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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 669 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 22 Dec 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/47/68
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Telegram from Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon] (Moscow [Soviet Union]) to WSC summarising meetings with Stalin.

Dates: 22 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Dec 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/47/72-74
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Telegrams from Government of Australia to WSC requesting drafts of proposed treaties discussed with Stalin during Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon]'s visit to Moscow [Soviet Union]; fears separate Soviet peace settlement if Allies do not agree to post-war frontier proposals.

Dates: 23 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Aug 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/42A/10-13
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to the British High Commissioners in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa for the Prime Ministers [Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada, Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia, Peter Fraser, Prime Minister of New Zealand and General Jan Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa] with account of WSC's meeting with Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States [at Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, later part of Canada] on: United States convoys to Iceland;...
Dates: 24 Aug 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Aug 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/42A/29-32
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Telegram from WSC to Stalin on subjects including: the provision of fighter aircraft, Tomahawks and Hurricanes; Persian [Iranian] resistance has ended enabling development of railway for supplies; Anglo-Soviet resistance to Japan.

Dates: 28 Aug 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Aug 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/42A/39-41
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Telegram from WSC to Prime Ministers of Australia and New Zealand [Arthur Fadden and Peter Fraser] on favourable situation in Japan following declaration from United States on Pacific, and Soviet commitment.

Dates: 30 Aug 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Sep 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/15/7
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Printed paper by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] for the War Cabinet entitled "Notes on the General Situation", mostly with regard to Russia, Turkey and the war in Eastern Europe.

Dates: 25 Sep 1939
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), 15 Aug 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/16/6-9
Scope and Contents "Weekly Intelligence Commentary no. 52" from the War Office General Staff. Covers 8 to 15 August 1940 and divided into sections on: 1. Germany: a) information on the invasion of the United Kingdom; b) Cap Gris Nez area [France]; c) distribution of German divisions; 2. Italy and Italian possessions; 3. Spain; 4. Balkan States and Turkey: a) Romania; b) Bulgaria; c) Greece; d) Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia]; e)...
Dates: 15 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), 19 Sep 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/16/20-24
Scope and Contents "Weekly Intelligence Commentary no. 57" from the War Office General Staff. Covers 12 to 19 September 1940 and divided into sections on: 1. Germany: a) invasion of the United Kingdom; b) re-organisation of the German Army; c) artificial smoke screen in invasion; d) the attack on Waalhaven, Rotterdam [Netherlands] (from a German Air Force Journal); e) mobile troops in the Battle of France (from the German press); f) distribution of German divisions; 2. Italy and Italian possessions; 3. Balkan...
Dates: 19 Sep 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), 15 Oct 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/22B/187-188
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Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Hankey [Paymaster-General] informing him that following changes in the Soviet Union, Hankey's Allied Supply Committee will be replaced by a committee under 1st Lord Beaverbrook [Minister of Supply, earlier Max Aitken] for the Co-ordination of Allied Supplies.

Dates: 15 Oct 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Jul 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/77/117-118
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to the governments of Australia and New Zealand marked "personal and most secret" reporting on the battle in the Middle East: comments on Australian and New Zealand Divisions in the Middle East; comments on the present situation and gives details of the reinforcements of troops , tanks , guns, and aircraft that have been sent to Egypt; comments on preparations to defend the Nile Delta; comments on heavy losses of convoys to Soviet Union and on aid given to Middle East by...
Dates: 12 Jul 1942
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), 14 Jul 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/77/127-128
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and secret" regarding the northern shipping convoys to the Soviet Union: reports on the heavy losses sustained by PQ 17 [June convoy]; advises against running PQ 18 [July convoy]; comments on the future prospects of supplying Russia by this northern route; states that allied shipping losses for week ending July 13 were 400,000 tons, " a rate unexampled in either this war or the last".

Dates: 14 Jul 1942
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), 14 Jul 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/77/130-132
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "most secret and personal" reciting draft text of telegram from WSC to Premier Stalin: comments on convoys to north Russia since 1941 and the change in German strategy which has led to the heavy losses of PQ 17 [Jun convoy]; comments on the dangers and difficulties and reports decision to cancel further convoys to north Russia; outlines alternative measures to get supplies to the Soviet Union; comments on the importance of combined...
Dates: 14 Jul 1942
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), 16 Jun 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/76/123
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Telegram from WSC to Premier Joseph Stalin marked "immediate, personal and secret" suggesting that the Germans may be contemplating an attack on Murmansk [Soviet Union], asking for his opinion on joint operations in the area and asking whether Stalin wishes for the six squadrons of the RAF mentioned in his aide-memoire to Vyacheslav Molotov [Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs].

Dates: 16 Jun 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Jun 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/76/139
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Telegram from Foreign Office to Moscow reciting the text of a message of support from WSC to Premier Joseph Stalin, to be conveyed to Stalin on 22 June on the occasion of the first anniversary of the Soviet Union entering the war.

Dates: 20 Jun 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Jun 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/76/140
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Telegram from Premier Joseph Stalin to WSC marked "personal and secret" commenting on the desirability of joint operations to repel a German invasion of the Soviet Union from northern Norway and Finland, asking about participation by British naval and land forces, and inquiring when the six British squadrons will arrive in the Murmansk [Soviet Union] area.

Dates: 20 Jun 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 09 May 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/75/7
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Telegram from WSC to Premier Joseph Stalin regarding convoys to the Soviet Union: outlines difficulties of sailing convoys to the Soviet Union; lists measures required from the Soviet Union to help protect convoys; states that he will be making the broadcast warning of British retaliation to German gas attacks upon Soviet Armies tomorrow.

Dates: 09 May 1942
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 27 May 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/75/83
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Telegram from WSC to Premier Joseph Stalin thanking him for meeting "our difficulties in the Treaty" [Treaty of Alliance between the Soviet Union and Britain], expressing pleasure that Vyacheslav Molotov [Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs] will be returning to London, commenting on the progress of a convoy to the Soviet Union and conveying his sincere good wishes and confidence of victory. Initialled.

Dates: 27 May 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 27 May 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/75/84-85
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] marked "personal and secret": reports on the signing of a treaty [of alliance between Britain and the Soviet Union]; comments on Vyacheslav Molotov [Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs] and asks for Roosevelt's impressions; states that all has gone well with the Northern convoy but that the next two days will be serious; comments on talks with General Henry Arnold [Chief of United States Army Air Force] and Towers...
Dates: 27 May 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 28 May 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/75/102
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Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt, with minutes of a meeting held at 10 Downing Street at 11am on Friday 22 May between representatives of the British Government and Vyacheslav Molotov [Soviet Commissar for Foreign] and his advisers concerning the opening of a second front in Europe by Britain and the United States.

Dates: 28 May 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Jun 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/75/126-127
Scope and Contents Telegram from the President of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt, to WSC marked "secret" regarding his discussions with Vyacheslav Molotov [Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs]: thanks WSC for the gift of his books; confirms that he has sent invitations to Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] and John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia]; comments on the precarious nature of the Soviet position; comments on his anxiety to proceed with "Bolero" [codename for build-up...
Dates: 01 Jun 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Jun 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/76/52
Scope and Contents Telegram from Franklin Roosevelt [President of the United States] to WSC: states that he has delivered the Joint Protocol of supplies for July 1942 to June 1943 to Vyacheslav Molotov [Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs] and that copies have been given to the appropriate British representatives in Washington [United States]; comments on Molotov's visit to the United States; expresses concern about the Russian Front and states that he will be sending WSC a specific proposal; comments on the...
Dates: 07 Jun 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Jun 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/76/74-76
Scope and Contents CHAR 20/76/75: telegram from WSC to the Minister of State in the Middle East [Richard Casey] marked "personal" regarding military co-ordination with the Soviet Union against the possibility of a German attack through the Caucasus and stating that it was "not possible to come to grips with the Russians" on the points mentioned by Casey but that relations have become more intimate and that he believes that the Germans will not have a smooth or rapid advance into the Caucasus.CHAR 20/76/74 and...
Dates: 11 Jun 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/81/70
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Telegram from WSC to Premier Stalin marked "immediate" and "most secret and personal" referring to a previous telegram and stating that he should have added that the 150 Spitfires are all armed with 2 cannons and 4 machine guns.

Dates: 18 Oct 1942
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 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/81/80-84
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Telegram from Minister of State in the Middle East [Richard Casey] to WSC marked "most secret and personal" reporting observations made during his recent visit to Baghdad [Iraq] and the Persian Gulf Ports on the difficulties of getting aid to Russia and on the administrative problems facing the new Persia [now Iran] / Iraq Command.

Dates: 20 Oct 1942
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), 23 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/81/92-94
Scope and Contents Telegram from Minister of State in the Middle East [Richard Casey] to WSC marked "personal" reporting on his recent eight day visit to Iraq and Persia [now Iran] and commenting on: the difficulties facing General Sir Henry Wilson [Commander in Chief Persia and Iraq] ; his discussions with General Wladyslaw Anders [Commander Polish Forces in Iran and Palestine], including the question of a further approach to Stalin regarding the release of the 60,000 Poles still believed to be in Russia; the...
Dates: 23 Oct 1942
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.