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The Conference Diaries of Flight Sergeant G. Green |
| Reference |
GBR/0014/GREE |
| Creator |
Green, Geoffrey, b c1919, Flight Sergeant, Clerk |
| Covering Dates |
1941–1946 |
| Extent and Medium |
6 volumes |
| Repository |
Churchill Archives Centre |
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| Content and context |
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Geoffrey Green was born c1919 and was Personal Clerk to the Chief of the Air Staff, and to the Prime Minister Winston Churchill, 1941-1945. He joined the Royal Air Force on the outbreak of war in 1939.
This collection consists of notebooks containing diaries of the Atlantic Meeting, Washington, Quebec, Cairo and Yalta conferences. Green tends to record events from his own day but when relevant these include encounters with Churchill and other key figures.
These notebooks were left at Churchill Archives Centre by Green's widow prior to 1988.
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Access and Use
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The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Churchill Archives Centre is open from Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm. A prior appointment and two forms of identification are required.
Researchers wishing to publish excerpts from the papers must obtain prior permission from the copyright holders and should seek advice from Archives Centre staff.
Please cite as Churchill Archives Centre, The Conference Diaries of Flight Sergeant G. Green, GREE
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| Further information |
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The collection has been catalogued and a copy of the catalogue is available for consultation in the reading room at Churchill Archives Centre, at the National Register of Archives in London and on the Janus website http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk.
This collection (fonds) level description and catalogue of the papers was compiled by Louise King of Churchill Archives Centre in May 2006. Information is taken from the collection itself.
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| Index Terms |
| Second World War (1939-1945) |
| Green, Geoffrey (b 1919) Flight Sergeant, Clerk |
| Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer (1874-1965) Knight, statesman and historian |
| Churchill, Clementine Ogilvy Spencer - (1885-1977) née Hozier, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell |
| Churchill/GREE contains: |
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Diary from the Atlantic Meeting. Green wrote this diary on board HMS Prince of Wales. There are personal references to Churchill, Harry Hopkins and to Sir Alexander Cadogan.
1 item. |
3 Aug 1941–18 Aug 1941 |
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2
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Diary from the Arcadia Conference, Washington DC. Green wrote this diary on board HMS Duke of York and in Washington DC. There are personal references to Churchill and Lord Beaverbrook.
1 item. |
12 Dec 1941–29 Dec 1941 |
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3
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Diary from the Quebec Conference. Green wrote this diary onboard the Queen Mary, in Quebec, Halifax, and Washington. There are a number of personal references to Churchill and Clementine Churchill's entourages.
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4 Aug 1943-Sep 1943 |
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Diary from Cairo and the Teheran Conference. Green wrote this diary onboard the HMS Renown, in Malta, Alexandria and Cairo. There are personal references to Colonel Chen (ADC to Chiang Kai-Shek), Churchill and his illness.
1 item. |
12 Nov 1943–19 Dec 1943 |
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Diary from the Yalta Conference (Argonaut). Green wrote this diary in Malta and Alupka. There is one mention of Field-Marshal Alexander. There are no mentions of Churchill in this diary, it is all about Green's daily activities.
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29 Jan 1945–11 Feb 1945 |
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6
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Royal Air Force Service and Release Book. This book contains a copy of a recommendation of Green by the Personal Assistant to the Chief of Air Staff.
1 item. |
1946 |
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