Janus: The Papers of Leopold Amery

Churchill/AMEL 2/1 contains:
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The Papers of Leopold Amery

Title	Correspondence A - Z
Reference	AMEL 2/1/30 (former reference: Box 151)
Covering Dates	Sep 1911-Jun 1954 (The majority of folios date from January-April 1940.)
Extent and Medium	2 files

Content and context

Correspondents include: Stanley Baldwin; Princess Marthe Bibesco; Sir John Boyd Orr, Director of the Rowett Research Institute, on army rations and LSA's ideas for milk distribution; Sir Edward Grigg [Parliamentary Secretary to Ministry of Information, later 1st Lord Altrincham]; [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister; Winston Churchill [First Lord of the Admiralty] (2); Geoffrey Dawson [Editor of the Times, earlier Geoffrey Robinson] commenting on the debate over aid sent to Finland; J L Garvin [Editor of the Observer] commissioning articles by LSA on the economic organization of the war effort (3); [Willoughby] Clive Garsia ["Guy Cottar"] on his book ["A Key to Victory"] (3); Malcolm MacDonald [Secretary of State for the Colonies]; 1st Lord Greenwood; Lord Halifax [Foreign Secretary, earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin] on subjects including military aid for Finland and commercial negotiations with Yugoslavia (2); Richard Hanson, Canadian Leader of the Opposition, on LSA's over-favourable view of the Canadian war effort; Arthur Headlam, Bishop of Gloucester (writing in 1940-42), on religious and strategical affairs in Cyprus and the Balkans (7); Leslie Hore-Belisha; Mary, Lady Hudson; Gervas Huxley; [William] Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] on the late 1st Lord Tweedsmuir [Governor-General of Canada, earlier John Buchan]; Richard Law [later 1st Lord Coleraine]; [Beatrice] Violet, Lady Leconfield; Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] on the changing situation in Europe, improvements in the South African political scene and his concerns about the British Cabinet; Edgar Stogdon; Sir Samuel Turner.

This file also contains the originals of correspondence between LSA and Chamberlain, 1911-40, and letters to Chamberlain from [William] Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada], Joseph Lyons, Prime Minister of Australia and James Hertzog, Prime Minister of South Africa, congratulating him on achieving peace following the Munich Crisis (1938) and from Dame Enid Lyons, thanking Chamberlain for his tribute to Joseph Lyons (1939).

Further information

Copies of the LSA-Chamberlain correspondence are arranged by year in the relevant files, AMEL 2/1/1-29.

Index Terms

Second World War (1939-1945)

Chamberlain, Arthur Neville (1869-1940) statesman

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