Harmsworth] (Hotel St Regis, Fifth Avenue and Fifty Fifth Street, New York, [United States]) to WSC urging him to go on a speaking tour of Canada and describing the prospects of that country retaining its links with Britain as "touch and go". Signed typescript. Illustration of hotel in letter head.

Dates: 31 Oct 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Nov 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/36/17
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Letter from J Nash (10 Downing Street) to Edward Marsh on the nomination of chairmen of royal commissions and the refusal of Herbert Asquith [alter 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] to see a deputation about Canadian cattle.

Dates: 17 Nov 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Mar 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/38/22
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Letter from F W Giddens, private secretary to the Canadian Deputy Minsister of Labour (Queen Anne's Mansions, St James's Park, [London]) to Edward Marsh (Colonial Office) enclosing the Canadian Industrial Disputes Investigation Act and a related return to Parliament [see CHAR 2/38/23-24]. Signed typescript.

Dates: 20 Mar 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), Mar 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/38/23
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The Canadian Industrial Disputes Investigation Act (6-7 Edward VII, chap. 20) Sent with CHAR 2/38/22 15,[1p].

Dates: Mar 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/38/24
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Copy of return to Parliament relating to the [Canadian] Industrial Disputes Investigation Act, 1907, showing the proceedings under the Act from March 22, 1907, to January 15, 1908 Sent with CHAR 2/38/22 14p.

Dates: 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 01 May 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/39/45
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Letter from Lord Northcliffe [earlier Sir Alfred Harmsworth] (The Daily Mail) to WSC advising him to meet Canadian journalists, especially Sir Hugh Graham of the Montreal Star.

Dates: 01 May 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Jun [1922]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/123/3-10
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Letter from Shirley Carson Jenney (Box 91, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) to WSC conveying messages to WSC from Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lady Randolph Churchill, George Meredith and Mary Shelley on the Irish question, increasing German influence in Canada, the nature of the after-life, and other matters. Encloses CHAR 2/123/12-35 and asks WSC to try to get it published.

Dates: 07 Jun [1922]
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 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/120/59-60
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Letter from Professor George Wrong (University of Toronto, [Canada]) to WSC criticising WSC's reported assertion that "the title deeds of the British Empire are deposited at Westminster" as being unhelpful to Wrong's efforts to strengthen the bonds between Canada and Great Britain. Typescript copy at CHAR 2/120/61-62.

Dates: 06 Dec 1921
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 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/120/61-62
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Typescript copy of CHAR 2/120/59-60.

Dates: 06 Dec 1921
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), 14 Jan 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/120/69-70
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Suggested draft [by Lionel Curtis] of a letter from WSC to Professor George Wrong suggesting that WSC's statement [that the title deeds of the British Empire were deposited at Westminster] was reported out of context in Canada but arguing that such a statement is fair as long as the Imperial Conference meets in London and could justifiably be adjusted if Ottawa ever became the seat of the Conference. Sent with CHAR 2/120/68. Carbon copy at CHAR 2/120/71-72.

Dates: 14 Jan 1922
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), 14 Jan 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/120/71-72
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Carbon copy of CHAR 2/120/69-70.

Dates: 14 Jan 1922
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 Jun 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/164/109-111
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Letter from [WSC] to Frederick Guest describing how the opposition in the Conservative Party to the granting of Liberal peerages prevents Stanley Baldwin [later Lord Baldwin] from offering Guest one, advising Guest to join the Conservative Party, where WSC will be able to help him procure a suitable seat, and discussing the arrangements for his (WSC's) tour of Canada, the United States and South America. Carbon typescript copy.

Dates: 23 Jun 1929
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), 14 Mar 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/151/65
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Telegram from J E Poole [news representative in London of the "Montreal Star"] reporting that Sir Thomas White, the former Canadian Finance Minister, has written to the press contradicting WSC on Canada's financial contribution during the war and requesting that WSC make a statement in reply. Typescript copy at CHAR 2/151/63-64.

Dates: 14 Mar 1927
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), 01 Oct 1944 - 31 Oct 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/153/4
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, October 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]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; Air Chief Marshal Arthur Harris [Commander in Chief Bomber Command]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers, particularly Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon]; the...
Dates: 01 Oct 1944 - 31 Oct 1944
Conditions Governing Access: Open