Second World War (1939-1945)
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(Untitled), 05 Jul 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/8/113
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Letter from WSC to Josiah Wedgwood thanking him for his letters and hoping that many more rifles can be produced to arm the Home Guard (L D V [Local Defence Volunteers]). [Carbon].
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05 Jul 1940
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(Untitled), 25 Nov 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/8/131-139
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Letter from Josiah Wedgwood to WSC enclosing: an essay: "Egypt or Greece?" advising transferral of troops from Egypt to Greece; beginning of a letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton to Josiah Wedgwood criticising official policy towards Egypt and Greece and comparing it with that of General Sir John Maxwell in 1915 [manuscript and copy]; with acknowledgement and a letter of thanks from WSC. [See CHAR 20/2B/129 for WSC's reply to essay and CHAR 20/8/125 for covering letter].
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25 Nov 1940
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(Untitled), 20 Oct 1940 - 21 Oct 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/3/37
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Summary of night-time operations for RAF Station at Waddington [Yorkshire], naming officers involved. [Typescript].
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20 Oct 1940 - 21 Oct 1940
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(Untitled), [21 Oct 1940]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/3/38
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Report of damage caused by bombing raid from RAF Waddington [Yorkshire] on Berlin [Germany].
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[21 Oct 1940]
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(Untitled), 21 Oct 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/3/39
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Letter from Group Captain Charles Anderson to WSC on bombing raid on Berlin [Germany].
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21 Oct 1940
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(Untitled), 10 Dec 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/20/68
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Letter from King George VI (Windsor Castle [Berkshire]) to WSC on the loss of the Repulse and the Prince of Wales, and the news about the American battleships. [signed manuscript].
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10 Dec 1941
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(Untitled), 12 Dec 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/20/69
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Letter from WSC [to King George VI] acknowledging that the loss of two battleships [Repulse and Prince of Wales] is "a very heavy blow", particularly to forces in the Far East, nevertheless "I am enormously relieved at the extraordinary changes of the last few days". [carbon].
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12 Dec 1941
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(Untitled), 25 Feb 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/21B/104
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Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Woolton [Minister of Food, earlier Frederick Marquis] on new regulations concerning rationing with a penalty of imprisonment for mixing foodstuffs such as meat and fish.
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25 Feb 1941
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(Untitled), 02 Mar 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/21B/115-116
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Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Woolton [Minister of Food, earlier Frederick Marquis] on regulation of foodstuffs; asks him to consult the Cabinet before embarking on any new schemes.
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02 Mar 1941
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(Untitled), 11 May 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/11/4-5
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Letter from WSC to Neville Chamberlain on the composition of the new War Cabinet: [Clement] Attlee and [Arthur] Greenwood both want to be included; WSC wants A V Alexander [later 1st Lord Alexander of Hillsborough], [Herbert] Morrison and [Ernest] Bevin; [Hugh] Dalton and [Sir Archibald] Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso] must be considered; asks Chamberlain to be Lord President of the Council; adds that British and French Forces are already on the Antwerp-Namur line [Belgium]. [draft carbon;...
Dates:
11 May 1940
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(Untitled), 02 Jun 1940 - 30 Jun 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/13/3
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, June 1940.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff; F A Lindemann [later 1st Lord Cherwell] and Desmond Morton [Prime Minister's Personal Assistants].Subjects covered by the minutes include: the evacuation and reconstitution of the British Expeditionary Force;...
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02 Jun 1940 - 30 Jun 1940
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(Untitled), 01 Jul 1940 - 31 Jul 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/13/4
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, July 1940.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; the Chiefs of Staff; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; F A Lindemann [later 1st Lord Cherwell] and Desmond Morton [Prime Minister's Personal Assistants]; Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces [General Alan Brooke,...
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01 Jul 1940 - 31 Jul 1940
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(Untitled), 01 Aug 1940 - 01 Sep 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/13/5
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, August 1940. Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff, General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence], and other senior military figures; F A Lindemann [later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant]; a press statement by WSC; and a minute...
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01 Aug 1940 - 01 Sep 1940
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(Untitled), 01 Sep 1940 - 30 Sep 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/13/6
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, September 1940.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence], the Chiefs of Staff and other senior military figures; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; senior civil servants including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet] and Sir Alexander Cadogan [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs];...
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01 Sep 1940 - 30 Sep 1940
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(Untitled), 03 Oct 1940 - 30 Oct 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/13/7
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, October 1940.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; senior civil servants including Sir Horace Wilson [Permanent Secretary of HM Treasury and official Head of HM Civil Service] and Sir James Grigg [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War]; the Chiefs of Staff; Colonel Ian...
Dates:
03 Oct 1940 - 30 Oct 1940
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(Untitled), 01 Nov 1940 - 30 Nov 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/13/8
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, November 1940.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff; senior civil servants including Sir James Grigg [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War] and Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence].Subjects covered by the minutes include: air force plans...
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01 Nov 1940 - 30 Nov 1940
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(Untitled), 01 Dec 1940 - 31 Dec 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/13/9
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, December 1940.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff; Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; Colonel Ian Jacob [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet]; [Pierre] Dupuy [First Secretary Canadian Legation, Paris]; F A Lindemann [later 1st...
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01 Dec 1940 - 31 Dec 1940
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(Untitled), 25 Sep 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/15/7
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Printed paper by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] for the War Cabinet entitled "Notes on the General Situation", mostly with regard to Russia, Turkey and the war in Eastern Europe.
Dates:
25 Sep 1939
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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.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
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Chartwell Papers
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Official: Prime Minister
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Official: Prime Minister: copy of a letter from [11th] Lord Lothian [earlier Philip Kerr, British Ambassador to the United States], War Cabinet papers by WSC, and printed telegrams and letters exchanged between WSC and President [Franklin] Roosevelt.
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(Untitled), 18 Oct 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/15/8
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Memorandum by WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, for the War Cabinet entitled "Possible Detente with Italy in the Mediterranean"; discusses need to build up common interests with Italy, perhaps in the Balkans, and to keep U-boat war out of the Mediterranean.
Dates:
18 Oct 1939
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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.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
/
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
/
Chartwell Papers
/
Official: Prime Minister
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Official: Prime Minister: copy of a letter from [11th] Lord Lothian [earlier Philip Kerr, British Ambassador to the United States], War Cabinet papers by WSC, and printed telegrams and letters exchanged between WSC and President [Franklin] Roosevelt.
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(Untitled), 03 Nov 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/15/9
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Printed paper by WSC for the War Cabinet entitled "Statement by the First Lord to the French Admiralty"; discusses the uses of "asdics" [anti-submarine detection indicator], the necessity of defeating U-boats to control the seas, and future strategy.
Dates:
03 Nov 1939
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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.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
/
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
/
Chartwell Papers
/
Official: Prime Minister
/
Official: Prime Minister: copy of a letter from [11th] Lord Lothian [earlier Philip Kerr, British Ambassador to the United States], War Cabinet papers by WSC, and printed telegrams and letters exchanged between WSC and President [Franklin] Roosevelt.
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(Untitled), 17 Nov 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/15/10
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Memorandum by WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, for the War Cabinet entitled "Australian Naval Defence (Winter 1939)"; suggests that Japan will reserve its strength for controlling China and not attempt to attack Singapore or Australia, therefore the Australian army can be dispatched wherever necessary. [expanded to produce CHAR 20/15/11].
Dates:
17 Nov 1939
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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.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
/
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
/
Chartwell Papers
/
Official: Prime Minister
/
Official: Prime Minister: copy of a letter from [11th] Lord Lothian [earlier Philip Kerr, British Ambassador to the United States], War Cabinet papers by WSC, and printed telegrams and letters exchanged between WSC and President [Franklin] Roosevelt.
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(Untitled), 21 Nov 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/15/11
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Memorandum by WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, for the War Cabinet entitled "Australian and New Zealand Naval Defence (Winter 1939)". [expands on content of CHAR 20/15/10].
Dates:
21 Nov 1939
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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.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
/
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
/
Chartwell Papers
/
Official: Prime Minister
/
Official: Prime Minister: copy of a letter from [11th] Lord Lothian [earlier Philip Kerr, British Ambassador to the United States], War Cabinet papers by WSC, and printed telegrams and letters exchanged between WSC and President [Franklin] Roosevelt.
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(Untitled), 12 Mar 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/15/12
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Printed note by WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, for the War Cabinet entitled "Comparison of British and Japanese Fleets"; discusses capacity of British Fleet which can be spared for the Far East, assuming the French Fleet will command Home Waters, with tables showing projected Capital Ship strengths in 1942, with dates of completion of ships.
Dates:
12 Mar 1940
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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.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
/
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
/
Chartwell Papers
/
Official: Prime Minister
/
Official: Prime Minister: copy of a letter from [11th] Lord Lothian [earlier Philip Kerr, British Ambassador to the United States], War Cabinet papers by WSC, and printed telegrams and letters exchanged between WSC and President [Franklin] Roosevelt.
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(Untitled), Sep 1939-May 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/15/13
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Printed copies of telegrams and letters exchanged between "the Naval Person (WSC) and President (Franklin) Roosevelt": 11 Sept 1939 Letter from Roosevelt to WSC congratulating him on his return to the Admiralty. 5 Oct 1939 Telephone conversation summary of message from WSC to Roosevelt asking if the Iroquois off the west of Ireland has orders to search ships in those waters. 5 Oct 1940 WSC to Roosevelt agreeing to a neutral zone of 300 miles from the United States coast, stresses that if...
Dates:
Sep 1939-May 1940
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.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
/
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
/
Chartwell Papers
/
Official: Prime Minister
/
Official: Prime Minister: copy of a letter from [11th] Lord Lothian [earlier Philip Kerr, British Ambassador to the United States], War Cabinet papers by WSC, and printed telegrams and letters exchanged between WSC and President [Franklin] Roosevelt.
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(Untitled), 01 Aug 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/16/1-3
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"Weekly Intelligence Commentary no. 50" from the War Office General Staff. Covers 25 July to 1 August 1940 and divided into sections on: 1. Germany: a) information on invasion of the United Kingdom; b) possible use of gas; c) "Bundle charge" hand grenades; 2. Italy and Italian possessions; 3. The Balkan States and Turkey: a) Bulgaria; b) Romania; c) Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia]; 4. Middle East (Egypt and Sudan):...
Dates:
01 Aug 1940
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.