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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 322 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 01 May 1944 - 31 May 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/152/5
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, May 1944.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: the Chiefs of Staff; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers, particularly Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon]; Major-General Leslie Hollis [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet]; senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the...
Dates: 01 May 1944 - 31 May 1944
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Sep 1944 - 30 Sep 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/153/3
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, September 1944.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff; Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; Major-General Leslie Hollis and Colonel Ian Jacob [Military Assistant Secretaries to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; "C" [Major General Sir Stewart Menzies, Head of...
Dates: 01 Sep 1944 - 30 Sep 1944
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Nov 1944 - 30 Nov 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/153/5
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, November 1944.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; Sir Desmond Morton [Prime Minister's Personal Assistant]; the Chiefs of Staff; the Chief Whip [James Stuart]; Colonel Ian Jacob [Military...
Dates: 01 Nov 1944 - 30 Nov 1944
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Dec 1944 - 31 Dec 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/153/6
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, December 1944.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]; Major-General Leslie Hollis and Colonel Ian Jacob [Military Assistant Secretaries to the War Cabinet]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff; the Chief Whip [James Stuart].Subjects covered by...
Dates: 02 Dec 1944 - 31 Dec 1944
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Oct 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/94B/182-183
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Letter from WSC to John Winant [United States Ambassador to Great Britain] regarding Canada and the Combined Food Board, agreeing with the President Roosevelt's procedure but suggesting that the message to Canada be shortened omitting passages which may lead to comparisons with Canada and other countries and enclosing a proposed draft [see CHAR 20/94B/184 ] Signed.

Dates: 12 Oct 1943
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 01 Aug 1943 - 28 Aug 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/104/2
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, August 1943. Some written by WSC when in Canada and the United States.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]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers, particularly Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon]; the Chief Whip [James Stuart]; the Chiefs of...
Dates: 01 Aug 1943 - 28 Aug 1943
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Oct 1943 - 31 Oct 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/104/4
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, October 1943.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: Lord Louis Mountbatten [Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; Colonel Ian Jacob and Major-General Leslie Hollis [Military Assistant Secretaries to the War Cabinet]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff; senior civil servants, including...
Dates: 02 Oct 1943 - 31 Oct 1943
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), 01 Jul 1941 - 30 Jul 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/36/7
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, July 1941.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; 1st Lord Cherwell [earlier F A Lindemann] and Desmond Morton [Prime Minister's Personal Assistants]; Colonel Ian Jacob [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet]; senior civil servants including Sir Edward Bridges...
Dates: 01 Jul 1941 - 30 Jul 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Dec 1941 - 25 Dec 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/36/12
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, December 1941 (some written while WSC was in the United States).Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; senior civil servants including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces [Lieutenant-General Bernard Paget];...
Dates: 02 Dec 1941 - 25 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: 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), 10 Aug 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/20/73-75
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Menu, guest list of 32 and seating plan for official luncheon onboard the Prince of Wales; diners included: WSC, President [Franklin Roosevelt], Admiral Ernest King (Commander-in-Chief, US Atlantic Fleet), Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound (1st Sea Lord) and General George Marshall (US Chief of Staff). [accompanied by later note].

Dates: 10 Aug 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 30 May 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/11/97-98
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Letter from WSC to David Lloyd George acknowledging the complaints he made in his letter; refers to the loyalty he owes to [Neville] Chamberlain after his kindness and help; assures Lloyd George that his plans for the organisation of food supplies were only set aside after he declined to join the administration.

Dates: 30 May 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 29 May 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/11/99-101
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Letter from David Lloyd George to WSC thanking him for the invitation to join the War Cabinet, but refusing to accept until the offer is not qualified by [Neville] Chamberlain's personal feelings; adds that his proposals for intensive food production have been ignored. [signed typescript].

Dates: 29 May 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Feb 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/21B/104
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Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Woolton [Minister of Food, earlier Frederick Marquis] on new regulations concerning rationing with a penalty of imprisonment for mixing foodstuffs such as meat and fish.

Dates: 25 Feb 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Mar 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/21B/115-116
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Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Woolton [Minister of Food, earlier Frederick Marquis] on regulation of foodstuffs; asks him to consult the Cabinet before embarking on any new schemes.

Dates: 02 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Sep 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/12/107-110
Scope and Contents Letter from [David] Roseway [Private Secretary to Secretary of State for War] to [Cecil] Syers [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] suggesting [1st] Lord Perry [Director of Ford Motor Company] for the Ministry of Supply or the Food Defence (Plans) Department as during World War I he was Director of Food Production Department, of the Agricultural Machinery Department (Ministry of Munitions), and of Traction (Ministry of Munitions); encloses copy of letter to Perry promising to alert suitable...
Dates: 18 Sep 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Jul 1940 - 31 Jul 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/13/4
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, July 1940.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: 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 Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; F A Lindemann [later 1st Lord Cherwell] and Desmond Morton [Prime Minister's Personal Assistants]; Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces [General Alan Brooke,...
Dates: 01 Jul 1940 - 31 Jul 1940
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Aug 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/16/10-13
Scope and Contents "Weekly Intelligence Commentary no. 53" from the War Office General Staff. Covers 15 to 22 August 1940 and divided into sections on: 1. Germany: a) German intentions; b) prospects of famine in Europe; c) distribution of German divisions; 2. Italy and Italian possessions; 3. Balkan States and Turkey: a) Romania; b) Greece; c) Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia]; d) Turkey; 4. Middle East: Egypt, Palestine, Iraq [earlier...
Dates: 22 Aug 1940
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.
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(Untitled), 17 Dec 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/22C/319
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Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Woolton [Minister of Food, earlier Frederick Marquis] advising that he postpone rationing of sweets and chocolate until they can be brought into the Points Scheme.

Dates: 17 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 29 May 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53C/256
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Letter from WSC to Lieutenant-General Henry Arnold [Commanding-General, United States Army Air Forces] thanking him for the gift of a crate of oranges.

Dates: 29 May 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Jun 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53C/281-282
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Letter from WSC to Baron Emile de Cartier de Marchienne [Belgian Ambassador to Britain] declining to break the blockade of Belgium to supply vitamins and milk for children and pregnant women.

Dates: 14 Jun 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Jul 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54A/13-14
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Letter from WSC to [?] Slobodan Jovanovitch [Slobodan Jovanovic, Yugoslav Vice-Premier and Minister of Justice] declining to break the blockade of Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia] to supply food for the inhabitants.

Dates: 12 Jul 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Aug 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54A/63-65
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Letter from WSC to Baron Emile de Cartier de Marchienne [Belgian Ambassador to Britain] regretting that breaching the blockade of Belgium to supply vitamins and milk cannot be considered.

Dates: 31 Aug 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54B/182-186
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Letter from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] with major points of joint strategy: expansion of shipping convoys against U-boat attack; increase of food imports in 1943; more American troops to Britain; increasing bombing, night bombing and using aircraft against U-boats.

Dates: 31 Oct 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open