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Economic conditions

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 1266 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 31 Jul 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/33/2
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Letter from "Jack" [John S Churchill] (4 Moorgate Street [London]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he discusses the collapse of the "whole financial system" and says that the Stock Exchange has closed. He advises her to be careful with her finances.

Dates: 31 Jul 1913
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), 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/56B/105-106
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Pamphlet entitled "Premier Winston Churchill on the Protection of Private Capital as a feature of Economic Justice" edited by Louis Wallace [New York, United States].

Dates: 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Jun 1942 - 08 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/62/47-62
Scope and Contents Letters from "Jos", 1st Lord Wedgwood to WSC on subjects including: condemning generals who surrender; blowing up the dam on the Nile [Egypt]; calling for a gesture of support for the Jews; Hindu fear of Moslems and Bolshevism in India; the inflationary dangers in the Beveridge Report [on Social Insurance] and Scott-Uthwatt Report; general military ideas; with acknowledgements, notes by John Peck [Assistant Private Secretary to WSC] to WSC and Rosalind Culhane [Assistant Private Secretary to...
Dates: 04 Jun 1942 - 08 Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), Jun 1942 - 20 Nov 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/64/43-45
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Letter from Alfred Townsend, Editor of Export, to WSC on the role of Export as journal of the Institute of Export and requesting permission to quote from WSC's 1930 Romanes Lecture ["Parliamentary Government and the Economic Problem", 19 June 1930] following up on an article on the Atlantic Charter in Export [June 1942; copy enclosed]; also includes reply by John Peck [Assistant Private Secretary to WSC].

Dates: Jun 1942 - 20 Nov 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Feb 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/70/24-25
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Letter from H Freeman Matthews [Counsellor, United States Embassy in London] to WSC reciting the text of a telegram from the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] to WSC regarding the Lend-Lease Agreement: states that Britain is not being asked to trade the principle of Imperial preference, but wants nothing to be excluded from discussions on post-war economic policy.

Dates: 12 Feb 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Apr 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/15/57-59
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Letter from WSC (Home Office) to King Edward VII describing events in the House of Commons including: the strengthened position of the Government due to the passage of the Budget through the House of Commons; the impressive position of the British economy; and the debate between the Chancellor of the Exchequer [David Lloyd George] and [William] O'Brien.

Dates: 20 Apr 1910
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), 25 Feb 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/15/13-15
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Letter from WSC (Home Office) to King Edward VII describing events in the House of Commons including: discussion of an amendment relating to the hops industry; the weak position of the government due to the disillusionment of their supporters regarding legislation on the constitution and veto of the House of Lords; the necessity of a statement on the subject by the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith] so that financial business, including discussion of the naval estimates, may be continued.

Dates: 25 Feb 1910
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), 28 Feb 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/15/16-18
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (House of Commons) to King Edward VII describing events in the House of Commons including: the resolution of the situation in the House of Commons by a statement from the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith] which has pacified the Irish Nationalists and Radical Liberals; WSC 's prediction that there will not be a change of government or ministers until May; [Arthur] Balfour's reply to the Prime Minister; the speech of Lord Hugh Cecil [later Lord Quickswood] concerning the...
Dates: 28 Feb 1910
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), 01 Mar 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/15/19-21
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Letter from WSC (Home Office) to King Edward VII describing events in the House of Commons including: the smooth progression of financial business; discussion of Government borrowing; WSC's opinion that the Government has not surrendered to the Irish [Nationalists] and his comments on the strength of the constitution.

Dates: 01 Mar 1910
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), 03 Mar 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/15/22-25
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Letter from WSC (House of Commons) to King Edward VII describing events in the House of Commons including: discussion of Government borrowing and the passage of the [1909] Budget; and the influence of the House of Lords over the passage of financial bills.

Dates: 03 Mar 1910
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), 04 Mar 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/15/28-30
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Letter from WSC (Home Office) to King Edward VII describing events in the House of Commons including: discussion of the passage of the [1909] Budget; the suggestion by the Opposition that the Budget should be divided into a series of separate resolutions and the Government's objection to this idea. WSC expresses his hopes that the "catastrophe" which would result from the loss of the Budget can be avoided.

Dates: 04 Mar 1910
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), 08 Dec 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/13/154-159
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Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to [the Chancellor of the Exchequer, David Lloyd George] forecasting the Naval Estimates for 1913-14.

Dates: 08 Dec 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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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.
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(Untitled), 31 Jul 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/94A/65
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Letter from WSC to Sir John Wardlaw-Milne [Unionist MP for Kidderminster, Worcestershire] enclosing a reply prepared by the Minister of Production and the Minister of Fuel and Power in answer to his secret memorandum from the select committee on national expenditure, dealing with the coal, gas and electricity industries [not present] Signed.

Dates: 31 Jul 1943
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 04 Aug 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/94A/82
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to [1st] Lord Marchwood [earlier Sir Frederick Penny, Honorary Treasurer of the Conservative Party] in reply to his letter regarding the meaning of the word "lend-lease" stating: that its true meaning is not sufficiently known; that it started as a means by which the United States, as a neutral country, gave Britain arms as it deemed its defence vital to their own; that during the war it has developed into one aspect of the general principle of pooling resources so that...
Dates: 04 Aug 1943
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 23 Nov 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/178/1-2
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Notes by 1st Lord D'Abernon [earlier Sir Edgar Vincent] on the need to restore stability to the price of gold and currency.

Dates: 23 Nov 1931
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), [1931]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/178/3
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Graph showing fluctuations in the world and Rand production of gold between 1890 and 1930.

Dates: [1931]
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), [1931]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/178/4
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Graph showing fluctuations in gold and commodity prices between 1922 and 1931.

Dates: [1931]
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), [1931]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/178/5-7
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Notes on sugar and tea prices, world gold reserves, income tax and bank deposits.

Dates: [1931]
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), 24 Jun 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/178/8
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Letter from Sir Henry Strakosch (Princes House, 95 Gresham Street, London) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/178/9.

Dates: 24 Jun 1931
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), 05 Jul 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/178/9
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Supplement to the "Economist": "Gold and the price level: a memorandum on the economic consequences of changes in the value of gold" by Sir Henry Strakosch.

Dates: 05 Jul 1930
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), 09 Sep 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/178/10-11
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Letter from Sir Henry Strakosch (Princes House, 95 Gresham Street, London) to WSC on the increase in the stocks of monetary gold held by the United States and France.

Dates: 09 Sep 1931
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), 30 Sep 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/178/12-13
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Letter from Sir Henry Strakosch (Princes House, 95 Gresham Street, London) to WSC returning CHAR 2/178/14-16 and arguing that Britain should not adopt a silver standard but should press for the regulation of the gold standard by an international agreement which will safeguard the stability of the common standard of value.

Dates: 30 Sep 1931
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 Sep 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/178/14-16
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Letter from Charles Davis (Moidart, Limpsfield, Surrey) to WSC arguing that if the British Empire adopted a silver standard the value of silver in gold would appreciate and stabilise and the world could then adopt the dual standard.

Dates: 23 Sep 1931
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), 12 Sep 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/178/17
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Letter from (Ludshott End, Grayshott, Hampshire) to WSC and asserting that Britain's excessive imports are the real cause of the weakness of sterling.

Dates: 12 Sep 1931
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.