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Second World War (1939-1945)

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 2737 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), Mar 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/188B/164
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Map of Indian Ocean and East Indies marked "Most Secret" with Allied air reconnaissance and air strike distances, Allied ships and convoys, and estimated areas into which Japanese forces might penetrate indicated.

Dates: Mar 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), Mar 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/188B/165
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Map of Australasia marked "Most Secret" with Japanese supply routes and areas where the British and American Forces will operate if the British Fleet moves into the Pacific area indicated.

Dates: Mar 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), 29 Feb 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/188B/166
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Copy of a government paper marked "Most Secret" entitled "Note by the Prime Minister and Minister of Defence" [WSC] on strategy for the war against Japan. Flagged: "G".

Dates: 29 Feb 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), 01 Mar 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/188B/167-172
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WSC's copy of a government paper for the Chiefs of Staff Committee of the War Cabinet marked "Most Secret" entitled "Strategy for the War against Japan" including report intended to clear up some misunderstandings in regard to the plan for the defeat of Japan; with appendices. Flagged: "F".

Dates: 01 Mar 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), Mar 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/189/2
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Copy of a Government paper marked "Most Secret" entitled "Report by Brigadier Maclean on the Present Military and Political Situation in Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia], March 1944".

Dates: Mar 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), Apr 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/189/3
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Copy of a Government paper marked "Secret" entitled "Report by Major Randolph Churchill MP".

Dates: Apr 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), 01 Jun 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/189/4-7
Scope and Contents Letter from Randolph Churchill (Anglo-American Military Submission to 8 Corps, Yugoslav Army of National Liberation [Yugoslavia, later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia]) to WSC marked "Secret" reporting on his escape from Drvar [Yugoslavia]; that Marshal Tito [Premier of the Yugoslavian National Liberation Committee] has requested reducing the personnel of all missions to a minimum; suggesting the German thrust has failed in its main...
Dates: 01 Jun 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), 01 Jun 1944 - 09 Jun 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/189/9-12
Scope and Contents Letter from Randolph Churchill (Anglo-American Military Submission to 8 Corps, Yugoslav Army of National Liberation [Yugoslavia, later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia]) to WSC marked "Secret" reporting on his escape from Drvar [Yugoslavia, later Bosnia and Herzergovina]; stating that Marshal Tito [Premier of the Yugoslavian National Liberation Committee] has requested reducing the personnel of all missions to a minimum; suggesting...
Dates: 01 Jun 1944 - 09 Jun 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), 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/241/25-81
Scope and Contents Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "Convoy and anti-submarine warfare reports" reprinting contemporary despatches on: the passage of convoys "HX 90" (December 1940), "HX 112" (March 1941), "HG 76" (December 1941), "SC 104" (October 1942), "ONS 5" (April to May 1943), "ONS 18 and ON 202" (September 1943), and "Anti-U-boat operations of second support group" (January-February 1944) and "Operations of 21st Escort Group" (March-April 1945); with later Admiralty forewords...
Dates: 1948
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/241/82-88
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Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "Fleet Air Arm Operations Against Taranto [Italy] on 11th November 1940", reprinting contemporary despatches and reports from individuals including Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean (16 January 1941) and [Denis] Boyd, Commanding Officer, HMS Illustrious (13 November 1940), with later Admiralty footnotes. [annotated by ?Kathleen Hill, WSC's secretary].

Dates: 1947
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/241/89-98
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Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "The Battle of Matapan [Greece]", 27-30 March 1941, reprinting contemporary despatches and reports from Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Station (11 November 1941), and Vice-Admiral [Henry] Pridham-Whippel [Second in Command Mediterranean Fleet] (10 April), with later Admiralty footnotes. [annotated by ?Kathleen Hill, WSC's secretary].

Dates: 1947
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [1947]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/241/101-121
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Page proofs [for a supplement to the London Gazette] entitled "Sinking of the German Battleship Bismarck on 27th May, 1941" reprinting contemporary despatches and reports from Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet (5 July), and Vice-Admiral James Somerville, Flag Officer Commanding Force H (4 June), with an appendix and later Admiralty footnotes. [annotated by ?Kathleen Hill, WSC's secretary].

Dates: [1947]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/241/146
Scope and Contents Proofs [for a supplement to the London Gazette] entitled "Transportation to and Evacuation of the Army from Greece", March to April 1941, reprinting contemporary despatches and reports from Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean (11 December and 7 July 1941), Rear Admiral [Harold] Baillie-Grohman, Flag Officer Attached Middle East (15 May), and Vice-Admiral [Henry] Pridham-Whippel [Second in Command Mediterranean Fleet] (5 May), with later Admiralty footnotes....
Dates: 1948
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Jun 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/241/163
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Note from "G R G A" [Commodore George Gordon Allen] to WSC commenting on the despatches concerning Mediterranean convoy operations to Malta, suggesting the most important operation was "Pedestal" in August 1942. [initialled; annotated by WSC's literary assistant Denis Kelly].

Dates: 14 Jun 1948
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [1948]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/241/167-210
Scope and Contents Page proofs [for a supplement to the London Gazette] entitled "Mediterranean Convoy Operations", 1941 to 1942, reprinting contemporary despatches from Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Station (19 March 1941) on operation "Excess", Vice-Admiral Sir James Somerville, Flag Officer Commanding Force H (4 August 1941) on operations "Substance" and (9 October 1941) "Halberd", Vice-Admiral Sir Alban Curteis, Senior Officer Force T, (24 June 1942) and Captain C C...
Dates: [1948]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Apr 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/241/211
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Note from "G R G A" [Commodore George Gordon Allen] briefly commenting on despatches on "The Battle of the Java Sea" and "Actions against raiders" [CHAR 20/241/212 and CHAR 20/241/213]. [initialled manuscript; annotated by WSC's secretary ?Lettice Marston, later Lettice Shillingford].

Dates: 08 Apr 1948
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/241/212
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Proofs [for a supplement to the London Gazette] entitled "Battle for the Java Sea, 27th February, 1942" reprinting contemporary despatches and reports from Commodore [John] Collins, Commanding China Force (17 March 1942) and Captain H M L Waller, HMAS Perth (27 February 1942), with a later appendix by Captain [Oliver] Gordon (1 October 1945), and Admiralty footnotes. [annotated by ?Kathleen Hill, WSC's secretary].

Dates: 1948
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/241/213
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Proofs [for a supplement to the London Gazette] entitled "Actions against Raiders" reprinting contemporary despatches and reports on the "destruction of enemy raider No. 16 by HMS Devonshire" (November 1941), "sinking of the German Supply Ship Python" (November 1941), and "action by HMIS Bengal and MV Ondina with two Japanese raiders" (November 1942), with later Admiralty footnotes. [annotated by ?Kathleen Hill, WSC's secretary].

Dates: 1948
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Jul [1947]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/241/216
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Comments by [Commodore George Gordon] Allen on [the proofs of the London Gazette supplement of] "The Battle of Sirte [Libya]" [for the supplement see CHAR 20/241/218-227]. [initialled].

Dates: 31 Jul [1947]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/241/218-227
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Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "The Battle of Sirte [Libya] of 22nd March, 1942", reprinting contemporary despatches and reports from Admiral Sir Henry Harwood, Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean Station (2 June), and Rear Admiral Philip Vian, Commanding Fifteenth Cruiser Squadron (31 March), with later Admiralty footnotes. [annotated by ?Kathleen Hill, WSC's secretary].

Dates: 1947
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/242/23-27
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Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "Operations in connection with the landings in the Gulf of Salerno [Italy] on 9th September, 1943", reprinting a despatch from Sir Andrew Cunningham, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Station (8 March 1945), with later Admiralty foreword and footnotes, and an appendix on planning the operation. [annotated by ?Kathleen Hill, WSC's secretary].

Dates: 1948
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Aug 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/242/28-29
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Note from "G R G A" [Commodore George Gordon Allen] to WSC commenting on despatches of naval operations in the Aegean in late 1943 [CHAR 20/242/32-40] and "Coastal Force Actions" [CHAR 20/242/41-56]. [initialled; annotated by WSC's literary assistant, William Deakin].

Dates: 02 Aug 1948
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/242/32-40
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Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "Naval Operations in the Aegean between the 7th September, 1943, and 28th November, 1943" reprinting a contemporary despatch from Vice-Admiral Sir Algernon Willis, Commander-in-Chief, Levant [Syria and Lebanon] (27 December 1943), with later Admiralty footnotes. [annotated by ?Kathleen Hill, WSC's secretary, and his literary assistant Denis Kelly].

Dates: 1948
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/242/41-56
Scope and Contents Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "Coastal Force Actions" reprinting contemporary despatches from Admiral Sir Henry Harwood, Commander-in-Chief, Levant [Syria and Lebanon] (13 March 1943), Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Pridham-Whippel, Flag Officer Commanding, Dover [Kent] (12 October 1943), Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief, the Nore (18 November 1943), and Admiral Sir John Cunningham, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Station (9 December 1944), with...
Dates: 1948
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Jul [1947]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/242/65
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Note from "G R G A" [Commodore George Gordon Allen] to WSC commenting on an account of the assault phase of the Normandy [France] landings by Admiral [Sir Bertram] Ramsay [Allied Naval Commander-in-Chief, Expeditionary Force, CHAR 20/242/67-81], drawing WSC's attention to potentially controversial matters, and stating that there is no need for him to provide detailed comments. [initialled].

Dates: 31 Jul [1947]
Conditions Governing Access: Open