Second World War (1939-1945)
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(Untitled), 10 Jun [1942]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/76/70-71
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Telegram from General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander- in-Chief Middle East] and Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder [Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Mediterranean] to WSC marked "most secret" on problems in obtaining accurate information about army losses; estimating Allied losses of 10,000 men (8,000 of whom are believed to have been taken prisoner), enemy prisoners of 3,993, enemy tank losses of 400, Allied tank losses of 350; and giving details of reinforcements to the Eighth army and enemy...
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10 Jun [1942]
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(Untitled), 11 Jun 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/76/74-76
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CHAR 20/76/75: telegram from WSC to the Minister of State in the Middle East [Richard Casey] marked "personal" regarding military co-ordination with the Soviet Union against the possibility of a German attack through the Caucasus and stating that it was "not possible to come to grips with the Russians" on the points mentioned by Casey but that relations have become more intimate and that he believes that the Germans will not have a smooth or rapid advance into the Caucasus.CHAR 20/76/74 and...
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11 Jun 1942
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(Untitled), 11 Jun 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/76/77
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Telegram from WSC to General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] marked "personal and secret" regarding the battle in Libya: thanks Auchinleck for his facts and figures; argues that "we have no reason to fear a prolonged bataille d'usure" in view of superior communications and impending reinforcements; comments favourably on recovery work and reduced estimate of sorties against "Vigorous" [codename for Eastern Mediterranean Convoy to Malta]; offers compliments to...
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11 Jun 1942
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(Untitled), 11 Jun 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/76/80
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Telegram from General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander- in-Chief, Middle East] marked "personal and secret" to WSC thanking him for his "most encouraging and understanding telegram" and commenting on allied losses.
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11 Jun 1942
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(Untitled), 09 Jun 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/76/83-85
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Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander- in-Chief, India] to WSC marked "personal and most secret" regarding operations against the Japanese in Burma [later Myanmar]: comments on difficulties facing the enemy in Upper Burma; outlines his general idea to operate in a series of small columns on a wide front and lists three objectives; comments on diversions and possible date for operations; outlines difficulties hampering operations including poor communications, labour and...
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09 Jun 1942
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(Untitled), 12 Jun 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/76/86-87
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Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] marked "most secret and personal" regarding the situation in Madagascar: states that he is sending Smuts the telegrams he has received from Major- General Robert Sturges [Officer commanding land forces during occupation of Madagascar] [see CHAR 20/76/2-8]; comments on the role of Sturges; states that Lieutenant- General Sir William Platt [General Officer Commanding- in-Chief East African Command] has been...
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12 Jun 1942
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(Untitled), 12 Jun 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/76/95-96
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Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, India] marked "secret and personal" outlining his "purely personal" ideas for offensive action in Burma [later Myanmar]: states that minor operations are "useful nibbling" but outlines plan for the capture of Rangoon [Burma] and Moulmein [Burma] and thereafter striking at Bangkok [Siam, later Thailand]; states that there would be no possibility of any large operation if the Allies are beaten in the Caucasus or Libya;...
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12 Jun 1942
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(Untitled), 13 Jun 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/76/103-104
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Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander- in-Chief, India] to WSC marked "most secret" regarding British naval forces in the Indian Ocean: comments on the intentions of Admiral Sir James Somerville [Commander-in- Chief, Eastern Fleet] and states that he is sending a general appreciation; comments on communications with Admiral Somerville; states that he was informed of damage to HMS Ramillies by Naval Headquarters in India and asks about the final composition and assembly of the...
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13 Jun 1942
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(Untitled), 13 Jun 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/76/105
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Telegram from Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] to WSC marked "most secret and personal" regarding Madagascar: states that he will await the visit of Major-General Robert Sturges [Officer commanding land forces in Madagascar] and Lieutenant-General Sir William Platt [General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, East African Command] before giving advice; reminds WSC of the effects of "weakness and double dealing of Vichy France" in Indo-China [later Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam];...
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13 Jun 1942
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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), 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...
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22 Dec 1941
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(Untitled), 18 Jan 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/96B/160-161
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes (22 St Leonard's Terrace, London) [Conservative MP for Portsmouth] to Clement Attlee [Secretary of State for the Dominions] expressing "despair" at the decision to disperse the Allies' amphibious force. He comments that this decision was a disaster made on the advice of two Joint Commanders with no experience in combined operations and backed by those who had supported the disastrous Norway campaign; and that the prolongation of the Libyan...
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18 Jan 1942
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(Untitled), 08 Jul 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/95A/66
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Copy of a statement made by Nancy, Lady Astor (9 Babmaes Street, London) [Conservative MP for Sutton, Devon] taken by George Yandell (Chief Investigation Officer ) whilst under arrest, reporting that she had been shown a letter sent by her to Mr Yandell [see CHAR 20/95A/65], to give enclosed lecture notices to Margaret Colt [Head of American Red Cross in London] and to obtain some articles from the United States for her and stating that she did not know that a licence had to be acquired...
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08 Jul 1943
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(Untitled), 27 Jul 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/95A/68
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Note from G E Preston [Private Secretary to the President of the Board of Trade] stating: that Nancy, Lady Astor [Conservative MP for Sutton, Devon] has been charged for contravening Article 7 of the Consumer Rationing Order 1941 by trying to acquire rationed goods outside the United Kingdom without having obtained a licence to do so which is punishable by a fine of £500 or 12 months imprisonment or both: that the evidence for this is based upon a letter sent by Nancy, Lady Astor to L P...
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27 Jul 1943
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(Untitled), 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/95A/69
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The Consumer Rationing (No 8) Order 1941, No 2000 published by his Majesty's Stationery Office 1943, 23, [1 p].
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1943
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(Untitled), 05 Aug 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/94A/85
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Letter from WSC to King George VI informing him that he will be proud to convey his message to all those concerned in the organization and planning of the invasion and conquest of Sicily and thanking him on their behalf for this "gracious message" Signed.
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05 Aug 1943
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(Untitled), 02 Oct 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/94B/141-146
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Letter from WSC to Chiang Kai-Shek [President of China] introducing [1st] Lord Mountbatten as his new Supreme Commander of the South East Asia front and Lieutenant General Adrian Carton de Wiart as his personal representative at Chungking [Szechwaw, China] and informing him of the new three fold plan of attack against Japan stating: that they plan to improve and expand the air routes into China aiding the transmission of supplies to General Chennault's Air Fleet and for the Chinese armies in...
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02 Oct 1943
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(Untitled), 07 Jul 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/77/84-86
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Telegram from Minister of State in the Middle East [Richard Casey] to WSC and Secretaries of State for War and Air listing the equipment which is urgently required by the army in the Middle East [see also CHAR 20/77/83].
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07 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), 08 Jul 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/77/87-90
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and secret" regarding joint Anglo-American military operations: opposes "Sledgehammer" [Codename for plan to attack coast of France in 1942] on the grounds that it would delay a largescale operation in 1943; advocates "Gymnast" [Codename for operation in French North West Africa] as "by far the best chance for effecting relief to the Russian front in 1942." and comments on British role and Vichy French resistance; comments on...
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08 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), 07 Jul 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/77/91
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Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC confirming that Stalin has no objection to the transfer of the forty Bostons from Basra [Iraq] to Egypt and that instructions have gone forward to transfer the planes at once.
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07 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), 07 Jul 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/77/92
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Telegram from Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] to WSC informing him that no decision has yet been made as to the change of policy relative to American shipping losses but that the matter is now under discussion.
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07 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), 08 Jul 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/77/94
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt suggesting that General George Marshall [Chief of the United States Army] be asked to undertake command of "maximum Bolero" [Codename for preparations for main Allied invasion of France] in 1943.
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08 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), 08 Jul 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/77/95
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt expressing his hope that the appointment of a United States Commander for "Bolero" [Codename for preparations for main Allied invasion of France] will not prejudice operations of immediate consequence such as "Gymnast" [Codename for operations in French North West Africa].
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08 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), 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...
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08 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), 08 Jul 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/77/97-98
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Telegram from Minister of State in the Middle East [Richard Casey] to WSC marked "most secret and personal" regarding the fate of the French fleet at Alexandria [Egypt]: Outlines concerns voiced by Admiral Henry Harwood [Commander in Chief Mediterranean] about repercussions that would follow on the sinking of the French ships; Suggests that Harwood be allowed to offer Admiral Rene Godfrey the alternative of sailing through the Suez Canal to Portugese East Africa or Martinique where fleet...
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08 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.