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(Untitled), 08 Dec 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/46/41
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Telegram from WSC to Eamon de Valera [Prime Minister of Ireland] "Now is your chance. Now or never. "A nation once again". Am ready to meet you at any time".

Dates: 08 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Jan 1941 - 31 Jan 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/36/1
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, January 1941.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; Eric Seal [WSC's Principal Private Secretary]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff; F A Lindemann [later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant]; James Stuart [Chief Whip] and...
Dates: 01 Jan 1941 - 31 Jan 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 May 1941 - 31 May 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/36/5
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, May 1941.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; Sir Horace Wilson [Permanent Secretary of HM Treasury and official Head of HM Civil Service]; Eric Seal [WSC's Principal Private Secretary]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; the Chiefs of Staff; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; Sir Alexander...
Dates: 01 May 1941 - 31 May 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Jun 1941 - 30 Jun 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/36/6
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, June 1941.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; Desmond Morton and F A Lindemann [later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistants]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff.Subjects covered by the minutes include: the defence of...
Dates: 01 Jun 1941 - 30 Jun 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54B/150-163
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to [Franklin Roosevelt] President of the United States, detailing secret military plans, reorganisation of command, and projected course of the war: Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to attack Cyrenaica [Libya], then advance on Tripoli; invasion of Norway has been planned as a cover; reports of German preparation for invasion of Britain over North Sea; seeks introduction of American troops to Northern Ireland; command. structure between the...
Dates: 20 Oct 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54B/164
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Letter from WSC to John Andrews [Prime Minister of Northern Ireland], concerned at recent domestic events.

Dates: 20 Oct 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54C/264-265
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Letter from WSC to John Andrews [Prime Minister of Northern Ireland] on Ulster's fine contribution to the war effort.

Dates: 09 Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Aug 1942 - 04 Sep 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/55/68-69
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Letter from John Andrews [Prime Minister of Northern Ireland] to WSC informing him of the decision to lift the death sentence from six murderers; with reply.

Dates: 31 Aug 1942 - 04 Sep 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Dec 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/47/93-96
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Telegram from WSC to Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] asking him to spare United States tanks and aeroplanes from Acrobat [codename for the operation against Tripoli, Libya], to defend Malaya [later Malaysia] and Singapore; United States will send troops to Northern Ireland, bomb Germany from Britain, and support Gymnast [codename for the plans for the British occupation of North West Africa].

Dates: 27 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Dec 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/46/73
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Telegram from Eamon de Valera [Prime Minister of Ireland] to WSC suggesting Lord Cranborne [Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, later 5th Lord Salisbury] visit to develop "a fuller understanding of our position".

Dates: 10 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Dec 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/46/102
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Telegram from WSC to Eamon de Valera [Prime Minister of Ireland] agreeing to send Lord Cranborne [Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, later 5th Lord Salisbury] to Eire for discussions; will arrange secret visit for himself and Stephenson [? John Stephenson, Assistant Secretary, Dominions Office].

Dates: 11 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Oct 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/22B/170
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Letter from WSC to Shane Leslie thanking him for forwarding the letter from General Sir Hubert Gough and agreeing that the time may be right for an Irish Brigade.

Dates: 08 Oct 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 May 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/32
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Telegram from Prime Minister of Canada [Mackenzie King] to WSC advising consulting the British Ambassador to the United States [Lord Halifax, earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin] before making decision on introducing conscription to Northern Ireland; as the issue is controversial in Canada and may affect Canadian unity.

Dates: 25 May 1941
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(Untitled), 04 Sep 1939 - 30 Sep 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/3/1
Scope and Contents First Lord of the Admiralty's printed minutes, September 1939.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (sometimes annotated with additional printed information) to: various naval directors; the Sea Lords, particularly 1st [Sea Lord, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound] and [3rd Sea Lord and] Controller [Rear-Admiral Bruce Fraser]; [Permanent] Secretary [Sir Archibald Carter]; Deputy Chief of Naval Staff [Rear-Admiral Tom Phillips]; Prime Minister [Neville Chamberlain]; other senior officers and...
Dates: 04 Sep 1939 - 30 Sep 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Nov 1939 - 30 Nov 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/3/3
Scope and Contents First Lord of the Admiralty's printed minutes, November 1939.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (sometimes annotated with additional printed information) to: Deputy Chief of Naval Staff [Rear-Admiral Tom Phillips]; [Permanent] Secretary [Sir Archibald Carter]; the Sea Lords, particularly [3rd Sea Lord and] Controller [Rear-Admiral Bruce Fraser] and 1st Sea Lord [Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound]; various naval directors; Professor [F A] Lindemann [later 1st Lord Cherwell] and Major...
Dates: 01 Nov 1939 - 30 Nov 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Oct 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/4/25-28
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Memorandum "The need for Berehaven [Ireland]", by Deputy Chief of Naval Staff [Rear-Admiral Tom Phillips], with attached note by WSC.

Dates: 18 Oct 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Dec 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/151/51-52
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Letter from Rev. T Gordon Sharpe, Rector of Ardclinis, Carnlough, County Antrim, to WSC, asking if he was willing to contribute to the Parish's Sustentation Fund and the Sunday School Prize Fund, as Lord Herbert Vane-Tempest had in the past.

Dates: 09 Dec 1921
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1921]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/151/61
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Photograph of Carnlough [Co. Antrim] lime quarries and men at work 6" x 8" b/w.

Dates: [1921]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1921]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/151/62
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Photograph of Carnlough Lime and Whiting Works, Carnlough, Co. Antrim [6" x 8" b/w].

Dates: [1921]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1921]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/151/63
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Photograph of Carnlough Harbour, Country Antrim, with the S.S. Olderfleet, belonging to the Carnlough Lime Works Co. Ltd [6" x 8" b/w].

Dates: [1921]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1921]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/151/64
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Photograph of The Whiting Works, Carnlough Lime Works Co. Ltd, County Antrim [6" x 8" b/w].

Dates: [1921]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1921]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/151/65
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Photograph of Carnlough quarries and the Mountain River, County Antrim [6" x 8" b/w].

Dates: [1921]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1921]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/151/66
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Photograph of lime quarries and kilns, Carnlough, County Antrim [6" x 8" b/w.

Dates: [1921]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1921]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/151/67
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Photograph of lime quarries and kilns, Carnlough, County Antrim, [6" x 8" b/w].

Dates: [1921]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1921]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/151/68
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Photograph of the Crushing Plant at Carnlough Lime Quarries, County Antrim [6" x 8" b/w].

Dates: [1921]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open