India (nation)
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Public and political: correspondence relating to Indian affairs., Sep 1933 - Dec 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/194
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers in this class relate to WSC's activities as a person in public life other than those as MP for a particular constituency or as a Minister, and the class inevitably forms a miscellany of papers of widely differing kinds and value. They include notes and correspondence with colleagues, acquaintances, and the general public, on topics of contemporary general interest, on party political matters, and on appointments to various positions, together with invitations to speak at meetings...
Dates:
Sep 1933 - Dec 1933
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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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Public and political: extracts from the "Anglo-Indian Railway Union Journal" relating to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Gidney's work on the London Round Table Conference on India., Apr 1931 - May 1931
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/182
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers in this class relate to WSC's activities as a person in public life other than those as MP for a particular constituency or as a Minister, and the class inevitably forms a miscellany of papers of widely differing kinds and value. They include notes and correspondence with colleagues, acquaintances, and the general public, on topics of contemporary general interest, on party political matters, and on appointments to various positions, together with invitations to speak at meetings...
Dates:
Apr 1931 - May 1931
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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Public and Political: General: Correspondence., 01 Sep 1939 - 28 Dec 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/362
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Correspondents include: Major-General Sir Alfred Knox, comparing the invasion of Poland with the beginning of the First World War; Count Dino Grandi on Randolph Churchill's engagement; Rubeigh Minney, Editor of [the War Weekly], asking WSC to contribute a message (3); Nina, Duchess of Hamilton, on WSC's broadcast [? 1 October "The First Month of War"], the possible dangers of Communism after Nazism and the need for increased British propaganda; Ivan Soubbotitch [Soubotic], Yugoslav Minister...
Dates:
01 Sep 1939 - 28 Dec 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence., 17 Nov 1936 - 26 Feb 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/294
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Correspondents include: 1st Lord Cecil of Chelwood [President, League of Nations Union, earlier Lord Robert Cecil] on signatories to [?] a declaration by the union; Marie Belloc Lowndes [Marie Lowndes] on the effect of the press campaign by William Randolph Hearst on behalf of the Duke of Windsor [earlier King Edward VIII and Edward, Prince of Wales] and Wallis, Duchess of Windsor [earlier Wallis Simpson] during the Abdication Crisis; Yvonne de Rothschild, asking WSC to support an appeal for...
Dates:
17 Nov 1936 - 26 Feb 1937
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence., 05 Oct 1937 - 31 Mar 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/328
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Correspondents include: 1st Lord Rothermere [earlier Sir Harold Harmsworth] on the French financial capability for war; Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon]; 1st Lord Craigavon [earlier Sir James Craig], Prime Minister of Northern Ireland; Samuel Hood [Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for India]; Lord Ednam [later 4th Lord Dudley], President, Eton Political Society (2); Brigadier-General Sir Henry Page Croft on a meeting of the Friends of Spain group,...
Dates:
05 Oct 1937 - 31 Mar 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence, A-B., Jan 1929 - Oct 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/572A-B
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Correspondents include: Edward Marsh on an expression used by WSC; Cyril Alington, Headmaster of Eton College, on the education of Randolph Churchill (2); [1st] Lord Beatty on subjects including criticism of an obituary of Admiral Franz Hipper (5); Julian Amery; Nancy, Lady Astor on a disagreement with WSC; John Astor; Wilfrid Bailey; Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, on subjects including WSC's "Marlborough: His Life and Times", WSC's health, Free Trade, India and political affairs (14);...
Dates:
Jan 1929 - Oct 1934
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: correspondence and papers concerning the Conservative and Unionist Party., Feb 1942 - Dec 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/450
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Correspondents include: Sir Douglas Hacking resigning as Chairman of the Party; Sir Robert Topping, General Director of Conservative and Unionist Central Office and Honorary Secretary of the Post-War Problems Central Committee (6), James Stuart [Government Chief Whip] (5), and Thomas Dugdale [later 1st Lord Crathorne], Chairman of the Party [from March 1942], sending on copies of and commenting on reports and resolutions. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from [George]...
Dates:
Feb 1942 - Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence C-G., Jul 1929 - May 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/573A-B
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Correspondents include: [1st Lord] Carson on India; "Bertie" [7th Duke of] Leinster [earlier Lord Edward FitzGerald] on his health; Randolph Churchill on his finances; representatives of Nicholl Manistry and Company regarding the division of stock and a settlement to Randolph Churchill; Lord Ivor Churchill on subjects including family affairs including Gladys, Duchess of Marlborough and a statue of John, 1st Duke of Marlborough (5); Neville Chamberlain on opposition to the Finance Bill;...
Dates:
Jul 1929 - May 1934
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence H-K., 1910 - May 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/574A-B
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Correspondents include: John Hayes, Editor of the Police Review; Sir Maurice Hankey, Cabinet Secretary, on subjects including meetings of the Cabinet, imperial defence, German military capacity and the impetus for sending the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) to Antwerp [Belgium] (9); A P Herbert on licensing laws; [1st Lord] Hailsham [earlier Douglas Hogg], Secretary of State for War, on subjects including WSC's health (2); William Birdwood on military affairs; John Clynes, Home Secretary,...
Dates:
1910 - May 1934
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence, L-M., May 1929 - Sep 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/575A-B
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Correspondents include: Oliver Locker Lampson on subjects including an invitation to give a lecture (2); Sir John Lavery on the Artists' General Benevolent Institution; Nathan Laski requesting an invitation with the Home Secretary; Shane Leslie on WSC's "Marlborough: His life and times" and on family news (3); Commander Augustus Agar on a possible lecture by WSC; Leonie Leslie [earlier Leonie Jerome]; Frederick Lindemann [later 1st Lord Cherwell] on subjects including the Conservative Party,...
Dates:
May 1929 - Sep 1934
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence N-Z., 1880 - Jun 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/576A-C
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Correspondents include: [Sir] Walton Newbold on economic issues; Harold Nicolson; Terence O'Connor on subjects including wireless broadcasting, Ireland and WSC's attacks on his speech; Sir Michael O'Dwyer; Herman Ould on the role of John Galsworthy's play "Justice" on prison reform; Edward Marsh on subjects including submarine campaigns (3); [Thomas] Guy Paget; [1st Lord] Portsea [earlier Bertram Falle]; [Frederick] Ponsonby [later 1st Lord Sysonby] on a libel case and distress to King...
Dates:
1880 - Jun 1934
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Defence: Correspondence etc., 12 Jan 1936 - 27 Nov 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/266A-B
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Correspondents include: Basil Liddell Hart [Military Correspondent to the Times] on the troop system used in India; "Harold R" [1st Lord Rothermere, earlier Sir Harold Harmsworth] on subjects including 1st Lord Weir's position in defence [as Adviser to the Air Ministry], the likely stop to any battleship programme, pilot training, the likelihood of a quick German victory against Britain and France, German contempt for the British Government, and the Government's refusal to discuss the...
Dates:
12 Jan 1936 - 27 Nov 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, (folio 93 opened as a 'sanitised' photocopy, original closed on advice of Cabinet Office).
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Public and Political: General: General Public correspondence, A-J., Nov 1940 - Dec 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/424A-B
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Correspondents include: Cecil Allen on the gift of a stick and various suggestions for the war effort (6); [6th] Lord Hood [Private Secretary to the Minister of Information] and representatives of Balding and Mansell, printers, (4) on a WSC calendar; [Saville] Garner [Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Dominions]; Acting United Kingdom High Commissioner to Canada ?[Walter] Hankinson; [Robert] Wiseman (Dominions Office); Sir Walter Citrine, General Secretary of the TUC,...
Dates:
Nov 1940 - Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: General Public correspondence, C-D. [please note the majority of the file dates from 1943]., Nov 1941 - Dec 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/472A-B
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Correspondents include: [2nd] Lord Chaplin sending brandy; Sylvia Checkley sending birthday wishes and flowers (5); [1st] Lord Davidson on an appeal fund for Wilson Carlisle, founder of the Church Army (2); Major-General [Charles] Constantine on meeting WSC and receiving a signed photograph from him; Captain A M Dick requesting an autographed photograph (4); [Bernard] Sendall [Principal Private Secretary to Minister of Information] and [James] Drawbell on Drawbell's book "All Change Here"....
Dates:
Nov 1941 - Dec 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: India Defence League., 01 Jan 1935 - 31 Dec 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/241A-B
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers in this class relate to WSC's activities as a person in public life other than those as MP for a particular constituency or as a Minister, and the class inevitably forms a miscellany of papers of widely differing kinds and value. They include notes and correspondence with colleagues, acquaintances, and the general public, on topics of contemporary general interest, on party political matters, and on appointments to various positions, together with invitations to speak at meetings...
Dates:
01 Jan 1935 - 31 Dec 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Indian Affairs., Dec 1938 - 12 Aug 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/370
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Papers and correspondence on India, including: 1st Lord Lloyd [Chairman], British Council, on the draft instrument of Accession of Indian Princes; copy of "Outlines of a Scheme of Indian Federation" by Sir Sikander Hyat-Khan [former Acting Governor of Punjab]; copy of "Allies not Vassals: the case for the Princes" by Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Harden; issues of the Indian Empire Review and National Review with articles by Sir Michael O'Dwyer [former Lieutenant-Governor, the Punjab] on "India...
Dates:
Dec 1938 - 12 Aug 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Indian Affairs., 10 Jan 1936 - 21 Dec 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/263
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Correspondents include: Sir Michael O'Dwyer [former Lieutenant-Governor of Punjab, India] on the recruitment difficulties of the Indian Civil Service; Sir Louis Stuart, Honorary Secretary, Indian Empire Society; Sir John Anderson [later 1st Lord Waverley], Governor of Bengal [parts of Bangladesh and India], introducing Nalini Ranjan Sarker, member of the Indian Congress, and Sir Srinivasa Sarma, Editor of the Whip and member of the Indian Legislative Assembly (2); H A Gwynne [Editor of the...
Dates:
10 Jan 1936 - 21 Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Indian Affairs., 15 Jan 1937 - 19 Nov 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/301
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Correspondents on India include: R A Butler [Under-Secretary of State for India] on the fall in British cotton exports to India and general balance of trade; John Morgan, Counsel to the Indian Chamber of Princes, on subjects including the probable need to amend the Government of India Act, and asking WSC to meet Jam Saheb, Maharaja of Nawanagar, Chancellor of the Indian Chamber of Princes (6); Sir Michael O'Dwyer [former Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab] on subjects including the...
Dates:
15 Jan 1937 - 19 Nov 1937
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Indian affairs: general public: correspondence., May 1930 - Jan 1931
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/580
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Includes letters, mainly from members of the public, on affairs in India (including political issues, Gandhi, financial issues, government and the Round Table conference) and mainly in support of WSC's stance on India.Correspondents include: Archibald Fenner Brockway; the Maharajah of Alwar [India]; [1st Lord] Sydenham [earlier George Clarke]; Joseph Nall; [William] Comyns Beaumont, Editor of the Bystander; and Sir John Graham.Also includes copies of replies from WSC to the individuals...
Dates:
May 1930 - Jan 1931
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Indian affairs: General public: correspondence., Feb 1931 - Sep 1931
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/581A-B
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Includes letters, mainly from members of the public, on affairs in India (including political issues, Gandhi, financial issues, government and the Round Table conference).Correspondents include: Sir Sidney Low; Sir Louis Stuart on the Indian national congress; Sir Charles Marston; Sir James Babington; [1st Lord] Inchcape [earlier James McKay]; Nathan Laski (enclosing letters from "native firms" in India) (2); Alexander Murison and Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Balfour.Also includes copies of...
Dates:
Feb 1931 - Sep 1931
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Indian affairs: General Public: correspondence., Jan 1930 - Jun 1931
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/582A-C
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Includes typescript reports, papers and newspaper cuttings on Indian affairs and subjects including: the Cawnpore riots; policies recommended by the Indian Empire society; the protection of minorities; the separation of Burma [later Myanmar] from India; Hindu psychology and religion; untouchables; the Round Table conference; Gandhi; conflict between Muslims and Hindus; and the Indian National Congress.Correspondents include: Waris Ameer Ali (2); "Rufus" [1st Lord Reading, earlier Sir Rufus...
Dates:
Jan 1930 - Jun 1931
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Indian affairs: General Public: correspondence., Jan 1931 - Mar 1931
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/583A-B
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Correspondents include: A Abbassi; Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Merewether; Brigadier-General James Gaussen; James Cotton Minchin; Malcolm Dillon; Waris Ameer Ali; Robert Seton; Lord Irwin [earlier Edward Wood and later Lord Halifax], Viceroy of India; Winifred Scott; and Douglas Grant Duff Ainslie.Also includes: Indian Empire Society pamphlets and newspaper cuttings.Other subjects covered by the file include: reaction to WSC's speeches; Lord Irwin [earlier Edward Wood and later Lord Halifax]...
Dates:
Jan 1931 - Mar 1931
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Indian affairs: General Public: correspondence., Apr 1931
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/584
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Correspondents include: [1st Lord] Burnham [earlier Harry Lawson] and Robert Seton.Subjects covered by the file include: the effect of India's boycott of British textiles; support for WSC; Gandhi; unrest in India including the Cawnpore riots; the numbers of British and Indians in civil administration in India; and the Round Table conference.Also includes newspaper cuttings.
Dates:
Apr 1931
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Indian affairs: General Public: correspondence., Feb 1931 - Jul 1931
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/585A-B
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Correspondents include: Sir Reginald Craddock on subjects including the Lahore congress and dealings between Lord Irwin [earlier Edward Wood and later Lord Halifax], Viceroy of India, and Gandhi (3); [George] Lloyd [later 1st Lord Lloyd]; [1st] Lord Zetland [earlier Lawrence Dundas] regarding an account from Craddock (3) and Oliver Stanley, MP.Also includes: newspaper cuttings on various subjects including the inquiry into the Cawnpore [India] riots, exports to India, Gandhi, the government...
Dates:
Feb 1931 - Jul 1931
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Indian affairs: General Public: correspondence., Jan 1931 - Oct 1931
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/586A-C
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Correspondents include: James Fitzpatrick, Agent to the Governor General of India on the Round Table conference; [6th] Lord Winterton [earlier Lord Turnour]; Audrey Maclean, Private Secretary to Lord Winterton (9) on the exchange of information between Winterton and WSC; Sir Reginald Craddock commenting on WSC's articles and speeches; Frederick Lindemann [later 1st Lord Cherwell] with a report on the Round Table conference; Edward Marsh; Sir Herbert Creedy, Secretary of State for War; Sir...
Dates:
Jan 1931 - Oct 1931
Conditions Governing Access:
Open