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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex], 1943 - 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3
Scope and Contents
This class of papers covers WSC's time as Conservative MP for Woodford, where he served from 26 July 1945 to 15 October 1964. His earlier years as MP for Epping [Essex] are covered in the pre-1945 Chartwell Papers at CHAR 7.The vast majority of the papers consists of correspondence handled by WSC's office and local officials, particularly representatives of Woodford Division Conservative Association, including the Honorary Secretaries and Agents Frederick Mummery, and later W Hubert...
Dates:
1943 - 1965
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.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, A - B., 30 Jul 1951 - 29 Jan 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/67A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of Woodford Conservative Association including Sir James Hawkey, Chairman, and W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent (14); Peter Goldman [Head of Home Affairs Section], Conservative Research Department (2); James Allan, Private Secretary, Ministry of Pensions (6); (David) Colin Humphries, Private Secretary, Air Ministry (3); Thomas Caulcott, Assistant Principal, War Damage Commission (4); Herbert Ash, constituent (4); Bernard Lawrence,...
Dates:
30 Jul 1951 - 29 Jan 1953
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folios 197 - 205, closed for 100 years until 2053 on data protection grounds due to the presence of sensitive and personal information on a potentially living individual.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, A-B., Mar 1943 - Apr 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/23A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: J H Hughes of the Air Ministry (16); Sir James Hawkey [Chairman of Woodford Conservative Association] (15); M L Elder of the War Office (5); [Anthony] Ward, Legal Secretary, Royal Courts of Justice; A E Hine, Private Secretary, Ministry of Labour and National Service (8); W Gladstone of the Ministry of Works (6); Edith Watson [Private Secretary to Prime Minister Clement Attlee]; [John] Millson, [Private Secretary to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Air]...
Dates:
Mar 1943 - Apr 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open (folios 239-41 opened in 2022).
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, A-G., Mar 1946 - Feb 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/32
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Frederick Mummery, Assistant Secretary, Woodford Conservative Association (11); [Kenneth] Witney, [Assistant] Private Secretary [to the Home Secretary] (2); Henry Hopkinson [later 1st Lord Colyton, Head] of Conservative Parliamentary Secretariat [and Joint Director, Conservative Research Department] (2); E A Baker, Private Secretary, Ministry of Food (4); L D Baynes of the War Office (7); [Arthur] Drew [Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for War]; constituent...
Dates:
Mar 1946 - Feb 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, A-H., Jan 1948 - May 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/42
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Frederick Mummery, Assistant Secretary, Woodford Conservative Association (15); Lena Prescott, Private Secretary, Ministry of Health (4); [David] Nenk, Ministry of Education (2); Sir James Hawkey, Chairman of Woodford Conservative Association, and John Harvey, Chairman, Woodford Young Conservative Association, on a visitor from South Africa meeting CSC. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretary Penelope Wall.Subjects covered by the file include:...
Dates:
Jan 1948 - May 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
Open (folios 119-20 opened in 2022).
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, A - H., 30 Dec 1949 - 21 Dec 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/61
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of Woodford Conservative Association, including Sir James Hawkey, Chairman (2) and "Kath", Kathleen Kemp, Secretary to the Agent (7); Thomas Shearer, Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Air (3); [Ness Edwards], Postmaster General, on the campaign for official recognition by the Engineering Officers (Telecommunications) Association, including a note of his negotiations with the Association; Sir Howard Roberts, Clerk of London County Council;...
Dates:
30 Dec 1949 - 21 Dec 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folio 107, closed for 75 years until 2026 on grounds of data protection due to the presence of sensitive and personal information on a potentially living individual.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, A-H., Jul 1946 - Nov 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/30
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: P M James of GPO Headquarters (6); Frederick Mummery, Assistant Secretary, Woodford Conservative Association (7); [Arthur] Drew [Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for War] (2); constituent W Askew (5); Frank Foster, Honorary Treasurer of Woodford Conservative Association (2); constituent Keith Catmur (4); [John] Millson [Private Secretary to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Air]; Bernard Lawrence, Chief Education Officer, County of Essex, on...
Dates:
Jul 1946 - Nov 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, A-H., Jan 1947 - Jul 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/36A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Tom Driberg [later Lord Bradwell]; E A Baker, Private Secretary, Ministry of Food (4); [Anthony] Ridge, [Principal] Private Secretary to the Postmaster General (2); Robert McAlpine [Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary] (3); [John] Hobbs, Private Secretary, Ministry of National Insurance (2); constituent Emily Brandon on recovering her property (4); Frederick Mummery, Assistant Secretary, Woodford Conservative Association (15); Theresa Brewster,...
Dates:
Jan 1947 - Jul 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, A-H., Oct 1946 - Oct 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/38
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Frederick Mummery, Assistant Secretary, Woodford Conservative Association (11); [Kenneth] Witney, [Assistant] Private Secretary [to the Home Secretary] (7); E A Baker, Private Secretary, Ministry of Food (4); constituent E Watson, Honorary Secretary of Chigwell Road Allotments Committee [Essex] (5); Sir James Hawkey, Chairman of Woodford Conservative Association; [Evan] Maude [Assistant Private Secretary to Chancellor of the Exchequer]; constituent W Fraenkel (4)....
Dates:
Oct 1946 - Oct 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, A-L., Apr 1949 - Aug 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/51
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Chairman of Woodford Conservative Association, on WSC sending a message on constituents' golden wedding; Reginald Maudling and Percy Cohen [Joint Director] of the Conservative Research Department; Lena Prescott, Private Secretary, Ministry of Health (4); constituent A H Curtis (4); Nigel Davies on a bus service to a speedway meeting (4); [Christopher] Fogarty [Principal] HM Treasury; [David] Nenk, Ministry of Education. Also includes notes and copies...
Dates:
Apr 1949 - Aug 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
Open (folio 84 opened 2022).
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, A-L., May 1949 - Dec 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/53
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Percy Cohen [Joint Director] (2) and [Richard] Michael Fraser [later Lord Fraser of Kilmorack] of the Conservative Research Department; Edith [Summerskill, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Food]; Frederick Mummery, Honorary Secretary and Agent, Woodford Conservative Association (12); [David] Nenk, Ministry of Education (2); [Valentine] McEntee; constituent Dr G B Kirkland (4). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries "E G" [Elizabeth...
Dates:
May 1949 - Dec 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
Open (folios 152-8 opened 2022)
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, A - Z., 15 May 1945 - 01 Mar 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/55
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: David Nenk, Private Secretary to the Minister of Education; Basil Dickinson, Private Secretary to the Minister of Transport; Cyril Walker, Director of Housing and Valuer, London County Council (3); Derek Stephen, Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for War; Graham Mills; Sir James Hawkey [Chairman, Woodford Conservative Association] (2); [?] Dinah Pratt [former Honorary Secretary, Epping Division Conservative Association]. Also includes notes and copies of...
Dates:
15 May 1945 - 01 Mar 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folios 11 - 17 and 184, closed for 75 years until 2026 on grounds of data protection due to presence of sensitive and personal information about potentially living individuals.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, I-Z., Oct 1947 - May 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/43
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Frederick Mummery, Assistant Secretary, Woodford Conservative Association (14); Enoch Powell and Henry Hopkinson [later 1st Lord Colyton, Head] of the Conservative Parliamentary Secretariat; L D Baynes of the War Office (4); [Christopher] Fogarty [Assistant Principal] HM Treasury; A E Hine, Private Secretary, Ministry of Labour and National Service (4); [Arthur] Drew [Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for War] (2); constituent Lawrence Yardley (4). Also...
Dates:
Oct 1947 - May 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folios 49-61 which have been removed on grounds of data protection due to presence of sensitive personal information about a potentially living individual until 1 January 2045.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, I-Z., Mar 1947 - Oct 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/39
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: [Herbert] Stotesbury, Home Office; J H Hughes of the Air Ministry (6); E A Baker, Private Secretary, Ministry of Food (4); Stuart Mallinson, Essex County Welfare Officer; Frederick Mummery, Assistant Secretary, (7) and Sir James Hawkey, Chairman, Woodford Conservative Association; E Gower of the Board of Trade (4); Lena Prescott of the Ministry of Health (5); L D Baynes of the War Office (4); constituent Olive Warne (7); [Arthur] Drew [Private Secretary to the...
Dates:
Mar 1947 - Oct 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, K - L., 01 Jul 1951 - 01 Dec 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/79
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of Woodford Conservative Association including W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent (13); Gordon Wilson, Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for War; John Priestman, Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary; Raymond Gedling, [Principal Private Secretary to the Minister of Health] (2); Stuart Gilbert, Private Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Local Government; Joseph Lee, constituent (4); Richard...
Dates:
01 Jul 1951 - 01 Dec 1953
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, K-Z., Sep 1948 - Feb 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/47
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Frederick Mummery, Honorary Secretary and Agent, Woodford Conservative Association (9); H J Backwell, Deputy Regional Petroleum Officer, Ministry of Fuel and Power (9); [Arthur] Halls, Private Secretary [to the President of] the Board of Trade; [Christopher] Fogarty [Assistant Principal] HM Treasury; [Derek] Stephen [Assistant Principal] War Office (2); Herbert Truelove, Honorary Secretary, Chigwell [Essex] Urban District Chamber of Commerce (6); Reginald Maudling of...
Dates:
Sep 1948 - Feb 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folios 173-6 which have been removed on grounds of data protection due to presence of sensitive personal information about a potentially living individual until 1 January 2024.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, K-Z., Jan 1946 - Sep 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/29A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Frederick Mummery, Assistant Secretary, Woodford Conservative Association (5); [Arthur] Drew, Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for War; [Percy] Cohen of Conservative and Unionist Central Office; constituent D M Reddiex (4); Lena Prescott of the Ministry of Health (6); J H Hughes of the Air Ministry (4); Mary Tyrwhitt, Director, Auxiliary Territorial Service; constituents W T Towler (4) and F C Turner (4); Stanley Reed, Secretary of the Wanstead Flats...
Dates:
Jan 1946 - Sep 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, K-Z., Jun 1947 - Feb 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/41A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Frederick Mummery, Assistant Secretary, Woodford Conservative Association (12); [Christopher] Fogarty [Assistant Principal] HM Treasury (3); Henry Hopkinson [later 1st Lord Colyton, Head] and Reginald Maudling of Conservative Parliamentary Secretariat; constituent A F Morris (4); John Henniker[-Major, later 8th Lord Henniker, Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]; [Robert] McAlpine [Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign...
Dates:
Jun 1947 - Feb 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, M - Q., 03 Jan 1951 - 22 Dec 1952
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/71
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of Woodford Conservative Association including Sir James Hawkey, Chairman, W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent (10) and "Kath", Kathleen Kemp, Secretary to the Agent (6); John Marshall, Private Secretary to the Treasury (5); [?] Thomas Desmond Molony; Arthur Hockaday, Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty; Lancelot Errington, Principal Private Secretary to the Minister of National Insurance; Peter Hudson, Assistant...
Dates:
03 Jan 1951 - 22 Dec 1952
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, M-Z., May 1949 - Dec 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/54
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Frederick Mummery, Honorary Secretary and Agent, Woodford Conservative Association (6); Percy Cohen [Joint Director] of the Conservative Research Department (2); Marjorie Palfrey on St John's Christmas Fair, Loughton [Essex] (4); Frank Foster certifying a statement; [Derek] Stephen [Assistant Principal] War Office. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Penelope Wall, Lorna Cowper, and [Lettice] Marston [later Lettice Shillingford].Subjects...
Dates:
May 1949 - Dec 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folios 46-55 and 70-4 which have been removed on grounds of data protection due to presence of sensitive personal information about potentially living individuals until 1 January 2033 and 1 January 2025.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, P - S., 16 Oct 1953 - 18 Jan 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/88
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent, Woodford Conservative Association (5); John Johnston, Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Colonies; [Walter] Leonard Allinson [Assistant Private Secretary to the Ministry of Education] (4); [Margaret] Barbara Sloman [Principal], Treasury (2); Richard Griffiths, Exchange Control, Bank of England; I H Slee, Private Secretary, War Damage Commission (6); E F Reed and Gladys Reed, constituents...
Dates:
16 Oct 1953 - 18 Jan 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: letters from individuals and petitions from public houses in connection with the Licensing Bill 1948., Dec 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/48
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This class of papers covers WSC's time as Conservative MP for Woodford, where he served from 26 July 1945 to 15 October 1964. His earlier years as MP for Epping [Essex] are covered in the pre-1945 Chartwell Papers at CHAR 7.The vast majority of the papers consists of correspondence handled by WSC's office and local officials, particularly representatives of Woodford Division Conservative Association, including the Honorary Secretaries and Agents Frederick Mummery, and later W Hubert...
Dates:
Dec 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: papers and correspondence for the general election., Apr 1955 - Jun 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/22A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, WSC's election agent (18); John Harvey, Chairman of Woodford Conservative Association (9); Stephen Pierssene, General Director, Conservative and Unionist Central Office, on a hoax letter from the "Conservative Propaganda Centre"; George Christ [Parliamentary Liaison Officer, Conservative Party, and Editor Weekly News Letter] (2); Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] (2), (1) also from Clarissa Eden [earlier Clarissa...
Dates:
Apr 1955 - Jun 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Press cuttings, 1941 - 1976
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KHLL 3/4
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: KH's MBE, 1941; Churchill's visit to 615 Squadron, 1941; his Private Office staff, 1943; [Frederick] William Deakin's parachute drop into Yugoslavia, 1944; wartime recipes; Churchill's future, 1945; portrait of Clement Attlee, Prime Minister, 1947; the wedding of Mary Churchill to [Arthur] Christopher Soames, 1947, including a copy of the service sheet; extracts from the wartime papers of Harry Hopkins, Special Adviser and Assistant to Franklin Roosevelt; the Conservative...
Dates:
1941 - 1976
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Public and Political: General: Air Defence: Deputations to the Prime Minister., 21 Jul 1936 - 21 Jan 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/270
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Clement Attlee [Leader of the Opposition] refusing to join the deputations to the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin; Osmund Cleverly [Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister]; Henry Pownall [Deputy Secretary], Committee of Imperial Defence; Hastings Ismay [Deputy Secretary], Committee of Imperial Defence] (2).Also includes: extracts from the transcript of the first deputation, including [?] WSC on the Government's failure to expand the air industry and the RAF...
Dates:
21 Jul 1936 - 21 Jan 1937
Conditions Governing Access:
Open