| Churchill/LUNG contains: |
|---|
| 1 |
Second World War material |
| 2 |
British Embassy, Moscow |
| 3 |
Biographical information |
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The Papers of Hugh Lunghi
| Title |
Second World War material |
| Reference |
LUNG 1 |
| Covering Dates |
1935–1997 |
| Extent and Medium |
3 archive boxes |
|
| Content and context |
Includes: papers from the British Military Mission to Moscow [Soviet Union]; papers from the wartime conferences at Tehran [Iran], Yalta and Potsdam [Germany]; files and a book found by Lunghi in the Reich Chancellery and Hitler's bunker, 1945. |
| Index Terms |
| Second World War (1939-1945) |
| Churchill/LUNG 1 contains: |
|
1
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British Military Mission to Moscow: correspondence. Replies to letters and invitations from Lieutenant-General Sir Giffard Martel [Head of Mission] from Ivan Maisky [Assistant Soviet Foreign Minister], Vyacheslav Molotov [Soviet Foreign Minister] and Anastas Mikoyan.
1 file. |
1943–1944 |
|
2
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British Military Mission to Moscow. Photographs of the mission with Lieutenant-General Sir Giffard Martel [Head of Mission].
1 file. |
c 1943-c 1946 |
|
3
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Diary from Tehran Conference. Rough notes from the conference, including a partial transcript of a conversation during a lunch meeting between [Robert] Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon], Harry Hopkins, Special Adviser to President Franklin Roosevelt, Admiral William Leahy [Chief of Staff to Roosevelt] and Vyacheslav Molotov [Soviet Foreign Minister], 30 November, which Lunghi interpreted. Also includes a copy of a transcript of words exchanged by Winston Churchill, Prime Minister, and Marshal Kliment Voroshilov about Churchill's birthday.
1 file. |
28 Nov 1943–01 Dec 1943 |
|
4
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"Tribute to Sir Winston Churchill". Text of speech at the Churchill Memorial Concert, Blenheim Palace [Oxfordshire] in 1997, giving Lunghi's memories of meetings with Winston Churchill, Tehran [Iran], 1943, Moscow [Soviet Union], 1944, Yalta, 1945 and Potsdam [Germany], 1945. Also includes note from Lunghi to the producer of the BBC Radio 4 programme, At the Shoulder of History, correcting claims made by the Soviet interpreter Valentin Berezhkov, about the Second World War conferences, 1996.
1 file. |
1996–1997 |
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5
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Conference passes. Passes from the Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam Conferences, and a photograph of Lunghi and others at Yalta.
1 file. |
Nov 1943-Jul 1945 |
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6
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Conference documents. Includes: accommodation list for the Tehran Conference, 1943; copy of the British delegation's telephone directory from the Potsdam Conference, 1945; copy of an Allied newssheet on the end of the Potsdam Conference; copy of the British delegation's telephone list from the Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers, Dec 1945; souvenir British military currency from after the war, given to Lunghi as a delegate to the Atlantic Council National Conference, 1995.
1 file. |
Nov 1943-Nov 1995 |
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7
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Photographs from the Potsdam Conference, Berlin [Germany]. Photographs taken by Lunghi of the war-damaged Reich Chancellery and of the Cecilienhof Palace during the conference.
1 file. |
Jul 1945 |
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8
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Honours and other documents. Citations for honours for the Soviet officials at the Potsdam Conference. Also includes: a press briefing from the British embassy in Moscow on a meeting between Stalin and Western envoys, Aug 1948.
1 file. |
Jul 1945-Aug 1948 |
|
9
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"Hitler file 1". Hitler's Private Office entertainment file, including: list of diplomatic visitors; minutes by Otto Meissner, Hitler's Chief of Staff and State Secretary of the Presidential Chancellery; guest lists, invitation cards, menus and seating plans for various events, particularly a trade fair. Found by Lunghi in the Reich Chancellery, July 1945.
6 files. |
Apr 1937-Nov 1937 |
|
10
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"Hitler file 2, Berchtesgaden". Private Office file from the Berchtesgaden branch of Hitler's private office, including correspondence between the Berlin and Berchtesgaden branches [Germany] and letters from Otto Meissner, Hitler's Chief of Staff and State Secretary of the Presidential Chancellery. [?] Found by Lunghi in the Reich Chancellery, July 1945. Includes some translations by Lunghi.
1 file. |
Jul 1935-Aug 1939 |
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11
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Printed list of the diplomatic corps in Berlin [Germany].
1 file. |
Apr 1943 |
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12
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Der Grosse Brockhaus, vol 21. Supplementary volume to a German encyclopaedia (15th edition), part of a set kept by Hitler in his bunker in the grounds of the Reich Chancellery, Berlin [Germany]. Found by Lunghi in the bunker in July 1945.
1 file. |
1935 |
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