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(Untitled), [1932]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/185/3-32
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Notes on the financial dispute between the United Kingdom and the Irish Free State [later Ireland].

Dates: [1932]
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 / Public and political: general / Public and political: various memoranda.
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(Untitled), 18 Feb 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/192/90
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Lette from Lord Carson [earlier Sir Edward Carson] (5 Eaton Place, [London]) to WSC praising the passages on India and Ireland in WSC's speech [at the 25th anniversary meeting of the Anti-Socialist and Anti-Communist Union] and asserting that "the Conservative party are duped over India".

Dates: 18 Feb 1933
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 / Public and political: general / Public and political: correspondence relating to Indian affairs.
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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
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), 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
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), 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
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), 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
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 / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Personal Telegrams.
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(Untitled), 20 Oct 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/20/43-57
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to President [Franklin Roosevelt] outlining various plans and proposals concerning: attacking the German and Italian armies in Libya; French North Africa; Norway; British contributions to the Soviet war effort; defending Great Britain from a possible German invasion; placing United States forces in Northern Ireland [Ulster]; the command structure in the Middle East and the roles of the Air Force and Navy; the effect of victory in Libya on Italy and Turkey; landing tanks; the...
Dates: 20 Oct 1941
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: correspondence. [there are some later administrative notes in the file].
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(Untitled), 09 Aug 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/22A/51-52
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Letter from WSC to John Andrews [Prime Minister of Northern Ireland] on the numbers of tanks and Anti-Aircraft weaponry in Northern Ireland.

Dates: 09 Aug 1941
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: Correspondence (copies).
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(Untitled), 28 Jun 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/21C/315
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Letter from WSC to John Winant, United States Ambassador to Britain, on a report that the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] had agreed to send arms to Ireland if she would defend herself from German attack.

Dates: 28 Jun 1941
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: Correspondence (copies).
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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
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Correspondence (copies).
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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
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Personal Telegrams (copies).
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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
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Personal Telegrams (copies).
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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
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Personal Telegrams (copies).
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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
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Personal telegrams (copies).
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(Untitled), 02 Sep 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54A/71
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Letter from WSC to Cardinal Arthur Hinsley on lifting of the death sentence from six murderers in Belfast [Ulster, Northern Ireland].

Dates: 02 Sep 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: Correspondence (copies).
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(Untitled), 04 Sep 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54A/72
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Letter from WSC to John Andrews [Prime Minister of Northern Ireland] commending his decision to lift the death sentence.

Dates: 04 Sep 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: Correspondence (copies).
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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
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Correspondence (copies).
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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
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Correspondence (copies).
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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
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Correspondence (copies).
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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
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: First Lord's minutes. [printed].
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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
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: First Lord's minutes. [printed].
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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
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: War Cabinet papers by WSC.
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(Untitled), 02 Dec 1940- 05 Dec 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/6B/180-182
Scope and Contents Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Thomas Moore to WSC on international law stating that belligerent ships may seek refuge in neutral ports, so British ships of war should put into Irish ports thus allowing the local population to grow accustomed to British sailors and their spending power; also that in view of Greek defiance of the Axis powers Britain should offer Greece the reward of dominion status, for "nothing would arouse greater gratitude and enthusiasm amongst the Greek civilians and...
Dates: 02 Dec 1940- 05 Dec 1940
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 L - M.
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(Untitled), 09 Sep 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/7/15-18
Scope and Contents Letter from John Walton Newbold to WSC on the coming Preston [Lancashire] by-election; complex arguments about the rights of Catholics in Northern Ireland; a united Ireland as the best means of defence for Britain against overseas attack; why ministers and members of parliament opposed rearmament, allowing the nation to remain deficient in ground and air defences. Notes that copies sent to the press and Eamon de Valera [Irish Taoiseach (Head of Government) and Minister for External Affairs]....
Dates: 09 Sep 1940
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 N - R.
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(Untitled), 10 Sep 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/7/19
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Letter from John Walton Newbold to WSC "giving Lord Halifax [Foreign Secretary, earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin] and yourself ... the opportunity I have decided to afford you ... to meet the aspirations of all who seek a United Ireland"; links his work to that of James Douglas, United States Senate; chooses the Preston [Lancashire] by-election as the fighting ground.

Dates: 10 Sep 1940
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 N - R.

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