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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), 14 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/85/10
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Telegram from WSC to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] marked "personal and secret" stating that he has never seen the House of Commons so unanimous but referring to "certain sections of the Press and public who want to have the advantages of Darlan without Darlan." Initialled.

Dates: 14 Dec 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 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/85/11
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Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of Canada [W Mackenzie King] marked "most secret and personal" commenting on air patrols over the Western Atlantic : Recognises the value of patrols done by Canadian squadrons and their limitations; states that permission to use Goose and Gander airfields for servicing and refuelling of Liberators will be invaluable; regrets that at present nothing can be done to meet the Canadian request for very long range aircraft.

Dates: 14 Dec 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 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/85/13-14
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Telegram from Field Marshal sir John Dill [Representative of the British Chiefs of Staff in Washington, United States] to WSC marked "personal" reporting private remarks made by General George Marshall [Chief of Staff United States Army] regarding the possibility of undertaking a modified "Round-Up" [Codename for the invasion of France] before the summer, and opposing the idea of a high-power British and American conference in London [United Kingdom] at this time.

Dates: 14 Dec 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), 15 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/85/15
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Telegram from Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] to WSC marked "most secret and personal" thanking him for the arrangements he has made for shipping the 9th Division back to Australia and for the sentiments he has expressed regarding their work in the African Desert, and expressing satisfaction at the altered arrangements to put two more aircraft carriers in the Pacific.

Dates: 15 Dec 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 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/85/16-17
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to General Dwight D Eisenhower [Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] marked "personal and secret": Expresses his "heartfelt satisfaction" at Eisenhower's resolve to come to grips with the enemy and refers to "Boniface" information [Enigma decrypts,ULTRA] about the toll take on enemy supplies; informs him of decision to send an additional Brigade Group of the 46th Division; expresses concern that Eisenhower should be so much occupied with political matters and...
Dates: 16 Dec 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 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/85/18
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Telegram from General Harold Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Commander in Chief Middle East] to WSC marked "private and most secret" informing him that he has given WSC's message to General Bernard Montgomery [General Officer Commanding Eighth Army] and explaining that Montgomery's boast had referred to the battle of El Alamein [Egypt] and not Agheila [Libya].

Dates: 16 Dec 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), 17 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/85/20
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Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "personal and secret" confirming that as of 11 Dec he will be appointing Robert Murphy as his personal representative on the staff of General Dwight D Eisenhower [Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] and stating that Harold MacMillan [later Lord Stockton] will be entirely acceptable in the same status if approved by Eisenhower.

Dates: 17 Dec 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 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/85/21-22
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Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "personal and secret" reciting text of message from General Dwight D Eisenhower [Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre], regarding civil administration in French North Africa, and arguing against the creation of political or administrative agencies which would act independently of Eisenhower.

Dates: 16 Dec 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 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/85/23
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Telegram from General Dwight D Eisenhower [Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] to WSC giving strengths of Battalions and Artillery Regiments.

Dates: 16 Dec 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 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/85/24-25
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Telegram from General Dwight D Eisenhower [Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] to WSC marked "private and most secret" : Thanks WSC for his message of 16 Dec, for his support, and for speeding up the arrival of a Brigade from the 46th Division; comments on military and political problems including demands of General Henri Giraud to move French North African troops to the front.

Dates: 16 Dec 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), 17 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/85/26-27
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and most secret" regarding the shortage of British oil stocks and stating that he is sending proposals in his immediately following telegram [see CHAR 20/85/28-29] and suggesting that the United States assumes responsibility for the supply of petroleum products to North Africa.

Dates: 17 Dec 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), 17 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/85/28-29
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and most secret" referring to his immediately preceding telegram [see CHAR 20/85/26-27] and suggesting measures for arresting the decline and improving the stock position of oil in the United Kingdom.

Dates: 17 Dec 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), 17 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/85/30
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of Canada [W Mackenzie King] informing him that he is sending him copies of his telegrams to President Roosevelt regarding the serious position of the United Kingdom oil stocks [see CHAR 20/85/31] and proposing that Canadian escort groups should be employed in escorting the "Torch" build up convoys [Codename for the occupation of French North West Africa] between the United Kingdom and Gibraltar which will enable them to take advantage of United Kingdom...
Dates: 17 Dec 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), 17 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/85/31
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Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of Canada [W Mackenzie King] marked "most secret and personal" referring to his immediately preceding telegram [see CHAR 20/85/30] and reciting text of messages from WSC to President Roosevelt regarding measures to combat the shortage of oil stocks in the United Kingdom.

Dates: 17 Dec 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), 17 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/85/32
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Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "most secret and personal" commenting on the apparent impasse over the proposed contribution of Anglo-American air power to the Caucasus ["Velvet"] and reciting text of his message to Stalin asking for clarification about the offer.

Dates: 17 Dec 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), 17 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/85/33
Scope and Contents Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "personal and most secret" reciting the text of a message from Stalin to Roosevelt in which the Soviet leader regrets that it is impossible for him to leave the Soviet Union, suggests that problems could be discussed by post, expresses confidence that Great Britain and the United States will open a Second Front in Europe in the Spring of 1943, and comments on the policy of General Dwight D Eisenhower [Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean...
Dates: 17 Dec 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), 18 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/85/36
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and most secret" regarding the appointment of Harold Macmillan [later Lord Stockton] as the representative of the United Kingdom Government in French North Africa.

Dates: 18 Dec 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), 19 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/85/37
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and most secret" referring to correspondence between General Dwight D Eisenhower [Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] and General George Marshall [Chief of Staff United States Army] regarding Admiral Rene Godfroy and the French naval squadron in Alexandria [Egypt] and urging patience and that no promise be made tying us up with Admiral Jean Darlan.

Dates: 19 Dec 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), 19 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/85/39-40
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Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "personal and most secret" replying to WSC's telegrams about petroleum supply to the United Kingdom.

Dates: 19 Dec 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), 19 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/85/41
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Telegram from WSC to General Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] marked "personal" expressing his profound sympathy on the loss of Major-General Daniel Pienaar [Commander South African Forces in the Middle East].

Dates: 19 Dec 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), 19 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/85/42
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Telegram from Prime Minister of Canada [W Mackenzie King] to WSC marked "most secret and personal" regarding arrangements for British Liberators to use Gander [Newfoundland, later part of Canada] and Goose [Labrador] airfields for servicing and refuelling during Atlantic patrols.

Dates: 19 Dec 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 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/85/43
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Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "most secret and personal" regarding the status to be accorded to Harold Macmillan [later Lord Stockton] in French North Africa and arguing that he should have the same status as Robert Murphy [Personal representative of President Roosevelt on the staff of General Dwight D Eisenhower].

Dates: 20 Dec 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 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/85/44
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Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] marked "most secret and personal" informing him that arrangements are being made to ship the vehicles and material he requested [from the Middle East].

Dates: 20 Dec 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), 22 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/85/50
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Telegram from WSC to General Harold Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Commander in Chief Middle East] marked "personal" expressing disappointment that Alexander does not keep him more fully informed about his prospects and intentions.

Dates: 22 Dec 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), 22 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/85/51
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Telegram from John Curtin (Prime Minister of Australia) to WSC marked "most secret and personal" thanking him for the steps he has taken to arrange shipment of the 9th Australian Division and its minimum requirements of equipment [from the Middle East].

Dates: 22 Dec 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.