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Photograph of the Jubilee Singers
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Series
Prime Minister's Office: Private Office Diaries of Visits by Prime Minister
Catalogue reference: PREM 10
What's it about?
PREM 10
This series contains typewritten diaries of events during visits by the Prime Minister, apparently compiled by his private secretaries. The diaries concern the Prime Minister's visits to the USA and Canada in 1941 to 1945, and to Italy in August 1944.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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PREM 10
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Title (The name of the record)
- Prime Minister's Office: Private Office Diaries of Visits by Prime Minister
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Date (When the record was created)
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1941-1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains typewritten diaries of events during visits by the Prime Minister, apparently compiled by his private secretaries. The diaries concern the Prime Minister's visits to the USA and Canada in 1941 to 1945, and to Italy in August 1944.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Chronological order
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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3 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1982 Prime Minister's Office
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Europe and Russia
- Americas
- Diaries
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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The diaries came into the possession of Commander C R Thompson, who was personal assistant to the Minister of Defence. The diaries were returned to official custody by Commander Thompson's godson, Simon W Thompson, who deposited them with the Treasury Solicitor.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No further accruals expected
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Commander Charles Ralfe Thompson, RN (1894-1966) was personal assistant to the Minister of Defence from 1940 to 1945. During this period, the office of Minister of Defence was held by the Prime Minister, and Thompson organised and accompanied Churchill on all his official journeys until Churchill left office in July 1945.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11903/
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