Asia-Pacific War, 1941-1945
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(Untitled), 13 Jun 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/76/106
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Telegram from the High Commissioner for Britain in South Africa [4th Lord Harlech, earlier William Ormsby-Gore] to WSC marked "most secret and personal" informing WSC of the grave apprehension of Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] that information about allied forces in Diego Suarez [Madagascar] and the Mozambique Channel will reach the enemy if Armand Annet [Vichy French Governor-General of Madagascar] is allowed to continue communicating freely with Vichy France.
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13 Jun 1942
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(Untitled), 14 Jun 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/76/111-112
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Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander- in-Chief, India] to WSC marked "most immediate", "secret" and "personal" regarding possible offensive action in the Far East [see also CHAR 20/76/113-114]: comments on changes in the relative strengths of Japan and India over the last two months; comments on plans to recapture Burma [later Myanmar]; comments on the reluctance of Admiral Sir James Somerville [Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet] to operate from Ceylon [later Sri Lanka] or...
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14 Jun 1942
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(Untitled), 14 Jun 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/76/113-114
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Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander- in-Chief, India] to WSC marked "most immediate", "secret" and "personal" regarding possible offensive action in the Far East [see also CHAR 20/76/111-112]: comments on the deficiencies in his air forces; comments on the need for clearer understanding with the United States forces; agrees to suspend the offensive and send troops to General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] if needed; outlines what could be achieved...
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14 Jun 1942
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(Untitled), 21 Jun 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/76/142-143
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Telegram from Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] to WSC marked "most secret and personal" reporting the decisions reached regarding Madagascar at a conference in Pretoria [South Africa] attended by Lieutenant- General Sir William Platt [General Officer Commanding- in-Chief, East African Command], Major-General Robert Sturges [Officer commanding land forces in Madagascar], Vice-Admiral Algernon Willis [Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic Station], 4th Lord Harlech...
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21 Jun 1942
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(Untitled), 22 Jun 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/77/12-13
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Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander in Chief India] to WSC marked "personal" reporting on his discussions at Colombo [Ceylon, later Sri Lanka] on 19 June with Admiral James Somerville [Commander in Chief Eastern Fleet], Air Chief Marshal Richard Peirse [Air Officer Commander in Chief India], Admiral Geoffrey Layton [Commander in Chief Ceylon] and General Harold Alexander [formerly General Officer Commanding Burma] regarding the possibility of operations against Burma [later...
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22 Jun 1942
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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), 22 Jun 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/77/15
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Telegram from General Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] to WSC (Washington, United States) urging that, when WSC reviews general strategy with President Roosevelt, priority should not be given to the Australian front but should be given to reinforcing the Indian Ocean and recovering Burma [later Myanmar].
Dates:
22 Jun 1942
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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), 27 Jun 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/77/32
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Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] marked "most secret" regarding the diversion of 42 tropicalized spitfires assigned to Australia to the Middle East and commenting on the effect of Japanese losses at the battle of Midway on the imminence of the threat to Australia.
Dates:
27 Jun 1942
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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), 30 Jun 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/77/46
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Telegram from John Curtin (Prime Minister of Australia) to WSC marked "most secret" agreeing to diversion of Spitfires to the Middle East but expressing disappointment and stressing that the delay should not be allowed to intefere with the quota for monthly wastage.
Dates:
30 Jun 1942
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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), 04 Jul 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/77/63-64
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Telegram from WSC to General Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] marked "most secret and personal": states that he has "been so much harried by the weaker brethren in the House of Commons since my return from America last week" and offers condolences for cruel losses to South African Divisions; comments on reverses in Middle East over last three weeks and lists reinforcements being sent to the area; comments on plans to strike at Japan through Burma [later Myanmar]. Annotated in red...
Dates:
04 Jul 1942
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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), 06 Jul 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/77/73-74
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Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander in Chief India] marked "personal and secret" questioning Wavell's reasons for delaying offensive operations from India and his request for 1150 first-line aircraft.
Dates:
06 Jul 1942
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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), 07 Jul 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/77/81
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Telegram from John Curtin (Prime Minister of Australia) to WSC marked "most secret" accepting WSC's amended proposals regarding the monthly delivery of Spitfires and describing Japanese raid no. 67 on Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea] on 4 July.
Dates:
07 Jul 1942
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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), 08 Jul 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/77/96
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Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander in Chief India] to WSC marked "personal and secret" regarding the proposals for a future offensive operation in Burma [later Myanmar]: states that it must "be entered into discretely advisedly and soberly"; reminds WSC of his record during the war; comments on need for adequate air support and states that only about 600 of the aircraft he has requested would be used for offensive operations while the rest are required for the defence of...
Dates:
08 Jul 1942
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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), 09 Jul 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/77/102
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Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander in Chief India] marked "personal" thanking him for his telegram [regarding offensive operations in Burma (later Myanmar), see CHAR 20/77/96] and confirming that he will discuss the matter with General Harold Alexander.
Dates:
09 Jul 1942
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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), 22 Dec 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/96B/158
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes (Tingewick House, Buckingham) [Conservative MP for Portsmouth] to A V Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Hillsborough, 1st Lord of the Admiralty] recommending that he urge Clement Attlee to take note of the advice given in Keyes' minutes to the War Cabinet and WSC. He states that locking up 5 fast transports at Sierra Leone was deplorable; that the Japanese are demonstrating the proper use of amphibious power; that the War Cabinet, due to...
Dates:
22 Dec 1941
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(Untitled), 15 Oct 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/81/58-59
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Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander in Chief India] to WSC marked "personal": reports on visit to Eastern Army in north east Assam, Fort Hertz (Burma [later Myanmar]) and Makqpur and refers to high incidence of malaria; reports on visit to Chinese at Ramgarh and proposals to increase force; comments on talks with Wellington Koo [Chinese Ambassador to Britain] and telegram from Chiang-Kai-Shek [President of China]; refers to forthcoming talks with General Joseph Stilwell...
Dates:
15 Oct 1942
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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), 18 Aug 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/87/58
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Telegram from WSC [Cairo, Egypt] to General Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence] marked "most secret and personal" asking for reports on developments in the Solomon Islands and on U-Boat sinkings Annotated, probably during writing of WSC's "The Second World War" c1948-1954.
Dates:
18 Aug 1942
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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), 23 Aug 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/87/74
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Telegram from WSC [Cairo, Egypt] to Private Office for First Lord of the Admiralty [Albert Alexander, later Lord Alexander of Hillsborough] and First sea Lord [Admiral Dudley Pound] referring to the loss of the Australian Cruiser "Canberra" and asking them to consider the gift of a similar ship to the Royal Australian Navy.
Dates:
23 Aug 1942
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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), 10 Dec 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/84/109
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Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] marked "most secret and personal" commenting on the arrangements to return the 9th Division to Australia from the Middle East and on plans to make two more aircraft carriers available in the Pacific.
Dates:
10 Dec 1942
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(Untitled), 20 Jul 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/94A/36-38
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Letter from WSC to General Douglas MacArthur [Commander in Chief Philippines; Supreme Commander S W Pacific] marked "Private and secret" stating: that he was pleased to hear from General Richard Henry Dewing of his views about the Pacific situation and wished that they could be in closer contact; that he believes the process of ejecting the Japanese will be long and painful; that at their next meeting he will ask President Roosevelt and his staff to discuss the whole policy of the final...
Dates:
20 Jul 1943
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(Untitled), 01 Jul 1943 - 31 Jul 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/104/1
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, July 1943.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; senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; "C" [Major General Sir Stewart Menzies, Head of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service].Subjects covered by the minutes...
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01 Jul 1943 - 31 Jul 1943
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(Untitled), 01 Aug 1943 - 28 Aug 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/104/2
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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...
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01 Aug 1943 - 28 Aug 1943
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(Untitled), 01 Sep 1943 - 30 Sep 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/104/3
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, September 1943. Some written by WSC when in Canada and the United States.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: senior civil servants, particularly Sir Alexander Cadogan [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; President Roosevelt; Harry Hopkins [Special...
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01 Sep 1943 - 30 Sep 1943
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(Untitled), 02 Oct 1943 - 31 Oct 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/104/4
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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...
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02 Oct 1943 - 31 Oct 1943
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(Untitled), 01 Nov 1943 - 31 Dec 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/104/5
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, November and December 1943. Some written by WSC when in the Middle East [and Carthage, Tunisia, and Marrakesh, Morocco].Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; the Chiefs of Staff; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; Sir Alexander Cadogan [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]; Desmond Morton [Prime Minister's...
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01 Nov 1943 - 31 Dec 1943
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(Untitled), 30 Aug 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/22A/91
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Letter from WSC to Robert Morgan advising that he should feel assured rather than "disquieted" about the favourable turn of affairs in Far East relations, particularly with Japan.
Dates:
30 Aug 1941
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