Second World War (1939-1945)
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 2737 Collections and/or Records:
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(Untitled), 24 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/26
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of New Zealand (Peter Fraser) advising that all possible air and naval support is being provided [for Allied forces in Crete, Greece].
Dates:
24 May 1941
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 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/28
Scope and Contents
Telegram from Peter Fraser (Prime Minister of New Zealand, at Cairo [Egypt]) to WSC thanking him for his assurances about support for forces in Crete.
Dates:
25 May 1941
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 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/29
Scope and Contents
Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC on Situation in Crete [Greece], his meeting with General Charles de Gaulle [Chief of the Free French], flooding in Iraq, and work on tanks ("tiger cubs").
Dates:
25 May 1941
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), 27 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/30
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander- in-Chief, Middle East]: "Hope you are preparing your desert stroke and that Tobruk [Libya] will not be idle".
Dates:
27 May 1941
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), 27 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/31
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC to Commanders-in-Chief, Middle East [via General Sir Archibald Wavell] advising that victory in Crete [Greece] is essential.
Dates:
27 May 1941
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), 27 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/33
Scope and Contents
Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC: reporting that the defence of Crete [Greece] has collapsed and troops must be withdrawn.
Dates:
27 May 1941
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), 27 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/34
Scope and Contents
Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander-in- Chief, Middle East] to WSC regarding importance of advancing in Western desert to protect Tobruk [Libya] from bombing.
Dates:
27 May 1941
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 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/36
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander- in-Chief, Middle East]: comments that if the situation is hopeless in Crete [Greece], Wavell should concentrate on destroying Rommel's German forces in western desert; suggests Wavell should consider Replacing General Noel Beresford-Pierse with General Henry Wilson in Western Desert command.
Dates:
28 May 1941
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 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/37-38
Scope and Contents
Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC with list of Equipment and munitions to be supplied to the Middle East by the United States.
Dates:
28 May 1941
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), 27 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/39
Scope and Contents
Telegram from Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham [Commander-in- Chief, Mediterranean] and General William Platt [General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, East African Command] to WSC thanking him for his message of support for the forces involved in the Italian East African campaign.
Dates:
27 May 1941
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 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/41
Scope and Contents
Telegram from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] to WSC on possible joint United States and British protection for the Portuguese Atlantic islands (Azores and Cape Verde); and the suggestion that United States might assume responsibility for occupation of Iceland, and that in the future American pilots might transport planes for Britain as far as Iceland.
Dates:
29 May 1941
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 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/42
Scope and Contents
Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC on heavy losses in Crete [Greece]; General Noel Beresford-Pierse's local experience and likelihood of prolonged fighting in the Middle East.
Dates:
29 May 1941
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 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/43
Scope and Contents
Telegram from Major-General Edward Spears [Head of British Mission to General Charles de Gaulle], Palestine [later Israel], on the importance of transport of Free French troops to campaign in Syria.
Dates:
29 May 1941
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 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/45
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt (despatched through United States Embassy): welcomes suggestion that the United States might take over responsibility for Iceland and stresses the "moral effect beyond its military importance" if it could be begun in the next three weeks or less; comments on the situation with regard to Spain and Portugal and outlines British plan to occupy the Grand Canary, the Cape Verde Islands and the Azores, as soon as Hitler obtains air bases in southern Spain...
Dates:
30 May 1941
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 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/48
Scope and Contents
Telegram from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] to WSC reporting that "United States warships are in fact cruising around the islands" [?Atlantic Islands, Azores and Cape Verde].
Dates:
30 May 1941
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), May 1941 - Jun 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/54-56
Scope and Contents
Part only of telegram from WSC to [Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia] explaining failure to defend Crete [Greece] in terms of absence of air fields rather than lack of air strength, with filing note confirming that this can be shown to Stanley Bruce [High Commissioner for Australia in London]. Also with telegram from Robert Menzies [Prime Minister of Australia] to WSC suggesting that the decisive factor in Middle East is air strength; that Australia and New Zealand have high stake...
Dates:
May 1941 - Jun 1941
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), [May 1941]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/57
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC to Robert Menzies [Prime Minister of Australia] reassuring him that Operation Jaguar will give Allied air superiority in Western desert.
Dates:
[May 1941]
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 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/60
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt accepting reorganisation of aircraft delivery [see CHAR 20/39/52 for proposal]; and commenting on reasons for withdrawal from Crete [Greece].
Dates:
31 May 1941
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 Jun 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/67
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander- in-Chief, Middle East]asking what ground and air forces are being used for "Exporter" [code name for Allied and Free French advance into Syria] and "Bruiser" .
Dates:
03 Jun 1941
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 Jun 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/73-75
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] suggesting that his personal workload be lightened by creating an Intendant General of the Middle East, General Sir Robert Haining, to deal with administration of supplies and non-active manpower with Mr T. Westbrook to develop ports and transportation; also comments on further Divisions to be sent and Averell Harriman's mission to assess United States supplies.
Dates:
04 Jun 1941
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 Jun 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/80
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] with complete list of material shipped to Britain from America for the Middle East, including ammunition, tanks and guns.
Dates:
05 Jun 1941
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 Jun 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/81-83
Scope and Contents
Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander -in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC listing ground and air forces used for "Exporter" [codename for Allied and Free French advance into Syria] and "Bruiser"; and complaining of BBC coverage of de Gaulle's [secret] trip to Palestine [later Israel].
Dates:
05 Jun 1941
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 Jun 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/85-86
Scope and Contents
Telegram from Robert Menzies [Prime Minister of Australia] to WSC on the need to reinforce Cyprus or withdraw, and the question of whether Syria should be given priority over Egypt.
Dates:
05 Jun 1941
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 Jun 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/87
Scope and Contents
Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander -in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC on local objections to General Georges Catroux's assumption of title "High Commissioner of Syria"; and noting that Edward Spears [Head of British Mission To General Charles de Gaulle] has failed to persuade de Gaulle to change the title.
Dates:
05 Jun 1941
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), 06 Jun 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/88
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC to General Charles de Gaulle [Chief of the Free French] asking him not to insist on declaring General Georges Catroux High Commissioner of Syria.
Dates:
06 Jun 1941
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.