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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), 20 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/51-53
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] and Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador in the United States] marked "Personal and Top Secret" repeating the text of a statement from Dr Pieter Gerbrandy [Prime Minister of the Netherlands] on the food shortages and other problems in Western Holland and indicating the Netherlands Government's attitude towards military action against the Germans; and WSC's reply stating that he is putting...
Dates: 20 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/59
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Telegram from WSC to British Minister in Sweden [Sir Victor Mallet] informing him of his intention to press Sweden to begin mobilisation and to converse with General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army]; and emphasising the damaging effect of the continued German naval presence in Norway.

Dates: 20 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Apr 1945 - 21 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/77-78
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Telegram from Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later Lord Avon] to WSC agreeing with him concerning the importance of the Western Allies taking Lubeck [Germany] and Linz [Austria], and hoping they can take Prague [Czechoslovakia, later Czech Republic and Slovakia]; and reporting conversations with General George Marshall [Chief of Staff United States Army] in which he emphasised the difficulties of attacking the Japanese mainland. Despatched on 21 April. Copy.

Dates: 20 Apr 1945 - 21 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/79
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Telegram from Harold MacMillan [later Lord Stockton, Minister Resident at Allied Force HQ, Mediterranean Command] to WSC marked "Top Secret" hoping that no "political manoeuvres" stand in the way of operations by French forces in the north-west of Italy.

Dates: 21 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/83
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Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] marked "Top Secret" congratulating him on [taking] Bologna [Italy].

Dates: 21 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/90-91
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] marked "Personal and Top Secret" repeating the text of a message from Harold MacMillan [later Lord Stockton, Minister Resident at Allied Force HQ, Mediterranean Command] to him hoping that no "political manoeuvres" stand in the way of operations by French forces in the north-west of Italy; and stating that he has told MacMillan that military considerations...
Dates: 22 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/92
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Telegram from WSC to Harold MacMillan [Minister Resident at Allied Force HQ, Mediterranean Command] marked "Top Secret" stating that he has forwarded his message on French forces operating in Italy to General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army]; and that military considerations should outweigh political ones, indicating ways of reassuring the Italians.

Dates: 22 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/101
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to [Anthony Eden, later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] (Washington [United States]) marked "Top Secret" emphasising that in order to assist the Netherlands [through the neutralisation of the German Army in the Western Netherlands] they must act quickly and send instructions to General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army]; and indicating that Eden should try to persuade Edward Stettinius [Secretary of State,...
Dates: 21 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Apr 1945 - 22 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/102
Scope and Contents Telegram from Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later Lord Avon] (Washington [United States]) to WSC marked "Top Secret and Personal" stating that although the Americans initially argued that the Soviet Union should be consulted on responding to a possible truce with the German Army in the Western Netherlands, they have subsequently recommended that General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] be instructed to take the matter...
Dates: 21 Apr 1945 - 22 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 15 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/227A/64
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Message from WSC to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek [President of China] thanking him for his VE-Day message, praising China's stand against Japan, and commenting on Britain's resolve in the war in the East. [Carbon].

Dates: 15 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 May [1945]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/227A/65
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Draft message from WSC to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek [President of China] thanking him for his VE-Day message, praising China's stand against Japan, and commenting on Britain's resolve in the war in the East. [draft initialled by WSC].

Dates: 15 May [1945]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/227A/66
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Telegram from WSC to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek [President of China] thanking him for his VE-Day message, praising China's stand against Japan, and commenting on Britain's resolve in the war in the East. [Carbon copy].

Dates: 16 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/227A/67-69
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Telegram from Chiang Kai-Shek [President of China] to WSC congratulating him on the capitulation of Germany and Britain's stand in the early days of the war. [annotated by John Peck, Prime Minister's Private Secretary].

Dates: 08 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Oct 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/63
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Telegram from General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart [Special Military Representative to Chiang Kai Shek] to WSC marked "Top Secret" stating that Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell [Commander of the United States Army in China, Burma (later Myanmar) and India] has been recalled from command in China.

Dates: 21 Oct 1944
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 22 Oct 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/72
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Telegram from WSC and General Sir Alan Brooke [later Lord Alanbrooke of Brookeborough, Chief of Imperial General Staff] to General Douglas MacArthur [Commander in Chief Phillipines, Supreme Commander South West Pacific] congratulating him on his invasion of Leyte [Philippines].

Dates: 22 Oct 1944
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 24 Oct 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/92
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "Personal and Top Secret" proposing lifting the ban on communication between British and Italian diplomats; and suggesting that Italian soldiers interned in Germany should be entitled to prisoner of war treatment.

Dates: 24 Oct 1944
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 24 Oct 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/93
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "Personal and Top Secret" commenting on the poor situation in Italy and the need for a head for the Allied Control Commission.

Dates: 24 Oct 1944
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 24 Oct 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/96
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Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" accepting wording for simultaneous announcement of appointment of Harold MacMillan [later Lord Stockton, British High Commissioner for Italy] as Acting President of the Allied Control Commission in Italy.

Dates: 24 Oct 1944
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 25 Oct 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/97
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Telegram from Foreign Office to [Brigadier Fitzroy Maclean, Liaison Officer with Marshal Tito] passing on messages from WSC to Dr Ivan Subasic [Ban of Croatia, Prime Minister of the Royal Yugoslavian Government] on the liberation of Belgrade [Yugoslavia, later Serbia] and to Tito [Premier of Yugoslavia, later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia] congratulating him on the liberation.

Dates: 25 Oct 1944
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 25 Oct 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/99
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Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" repeating text of announcement recalling Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell to Washington from his post as Commander of the United States Army Forces in China, Burma [later Myanmar] and India and Chief of Staff to Chiang Kai Shek [President of China].

Dates: 25 Oct 1944
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 25 Oct 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/100
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Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" agreeing to proposed joint statement on Italian soldiers interned in Germany and the ban on communication between British and Italian diplomats; stating that he is willing to advance the date of the announcement appointing Harold MacMillan [later Lord Stockton, British High Commissioner for Italy] as Acting President of the Allied Control Commission in Italy.

Dates: 25 Oct 1944
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 24 Oct 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/101
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Telegram from Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] to WSC marked "Top Secret" stating that he is leaving Cairo [Egypt] for Athens [Greece] on 25 October.

Dates: 24 Oct 1944
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 25 Oct 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/105
Scope and Contents Telegram from General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart [Special Military Representative with Chiang Kai Shek, President of China] to WSC explaining reasons behind and arrangements following the departure of Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell from his post as Commander of the United States Army Forces in China, Burma [later Myanmar] and India and Chief of Staff to Chiang Kai Shek; informing him of progress in Patrick Hurley [United States Ambassador to China]'s attempts at arranging co-operation...
Dates: 25 Oct 1944
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 26 Oct 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/110-111
Scope and Contents Telegram from Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] to WSC stating that he and Lord Moyne [earlier Walter Guinness, Deputy Minister of State, Middle East] have arrived in Athens [Greece]; that it is still unclear how far the authority of the Greek Government can be established outside Athens; that discussions with George Papandreou [Prime Minister of Greece] have highlighted the problem of runaway inflation and consequently requesting a "Treasury expert", more transport and a...
Dates: 26 Oct 1944
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 26 Oct 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/113
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that 10 November is acceptable as the date of their simultaneous announcement appointing Harold MacMillan [later Lord Stockton, British High Commissioner for Italy] as Acting President of the Allied Control Commission in Italy.

Dates: 26 Oct 1944
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.