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(Untitled), 14 Apr [1897]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/23/34-35
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Letter from WSC (Bangalore [India]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he outlines his plans for returning to England and describes his eagerness to return to civilisation after "barbarous squalor". He comments on the waste of his time in India apart from that spent reading, the amusement provided by discussions between [Ronald] Kincaid[-Smith] and [Charles] Agnew and his distaste for Anglo-Indian society. Envelope present.

Dates: 14 Apr [1897]
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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Acquired Papers / Acquired Papers: Letters from WSC to Lady Randolph Churchill and also John S Churchill and Reginald Barnes. The file contains letters written by WSC about his time in Bangalore with the 4th Hussars; his posting to the Malakand Field Force with Sir Bindon Blood and about his first literary endeavours ("Savrola", "The Scaffolding of Rhetoric" and "The Story of the Malakand Field Force"). The file also contains two letters from Sir Bindon Blood. All items are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described.
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(Untitled), 31 Aug 1897

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/23/51
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Letter from WSC (In the train near Umballa, North West Provinces [India]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] discussing his position as war correspondent with the Malakand Field Force and the likelihood that he will see active service and will be awarded a medal. He also gives his opinions on the violation of the "Pax Britannica" and the necessity for the British government to take revenge on the frontier tribes.

Dates: 31 Aug 1897
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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Acquired Papers / Acquired Papers: Letters from WSC to Lady Randolph Churchill and also John S Churchill and Reginald Barnes. The file contains letters written by WSC about his time in Bangalore with the 4th Hussars; his posting to the Malakand Field Force with Sir Bindon Blood and about his first literary endeavours ("Savrola", "The Scaffolding of Rhetoric" and "The Story of the Malakand Field Force"). The file also contains two letters from Sir Bindon Blood. All items are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described.
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(Untitled), 21 Oct [1897]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/23/64-66
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (Bangalore [India] on the notepaper of the 4th Hussars) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: his luck in not being killed when he was at the frontier; his opinion that his experiences made his life worthwhile; the Simla authorities' opposition to WSC's attachment to a regiment at Malakand [West Pakistan, now Pakistan]; and his low opinion of the Indian government and their actions at the frontier. He encloses three letters [not present] to the D[aily] T[elegraph]...
Dates: 21 Oct [1897]
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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Acquired Papers / Acquired Papers: Letters from WSC to Lady Randolph Churchill and also John S Churchill and Reginald Barnes. The file contains letters written by WSC about his time in Bangalore with the 4th Hussars; his posting to the Malakand Field Force with Sir Bindon Blood and about his first literary endeavours ("Savrola", "The Scaffolding of Rhetoric" and "The Story of the Malakand Field Force"). The file also contains two letters from Sir Bindon Blood. All items are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described.
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(Untitled), 04 Oct 1897

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/23/96
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Letter from Sir Bindon Blood (Camp Inayat Kila [West Pakistan, now Pakistan]) to [Colonel John] Brabazon in which he expresses his admiration for WSC's conduct in fighting, says that he may get the chance to earn the Victoria Cross or the [Companion of] Distinguished Service Order and describes the progress of the frontier war and enemy tactics.

Dates: 04 Oct 1897
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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Acquired Papers / Acquired Papers: Letters from WSC to Lady Randolph Churchill and also John S Churchill and Reginald Barnes. The file contains letters written by WSC about his time in Bangalore with the 4th Hussars; his posting to the Malakand Field Force with Sir Bindon Blood and about his first literary endeavours ("Savrola", "The Scaffolding of Rhetoric" and "The Story of the Malakand Field Force"). The file also contains two letters from Sir Bindon Blood. All items are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described.
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(Untitled), 03 Mar 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/24/44
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Letter from WSC (Meerut [India]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he did not write articles in the Pioneer, but criticises the Indian bureaucracy for "jobbery" and the mismanagement of the Tirah campaign. He discusses ["The Story of the Malakand Field Force"], says that he has been disappointed on re-reading the manuscript and reports that his team was defeated in the polo tournament.

Dates: 03 Mar 1898
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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Acquired Papers / Letters from WSC to Lady Randolph Churchill. Several letters relate to the publication of WSC's first book "The Story of the Malakand Field Force" and the file also contains newspaper cuttings of reviews of the work. The file also contains material relating to the Tirah Expeditionary force and the majority of items date between January and April 1898. All letters are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described.
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(Untitled), 27 Mar [1898]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/24/65-67
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Letter from WSC (Peshawar [India]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he discusses financial affairs, expresses relief that "Jack" [John S Churchill] will be jointly liable for a loan which she is taking, asks her to reply to his letters, and makes observations on relations with the tribes which make it likely that there will be no fighting. Includes envelope.

Dates: 27 Mar [1898]
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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Acquired Papers / Letters from WSC to Lady Randolph Churchill. Several letters relate to the publication of WSC's first book "The Story of the Malakand Field Force" and the file also contains newspaper cuttings of reviews of the work. The file also contains material relating to the Tirah Expeditionary force and the majority of items date between January and April 1898. All letters are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described.
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(Untitled), 30 Mar 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/24/68-73
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (Mamani, Barah Valley [India]) to Lord Charles Beresford in which he discusses criticism of the Tirah campaign. He describes the extensive press coverage of events; the criticism in England of public servants who serve in India; the acceptance of all reports from the frontier; the criticism by some soldiers serving in India of their senior officers; a "higher mood" which also exists in the army which is evidenced by the example of bravery of demonstrated by James Clow; and...
Dates: 30 Mar 1898
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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Acquired Papers / Letters from WSC to Lady Randolph Churchill. Several letters relate to the publication of WSC's first book "The Story of the Malakand Field Force" and the file also contains newspaper cuttings of reviews of the work. The file also contains material relating to the Tirah Expeditionary force and the majority of items date between January and April 1898. All letters are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described.
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(Untitled), 02 Mar 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/26/11-12
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (Calcutta [India]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] discussing his success in the polo tournament; the popularity of [Lord] Curzon [later Lord Curzon of Kedleston] as Viceroy of India and [Mary] Lady Curzon's poor health; the magazine she hopes to publish and his disapproval of the concept of a "hearty production frothing with patriotism" and of the suggestion of "Anglo Saxon" as a title; the illness of Rudyard Kipling "a terrible loss to the English speaking world"....
Dates: 02 Mar 1899
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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Acquired Papers / Letters from WSC to Lady Randolph Churchill. Includes material relating to WSC's time in South Africa during the Boer War and to the elections he contested at Oldham [Lancashire]. All letters are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described.
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(Untitled), 31 Aug 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/27/42-43
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (Ashby St Ledgers, Rugby [Warwickshire]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: the progress of [his biography of Lord Randolph Churchill] which is nearly finished; his stay in Switzerland; polo; his support for [Lord] Curzon [later Lord Curzon of Kedleston] against [Sir Herbert] Kitchener and "for Constitutional Authority against military power"; Liberal Party policy on India; comments on the appointments of [4th Lord] Minto and [Sir John] Brodrick. Manuscript in...
Dates: 31 Aug 1905
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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Acquired Papers / Acquired Papers. Letters from WSC to Lady Randolph Churchill. All letters are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described.
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(Untitled), 20 Mar 1942 - 13 May 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/62/38-44
Scope and Contents Letter from 1st Lord Wedgwood to WSC on the need to hold mouth of the Ganges [India] as a submarine base and the son of the former Prime Minister of Madras, Chakravarti Rajagopalacharyra; with transcript and acknowledgements, note from WSC's Private Office forwarding another letter from Wedgwood to 1st Lord Beaverbrook [former Minister of Supply, earlier Max Aitken] and note from Leslie Rowan [Private Secretary to WSC] to WSC on a further idea of Wedgwood's on the post-war exchange of...
Dates: 20 Mar 1942 - 13 May 1942
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 W - Z.
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(Untitled), 04 Jun 1942 - 08 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/62/47-62
Scope and Contents Letters from "Jos", 1st Lord Wedgwood to WSC on subjects including: condemning generals who surrender; blowing up the dam on the Nile [Egypt]; calling for a gesture of support for the Jews; Hindu fear of Moslems and Bolshevism in India; the inflationary dangers in the Beveridge Report [on Social Insurance] and Scott-Uthwatt Report; general military ideas; with acknowledgements, notes by John Peck [Assistant Private Secretary to WSC] to WSC and Rosalind Culhane [Assistant Private Secretary to...
Dates: 04 Jun 1942 - 08 Dec 1942
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 W - Z.
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(Untitled), 20 Jan 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/68B/130-132
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Telegram from General Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] to WSC on subjects including: congratulating him on his trip [to Washington, United States]; commending the defence of the Far East but insisting on the Middle East and North Africa as the theatre of prime importance; Soviet success against Germany and Hitler's intentions towards Turkey and the Caucasus; making political concessions in India to secure support; improving tanks to German standards.

Dates: 20 Jan 1942
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), 21 Jan 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/68B/149-150
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Telegram from the Viceroy and Governor-General of India [2nd Lord Linlithgow, earlier Lord Hopetoun] to WSC on the Indian constitutional problem, as discussed in a telegram to Leo Amery [Secretary of State for India]; suggests that speculation by Schuster [? Sir George Schuster] and in the Times is inflammatory, and gives the harmful impression that Britain is ready to give way on India.

Dates: 21 Jan 1942
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), 01 Mar 1942 - 30 Mar 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/67/2
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, March 1942.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: Major-General Leslie Hollis [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet]; the Chiefs of Staff; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chief Whip [James Stuart].Subjects covered by the minutes include: matters concerning the command structure, including...
Dates: 01 Mar 1942 - 30 Mar 1942
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), [04 Jan 1942]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/68A/28
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Telegram from WSC to the Viceroy and Governor-General of India [2nd Lord Linlithgow, earlier Lord Hopetoun] refusing to remove General Sir Claude Auchinleck from command in Middle East [? to be Commander-in-Chief, India], asks if [? General Sir Alan Hartley, General Officer Commanding- in-Chief, Northern Command, India] or [? General Sir William Platt, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, East African Command] would be acceptable.

Dates: [04 Jan 1942]
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), 04 Jan 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/68A/29
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Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, India, refusing to remove General Sir Claude Auchinleck from command in the Middle East.

Dates: 04 Jan 1942
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), 19 Feb 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/70/90
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Telegram from Secretary of State for India [Leo Amery] to the Viceroy [and Governor-General] of India [2nd Lord Linlithgow, earlier Lord Hopetoun] conveying the text of a message from WSC to Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru [? President, Indian Liberal Federation] stating that an invitation has been issued to the Government of India to be represented on the War Cabinet and Pacific War Council.

Dates: 19 Feb 1942
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), 23 Feb 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/70/116
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Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Supreme Commander, South West Pacific] to WSC: states that he is planning to leave Java [Dutch East Indies, later Indonesia] on 25 February and to fly to India via Rangoon [Burma, later Myanmar]; thanks WSC for entrusting him with command in India and suggests that General Sir Alan Hartley [Commander- in-Chief, India] should remain as his deputy; believes WSC is right to try and use [the 7th] Australian division in Burma.

Dates: 23 Feb 1942
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), 04 Mar 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/71A/27
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Telegram from WSC to [the President of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt] outlining some of the obstacles to India obtaining Dominion status: "Naturally we do not want to throw India into chaos on the eve of invasion.".

Dates: 04 Mar 1942
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), 04 Mar 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/71A/29-32
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] enclosing paraphrases of three messages sent to WSC regarding the constitution of India: message from Mahomed Jinnah, President of the Moslem League, denouncing the proposals of the Sapru conference and calling upon the British Government to support the Moslem claim for Pakistan; message from Sir Firoz Khan Noon, Moslem member of the Viceroy's Executive Council, regarding Moslem fears arising from the Sapru...
Dates: 04 Mar 1942
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), 05 Mar 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/71A/54
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Telegram from Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] to WSC commenting on British Government proposals for India, and recommending that the partition provisions be dropped.

Dates: 05 Mar 1942
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), 06 Mar 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/71A/68
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Telegram from the Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] to WSC offering congratulations on the text of the proposed statement foreshadowing a new Indian Union to become an associated British Dominion.

Dates: 06 Mar 1942
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), 06 Mar 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/71A/70
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Telegram from the Viceroy [and Governor-General] of India [2nd Lord Linlithgow, earlier Lord Hopetoun] to WSC asking for the insertion of a pledge to minorities in the draft declaration on India.

Dates: 06 Mar 1942
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), 03 Feb 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/69B/118
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Telegram from WSC to Generalissimo Chiang-Kai-shek [Chinese Nationalist Leader] regarding the Chinese leader's visit to India: discourages him from meeting leaders of the Indian Congress Party.

Dates: 03 Feb 1942
Conditions Governing Access: 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), 03 Feb 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/69B/119
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Telegram from the Secretary of State for India [Leo Amery] to the Viceroy [and Governor-General of India, 2nd Lord Linlithgow, earlier Lord Hopetoun] with text of a personal message from WSC regarding the visit of Generalissimo Chiang-Kai-shek [Chinese Nationalist Leader] to India: "In no circumstances must he be allowed to see [Jawaharlal] Nehru", as such a meeting would be likely to spread "Pan-Asiatic malaise".

Dates: 03 Feb 1942
Conditions Governing Access: 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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