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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 327 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 19 Nov 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/175/41-42
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Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" expressing concern at hearing reports that the British Government are once again considering making a contract for importing Argentinean meat and stating that such an action would be used for propaganda purposes by the Argentinean Regime.

Dates: 19 Nov 1944
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), 19 Nov 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/175/49
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that he is sending him all their telegrams on the issue of importing Argentinean meat in order better to put the British position before him.

Dates: 19 Nov 1944
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), 20 Nov 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/175/52
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Telegram from WSC to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador in the United States] marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that he is sending him copies of the telegrams between himself and President Roosevelt on importing Argentinean meat. Copy.

Dates: 20 Nov 1944
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), 26 Nov 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/175/110-111
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that in light of United States objections the British Government are willing to continue importing Argentinean meat on a month by month basis rather than signing a long-term contract; but regretting a document [quoted in full in CHAR 20/175/112-113] from the United States Government to the Foreign Office which he feels is "threatening" on the subject.

Dates: 26 Nov 1944
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), 26 Nov 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/175/112-113
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "Personal and Top Secret" quoting in full a document from the United States Government to the Foreign Office on the political implications of the importing of Argentinean meat by the United Kingdom.

Dates: 26 Nov 1944
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), 31 Dec 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/178/69
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "Personal and Top Secret" thanking him for his message of 11 December on the importing of Argentinean meat.

Dates: 31 Dec 1944
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), 18 Jan 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/130/3
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Letter from R A V Morris (Local Food Control Committee, St Marylebone, 6 Holles Street, Oxford Street [London]) to Lady Randolph Churchill informing her that the Ministry of Food requires her to provide details of her date of birth for the sugar distribution scheme and asking her to complete a declaration form [not present]. Signed typescript.

Dates: 18 Jan 1918
Conditions Governing Access: 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), 09 Jul 1941 - 10 Jul 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258C/248-250
Scope and Contents Series of minutes [from 1st Lord Cherwell, earlier F A Lindemann, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on: 1. the "New Aircraft Programme" and a possible shortage in heavy bombers; 2. attaching a draft of a note to the Minister of Aircraft Production [John Moore-Brabazon, later 1st Lord Brabazon of Tara] on the lack of increase in aircraft output; 3. the size of the Army, referring to "W.P. (G) (41) 63"; 4. giving the Russians specifications for the sticky bomb; 5. increased imports...
Dates: 09 Jul 1941 - 10 Jul 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Jun 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258B/228
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Minute [from 1st Lord Cherwell, earlier F A Lindemann, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC sending on a draft minute to the Minister of Food [1st Lord Woolton, earlier Frederick Marquis] on imports of pork, diary products, oil and oilseeds, and Argentine meat. [Copy; given running number 320].

Dates: 24 Jun 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Jul 1941 - 16 Jul 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258C/255-256
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Minutes [from 1st Lord Cherwell, earlier F A Lindemann, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on a note by Peregrine Churchill on concealing large establishments from the air, price control on fish landings and distribution, bomb-load figures, and production of gas weapons. [Copies; given running numbers 350, 351, 252, and 352A].

Dates: 15 Jul 1941 - 16 Jul 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Aug 1941 - 29 Aug 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258C/279-289
Scope and Contents Series of minutes [mainly from 1st Lord Cherwell, earlier F A Lindemann, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant to WSC] on subjects including: 1. attaching a draft letter to [1st] Lord Weir [Director-General of Explosives, Ministry of Supply] on production and industrial policy; 2. munition and aircraft output; 3. [1st] Lord Hankey's [Paymaster-General] paper on skilled radio personnel; 4. the Jefferis bomb for aerial attacks on tanks, addressed to Secretary of State for Air [Sir Archibald...
Dates: 20 Aug 1941 - 29 Aug 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Apr 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/371/331
Scope and Contents Letter from Sir Bernard Freyberg [Governor-General of New Zealand] (Government House, Auckland, New Zealand) to WSC, explaining that he was sending him a food parcel via RMS Rimutaka. Freyberg details the food in the parcel: sugar, honey, dripping, steak and kidney pudding, cheese, tongues, chocolate, milk powder, laundry soap and toilet soap. He also explains how the parcel would be forwarded from New Zealand House in London, and adds in a postscript that WSC should have received a further...
Dates: 22 Apr 1947
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Mar 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/371/332
Scope and Contents Letter from Sir Bernard Freyberg [Governor-General of New Zealand] (Government House, Auckland, New Zealand) to WSC, explaining that he was sending him a food parcel containing ham, tongue and bacon via RMS Rimutaka. Freyberg explains that the smoked ox tongue was an experiment and would need soaking for 24 hours. He adds that as the parcel was being sent in a refrigerator ship he was anxious to know if the food reached WSC in good condition and asks if WSC's secretary could let him know. In...
Dates: 31 Mar 1947
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Oct 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/378/164
Scope and Contents Letter from Sir Bernard Freyberg [Governor-General of New Zealand] (Wellington, New Zealand) to WSC, stating that he was sending him a food parcel containing a New Zealand ham, via the SS Corinthic and explaining that the parcel would be forwarded from New Zealand House in London. Includes crossed out note from Freyberg asking WSC to let him know if the parcel arrived in good condition, a postscript sending good wishes for 1949 and a note by WSC saying that he must send the Freybergs their...
Dates: 27 Oct 1948
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Jan 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/378/166
Scope and Contents Letter from Sir Bernard Freyberg [Governor-General of New Zealand] (Wellington, New Zealand) to WSC, stating that he was sending him a smoked ham, via the SS Ceramic, which was due to leave Wellington on 12 February, arriving in London in mid-March. In a postscript, Freyberg adds that he knew WSC had parcels from all over the world, but this was just to let him know that they were all thinking of him. He also adds that there need be no answer, and that [Robert] Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord...
Dates: 31 Jan 1949
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Jul 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/380/177
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Letter from Sir Bernard Freyberg [Governor-General of New Zealand] (Wellington, New Zealand) to WSC, stating that he was sending him a large smoked ham, which he hoped he would eat rather than give away. Freyberg adds that he was also sending CSC fifteen pounds of sweets and chocolate and in a postscript asks if WSC's secretary could let him know if the food didn't arrive. Signed typescript

Dates: 20 Jul 1949
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Apr 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/380/178
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Parcel label addressed to WSC from Sir Bernard Freyberg [Governor-General of New Zealand] (Government House, New Zealand), signed with love from Freyberg. Annotated as being a gift of a large ham which had been given to Mrs Landeman, with a note of a telegraphed reply from WSC thanking Freyberg.

Dates: 12 Apr 1949
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Jul 1951

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/391/209
Scope and Contents Letter from 1st Lord Freyberg [Governor-General of New Zealand] (Government House, New Zealand) to CSC, explaining that he had sent her a large smoked ham and five pounds of butter via SS Rangitata, which was due to arrive in London at the end of August. He adds that it wasn't a good time for butter in pats or tins and asks if she could arrange for the food to be picked up from New Zealand House in London. In a postscript, Freyberg states that no answer was needed unless the food failed to...
Dates: 16 Jul 1951
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Sep 1941 - 10 Sep 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258C/294-302
Scope and Contents Series of minutes [from 1st Lord Cherwell, earlier F A Lindemann, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on: 1. RAF bomb requirements; 2. methods for increasing aircraft production, referring to a meeting arranged for 4 September; 3. United States aircraft production; 4. the import programme, commenting on estimates, use of shipping, materials and manufactures, and food; 5. the "points" system of rationing; 6. report by the British Merchant Shipping Mission in the United States; 7....
Dates: 04 Sep 1941 - 10 Sep 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Sep 1941 - 26 Sep 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258C/303-318
Scope and Contents Series of minutes from [1st] Lord Cherwell [earlier F A Lindemann, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on: 1. an improvement in the maximum bomb load; 2. mustard gas bombs; 3. decisions to be taken about munitions and aircraft production, army size, supplying the Soviet Union, and possible theatres of operation, with WSC's reply (13 September); 4. attaching a draft to the First Lord of the Admiralty [A V Alexander, later 1st Lord Alexander of Hillsborough] and Secretary of State for...
Dates: 10 Sep 1941 - 26 Sep 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Jul 1941 - 31 Jul 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258C/264-269
Scope and Contents Series of minutes [from 1st Lord Cherwell, earlier F A Lindemann, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on: 1. rigid against flexible rationing for various food stuffs, attaching a draft minute to Minister of Food [1st Lord Woolton, earlier Frederick Marquis]; 2. methods of ordering; 3. [1st] Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Sir Max Aitken, Minister of Supply] and gas; 4. attaching a draft minute to the Minister of Aircraft Production [John Moore-Brabazon, later 1st Lord Brabazon of Tara] on...
Dates: 25 Jul 1941 - 31 Jul 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Jul 1941 - 03 Jul 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258C/242-243
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Minutes [from 1st Lord Cherwell, earlier F A Lindemann, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on a pilot surplus and the need to increase heavy bomber production, the U-boat position at 28 June according to the Admiralty album, food imports (referring to "W.P.(R) (41) 44"), and medicine duties. [Copies; given running numbers 329, 330, 331, and 332].

Dates: 01 Jul 1941 - 03 Jul 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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War Cabinet Paper, 08 Dec 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 23/4/11
Scope and Contents Printed copy of a letter from WSC to President Roosevelt setting out the prospects for 1941 covering various subjects including: shared interests between Great Britain and the United States; the importance of sea and air power against Germany; reassurance about not requesting a large expeditionary army from the United States; the crucial importance of shipping to feed people and transport munitions and armies; shipping losses; battleship strength; the dangers posed by the Vichy French...
Dates: 08 Dec 1940
Conditions Governing Access: Open