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(Untitled), 14 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/91
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Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "most immediate " and "top secret and personal". WSC thanks Stalin for his message of 7 Apr and expresses hope that the misunderstanding over Crossword [Codename for operation leading to surrender of German forces in Italy] may now be considered at an end. He comments on his distress at the death of President Roosevelt and the importance it places on the link between the two of them. He thanks Stalin and Vyacheslav Molotov [Soviet Foreign Minister]...
Dates:
14 Apr 1945
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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), 13 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/93
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Telegram from Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] (Rochester, Minnesota, [United States of America]) to Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Sir Max Aitken, Lord Privy Seal] marked "routine" and "personal and restricted" stating that President Roosevelt "had such a warm spot in his heart for you", expressing belief that "Britain has lost her staunchest friend and the world its greatest leader", and explaining that he is leaving hospital for a few days to...
Dates:
13 Apr 1945
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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), 13 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/94-95
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Letter from WSC to King George VI thanking him for his letter and commenting on the implications of the death of President Roosevelt, "Ties have been shorn asunder which years had woven". He outlines his reasons for not attending the President's funeral, and adds that "it would be a good thing that President Harry Truman should come over here at about the same time as was proposed by his predecessor". He suggests May for Truman's visit and states that he is making this proposal to Truman and...
Dates:
13 Apr 1945
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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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(Untitled), 13 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/96
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Letter from King George VI (Buckingham Palace, [London]) to WSC expressing his sadness and shock at the sudden death of President Roosevelt and sending sympathy to WSC, "...to you who have known him for so long & so intimately during this war, the sudden loss to yourself personally of a colleague & helpmate in the framing of far reaching decisions both for the prosecution of the war & for the future peace of the world must be overwhelming".
Dates:
13 Apr 1945
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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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(Untitled), 13 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/97
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Telegram from WSC to Edward Stettinius [United States Secretary of State] stating, "I deeply share your sorrow in this most grievous loss" [death of President Roosevelt]. Initialled by WSC in red ink.
Dates:
13 Apr 1945
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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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(Untitled), 12 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/98
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Telegram from Edward Stettinius [United States Secretary of State] to WSC marked "copy" commenting on their shared personal grief over the death of President Roosevelt.
Dates:
12 Apr 1945
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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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(Untitled), 13 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/100
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Corrected copy of telegram from WSC to Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] marked "personal and secret" thanking him for his message "No. 100" regarding the death of President Roosevelt: "With your full knowledge of our relations you can indeed feel the personal loss I have sustained, apart from the far greater loss that all our causes have suffered".
Dates:
13 Apr 1945
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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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(Untitled), 13 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/101
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Corrected copy of telegram from WSC to John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] marked "personal and secret" thanking him for his telegram on the death of President Roosevelt: "I know Roosevelt's name will ever be honoured in Australia".
Dates:
13 Apr 1945
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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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(Untitled), 13 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/102
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Telegram from Mackenzie King (Prime Minister of Canada) to WSC marked "personal" expressing his "deep sympathy" for WSC on the death of President Roosevelt: "In this great loss please feel that I am closer than ever at your side". With single annotation in red ink, probably by WSC.
Dates:
13 Apr 1945
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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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(Untitled), 13 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/103
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Telegram from John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] to WSC expressing shock at "tragic news" of death of President Roosevelt, whose help and support "are acknowledged with great thankfulness by people this country". Curtin states that, "We know how greatly you will miss his comradeship and support and feel deeply for you in added burden which necessarily will now be yours".
Dates:
13 Apr 1945
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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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(Untitled), 13 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/104-105
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Telegram from John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] to WSC expressing shock at "tragic news" of death of President Roosevelt, whose help and support "are acknowledged with great thankfulness by people this country". Curtin states that, "We know how greatly you will miss his comradeship and support and feel deeply for you in added burden which necessarily will now be yours". With single annotation in red ink, probably by WSC.
Dates:
13 Apr 1945
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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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(Untitled), 13 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/106
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Telegram from WSC to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] marked "personal and secret" reciting text of message from WSC to Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] explaining that while it would be a solace to attend President Roosevelt's funeral, "everyone here thought my duty next week lay at home". WSC asks how Hopkins is, and when he is going to see him.
Dates:
13 Apr 1945
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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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(Untitled), 13 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/107
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Telegram from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] to WSC marked "most immediate" and "personal and secret" reciting text of message from Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] to WSC. Hopkins states that Halifax had told him WSC might be here [United States], in which case Hopkins would see him. "I still find it difficult to believe that our gallant friend has gone". With annotations in red...
Dates:
13 Apr 1945
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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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(Untitled), 13 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/108
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Text of telegram from WSC to Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] marked "personal" commenting on the death of President Roosevelt. "I feel with you that we have lost one of our greatest friends and one of the most valiant champions of the causes for which we fight". WSC concludes, "I had a true affection for Franklin". [Typescript on 10 Downing Street Paper] Initialled with single amendment by WSC in red ink.
Dates:
13 Apr 1945
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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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(Untitled), [12] Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/109
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Telegram from Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] (Rochester, Minnesota, [United States]) marked "personal and restricted" [regarding the death of President Roosevelt]. Hopkins informs WSC that he is leaving tomorrow to attend services in Washington [D.C.] and Hyde Park [New York], and states that, "All I know is that we have lost one of our greatest friends and the world its most outstanding champion of human freedom and justice". With single...
Dates:
[12] Apr 1945
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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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(Untitled), 13 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/110
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Telegram from WSC to President Harry Truman marked "personal" [regarding the death of President Roosevelt]. WSC offers his personal sympathy on the loss "which you and the American nation have sustained in the death of our illustrious friend", and expresses hope that he and Truman will be able to renew "the intimate comradeship" that WSC had enjoyed with Roosevelt. He concludes by offering his respectful good wishes , "as you step into the breach in the victorious lines of the United...
Dates:
13 Apr 1945
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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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(Untitled), 14 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/111
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Telegram from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] to WSC marked "immediate" and "secret and personal". Halifax confirms that he has given WSC's message to Edward Stettinius [United States Secretary of State] who said he would get it to the President [Harry Truman] at once. He also comments on conversation with Louise Hopkins, reporting the safe arrival from Rochester [United States] of Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to...
Dates:
14 Apr 1945
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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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(Untitled), 13 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/112
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Telegram from WSC to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] marked "personal and top secret" reciting text of message from WSC to be given by Edward Stettinius [United States Secretary of State] to the President [Harry Truman]. In the message WSC states that he very much regrets that it is impossible for him to change his plans [and attend funeral service for President Roosevelt] as plans have been made for the conduct of the debates in...
Dates:
13 Apr 1945
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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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(Untitled), 13 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/113
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Telegram from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] to WSC marked "most immediate" and "personal". Halifax confirms that has telephoned Edward Stettinius [United States Secretary of State] with WSC's message which Stettinius undertook to transmit to Eleanor Roosevelt. States that Stettinius had passed on message from President Harry Truman suggesting that the funeral would have been a "natural and easy opportunity" for a meeting between...
Dates:
13 Apr 1945
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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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(Untitled), 13 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/114
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Telegram from WSC to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] marked "most immediate" and "top secret" and "personal" explaining that "on further thought" it will not be possible for him to leave and that he has asked Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] to go in his place [to funeral of President Roosevelt]. WSC asks Halifax to explain this to Edward Stettinius [United States Secretary of State] and Eleanor Roosevelt.
Dates:
13 Apr 1945
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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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(Untitled), 13 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/115
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Telegram from WSC to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] marked "personal" and "top secret" reciting text of message to be passed to President Harry Truman by Edward Stettinius [United States Secretary of State]. In the message WSC expresses regret that he cannot change his plans [and attend funeral of President Roosevelt] due to arrangements for the debates in Parliament next week, which include his tribute to the late President on...
Dates:
13 Apr 1945
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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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(Untitled), 12 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/116
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Telegram from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] to WSC marked "most immediate" and "top secret" and "personal" giving details of timetable for funeral services for President Roosevelt. He comments on the positive reaction of both Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to President of the United States] and Edward Stettinius [United States Secretary of State] to WSC's thought of coming over, and comments on some of the practical...
Dates:
12 Apr 1945
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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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(Untitled), 21 Feb 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/200/24
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Letter from WSC to Lieutenant General Carl Spaatz [Commanding General, United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe] thanking him for the album of photographs showing the work of the 8th and 15th United States Air Forces, and stating, "I can imagine no finer record of the great contribution which the Air Forces under your Command have made to the successes of the Anglo-American Armies since their landing in Europe". [Carbon].
Dates:
21 Feb 1945
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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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(Untitled), Feb 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/200/25
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Letter from Lieutenant General Carl Spaatz [Commanding General, United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe] to WSC announcing his very great pleasure in presenting WSC with a "pictorial report on our strategic effort during the past year against the enemy's power to wage war" [report not attached]. [Signed typescript].
Dates:
Feb 1945
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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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(Untitled), 11 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/197B/216-217
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Typescript copy of note compiled by WSC reporting on his meeting with General Patrick Hurley [United States Ambassador to China]. He comments on their discussion about Hong Kong, about which WSC said that "never would we yield an inch of the territory that was under the British Flag". He also comments on their discussion over the question of the United States using Lend-Lease to prevent the British taking necessary action in the Middle East. He ends with his impressions of Hurley as "rather...
Dates:
11 Apr 1945
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Open