Winston Churchill Appointment Diaries, Sept 1939 - June 1945

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May 1944
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5/1/1944 12.0 Opening Meeting with Dominion PM's 1.15 Generals Eisenhower & F.M. Smutts (?) to lunch 5.30 Dom's P.M's Statement on War Situation Dinner Buckingham Palace

5/2/1944 9.45 Gen Wilson 10.15. [? Fitzroy McLean ?] 11.30 meeting & statement on conduct of war (P.M.'s) v. Japan 1.30 Luncheon the King 5.30 Meeting of U.K. War Cabinet 8.15 Mr. Harriman & Miss Harriman to dinner 10.30 Meeting with General Wilson in Map Room.

5/3/1944 11.30 meetings - Transport & Communications]] Conduct of the War against Japan (P.M.'s) 1.30 Mr Curtin to luncheon 5.30. meeting: Coloured Questions Japan (continued) Foreign Affairs 10.30. Defence Committee

5/4/1944 11.30 Meeting - strikeout Foreign Affairs strikeout (P.M.'s) 5-7 Garden Party at No.10. 10 Staff Conference

5/5/1944 11.30 meeting Political collaboration Economic Policy (Ch of the Exchequer) meeting [illegible] Empire 1.30 Mr & Mrs Frazer to luncheon 3.0 Cabinet 4. Gen Wilson.

5/6/1944 Mr. King and Mr. Curtin - Sir G Huggins C.I.G.S. and lady Brooke - weekend

5/8/1944 1:15 General Eisenhower to lunch. 5:30 [name illegible] (Economic & Commercial Policy) 11:00 Staff Conference. Map Room

5/9/1944 11.30 Meeting - Post-war settlement ([illegible)] (PM's) 1.20 Luncheon The King 5.30. Meeting [World?] [illegible] (Military) 8.30 Dinner Party no. 10. P.M.'s etc.

5/10/1944 1.15 Mr Mackenzie King to lunch 1.30 [[pencil underwriting]] Mr Mackenzie King to luncheon[[/pencil underwriting]] 5.30. Defence Cooperation within Commonwealth (P.Ms) 6.0. Mr Eden Mr. Curtin & Mr Fraser receive Freedom of City of London

5/11/1944 11. Testing [illegible] 11.10 World Organization 1.0 Sir G. [Huggins ?] 11.0 meeting post-war employment, Immigration (P.M.'s) 1. overwrite 15 Sir G. Huggins to luncheon 3.0 Mr Mackenzie King addresses both Houses of Parl't 6.15 Cabinet. 8.15 Other Club

5/12/1944 11.0 strikeout Post War Employment & Migration strikeout 1.30 Train leaves.

5/13/1944 Mr. Curtin for weekend Sir A & Lady Sinclair

5/15/1944 * 12.0 [[double ended arrow]] Labour Employment and [Emmigration?] n.m. 10. General Montgomery's H.Q Luncheon - with Gen. Eisenhower 3.0 3. Meeting with Dom. P.M's. 5.30.

5/16/1944 12.0. Dominions P.M.'s (Final meeting) 1.30 Luncheon the King ? 3.0 Professor Niels Bohr 5.30 Cabinet 8.30 [Duns?] water Mr & Mrs Eden [[ date square over-written in red]] Declaration F M's meeting [illegible] B'ham [[/date square overwritten in red]]

5/17/1944 1.30 Luncheon Party No.10. Sir S & Lady M [Horn ?], Lady [D Mason ?], Ld Portal Brig Maclean & Mr Montague

5/18/1944 1.0 Lunch [illegible] Club. (for 1.15) [Dorchester?] 6.15 Cabinet

5/19/1944 12.0 Cabinet 1.15 Luncheon Mr Vincent Massey (Dorchester) 1.30 Taft

5/20/1944 4.30 arr Cp

5/21/1944 Lunch Mr. [Curtin] Dr. [Gerbrandy], the [illegible] of Croatia, Mr. Stevenson, Lord Leathers Dinner Mr. and Mrs. [Sandys?] Mrs. [illegible] Mr. R. Churchill Mr. Hopkins

5/22/1944 1.30 Mr Eden Ld Leathers Gen Eisenhower Gen Bedell Smith 3.0 Col. Velebit 3.15 Sir S. Hoare. 5.30 6.0 Cabinet

5/23/1944 Tues. 23 1:30 Luncheon with the King

5/24/1944 Wed. 24 12, Speech. 1:30 Lunch Spectar 6:00 Anti-uboat meeting. 6:15 Cabinet 8:30 C IC S to dine 10. C of S above

5/25/1944 Thur. 25 Mr & Miss Harriman 7:15 Gen Smistis, Mr. Atlee, Mr. Eden

5/26/1944 12. Mr Curtin C of S 1.30 Mr. Bracken to lunch [Sir illegible / illegible] 3.0 Mr. Eden 3.45 Sir Richard Hopkins & part of Ctee on [4 illegible words]

5/30/1944 1.30 Luncheon. The King 5.30 Cabinet

5/31/1944 12.30 no. 10 Meeting Luncheon Mr & Mrs Bevin. Mr Richard Law 6 Cabinet
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6/1/1944 12 Cabinet 12 . Lunch w Lady Cholmondeley for Duchess of Kent 3.15. His Majesty, Admiral Ramsay Map Room 6. Messieurs Pierlot & Spaak. 6.30 Col. Walter Elliot 9. Dinner with Mr & Mrs Eden.

6/2/1944 11. Chief Whip 12.45 First Lord & First Sea Lord.

6/5/1944 C.O.S & Gen Ismay to lunch No 10 6.0 Cabinet

6/6/1944 12. Statement 1.30 Lunch w the King 5.30 Cabinet

6/7/1944 1.15 Lord Portal, Miss Virginia Cowles to Lunch Lord & Lady Carlisle. 6. Cabinet

6/8/1944 Questions [illegible] Staff Meeting ? General Pownall to lunch 3 pm Sir Godfrey Huggins 3.30 Mr R.C. Stevenson 5. Their Majesties Annexe 8.15 Other Club

6/9/1944 11.30 Cabinet no.10.

6/12/1944 5.30 Cabinet

6/13/1944 11.30 Foreign Secretary 1.30 Lunch with the King 4.30 War Cabinet 6.20 + C.I.G.S., Sir A. Cadogan, Sir F. Stewart Gen Ismay 6.30 Cabinet Foreign Secretary

6/14/1944 11.30 Questions 1.15 Admiral King to Lunch. 4.30. Admiral King visits Map Room 8.30 Dinner for the King & C.C.S.

6/15/1944 12.30 Chequers Trustees at No 10 1.25 for 1.30 Lunch w Mexican Ambassador, Mexican Embassy 6. Cabinet 9.0 Dinner at [illegible] {Mr. Lyttelton, Lord Stanley, Miss Mary Churchill, [illegible]

6/16/1944 11.45 Cabinet (House of Commons) 1.30 Lunch with Duchess of Kent (Leave 12.40 for Coppins) 5.0 Staff Mtg - P.M.'s map room

6/17/1944 1.30. Lord & Lady Cranborne

6/18/1944 6.0 Meeting in Map Room

6/19/1944 Queen Wilhelmina & F.M. Smuts Annexe 1.30. Dr [illegible] 3.0 Gen Pownall? 5. Crossbow Meeting. 5.30 Cabinet

6/20/1944 11.30 Questions 12.30. [2 words illegible] Commissioner 1.30 Lunch with the King 6.0 Cabinet.

6/21/1944 12.0 F.M. Smuts ?12.40 Colonel Llewellin (?) (crossed out) 1.15 Mr + Mrs R.S. Hudson, Sir A. + Lady Tedder, Sir A. Duncan, Lady Crosfield, Miss Henley, Mr. Dobbs (?) No 10 3.30 Colonel Llewellin 2.45 C of S 6. Mr. Harold Macmillan

6/22/1944 10.30 MM. Mikolajzsk Romer, Foreign Secretary, Sir O. O'Malley. strikeout ? 6.0 Cabinet. 8.15 Other Club 10.30 Map room Staff meeting.

6/23/1944 11.0. Annexe. General. Eisenhower 12.30. Dominion High Commissioners 1.20 Mr & Mrs Peter Frazer, Sir J & Lady Anderson Mr Herbert Morrison, Miss V. Markham / Sir C & Lady Portal

6/26/1944 12.45 Annexe General Gammell 1.15 C.O.S. to lunch Annexe, Gens Ismay & Hollis

6/27/1944 11.30 Questions 12.15 Gen Eisenhower & son. 1.30 Lunch The King. 3. S/S Home Aff meet. 6. Cabinet. 6. p.m Address to Non + [illegible] Cabinet Ministers on War situation. 10. 0 [illegible] 10.30. Staff Conf

6/28/1944 12. Mr Frazer (Annexe) 3. Colonial Secretary, Annexe 6. Cabinet

6/29/1944 1.30 Gen. Bedell Smith 6. Cab.
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7/3/1944 1.30. Lord & Lady Halifax to lunch 5.30. Cabinet.

7/4/1944 12. (Mr?) Jules 1,30 Lunch with the King. 5 p.m Cabinet Secretary 6. Cabinet 10. S

7/5/1944 1.30 Luncheon Annexe; Miss Gay McGeachy, Major Dugdale, Lord & Lady Leathers, Gen. Doolittle, Lady Eldon. 8.30 Mr Sandys to Dinner 10. Staff Conference

7/6/1944 Flying Bomb statement strikeout strikeout 10 pm Staff Conference

7/7/1944 11.0 Cabinet (C.W.R.) Lunch with the Duchess of Kent at Coppins. Leave 12.40

7/8/1944 Dr Subasic, Mr Stevenson & Admiral Kirk to lunch

7/9/1944 11.30 Gen Eisenhower Maharaja of Kashmir to lunch

7/10/1944 5.30 Cabinet 10.30 Meeting with C.O.S.

7/11/1944 11.30 Questions 12.30 Colonial Secretary & Lord Gort 1.30 Lunch with The King. 8.30 Dinner Party Annexe for Mrs Sandys. 10 [Cronbord ?] 10.30 [illegible] meeting

7/12/1944 10. a.m. Lord Beaverbrook 11.30 Questions 12.30 Lord Halifax 1.30 Luncheon Party Gen. Spaatz Dowager Duchess of Reading Lord Portal Lady Eleanor Smith 6.15. Cabinet

7/13/1944 1:30 luncheon, Mrs Sheridan + Capt O. Frewen?, Mrs Romilly, Sir Shane Leslie 6:00 cabinet, special staff meeting about Mrocmixes?

7/14/1944 11.30 Staff Conference 1.30 Major General & Mrs. Pakenham-Walsh / & General Ismay Mr. Stimson, Sir S. Cripps, & the 3 C.O.S./\ to dine & sleep.

7/15/1944 1.30 Brigadier Armstrong & Col Woodhouse to lunch

7/16/1944 [[ date blank ]]

7/17/1944 1.30 [Ls?] [illegible] 3.0 - 3.15 [Ls?] [illegible] 5.30 Cabinet 8.15 M. Emmanuel [d' Astier?]

7/18/1944 10.15 Mr [Juler?] 11.30 Questions 1.30 Lunch with the King 6.0 War Cabinet. 10.0. Crossbow 11.10. M. Mikolajczyk & Mr Eden

7/19/1944 Lord & Lady Londonderry to lunch + Mr & Mrs Eden, Mr Bracken, Lord Cherwell.

7/20/1944 12.15 Defence Committee 1.30 Mr Charles Eade 6.0 War Cabinet strikeout [Cherbourg ?]

7/24/1944 6. Cabinet.

7/25/1944 12.15 Mr Kartalis & Mr [Aghinires?] 1.30 Lord Swinton to lunch. 2.45 M. Kartalis & M. [Aghinires?] 3. M. Massiolia < ---------------------3.30. Brig Howie Watt #5.45. Mr. Santuc. 6.0 Crossbow meeting. 7.15 Mr. Eden, M. Mikolajczyk etc. 8.30 Mrs Montagu

7/26/1944 12.30 Mr. Henderson & Mr Nicholl Lunch with Sir John & Lady Anderson General Eisenhower to lunch. 6. Cabinet

7/27/1944 1. Lunch with Nie Conservative Members etc 6.Cabinet 8.15 Gens Eisenhower & B. Smith, CIGS to dine

7/28/1944 11.0. Sir W. Citrine & Chairman T.U.C. 12.15 Dominion High Commissioners. 1.30 Lunch Party: Mrs Romilly, Miss S. Macdonald, Lord & Lady Cranbourne, Sir E. Bridges, Mr Martin 3. p.m. Cabinet

7/29/1944 Dr. Subasic Mr R. C. S. Stevenson & General Velebit to lunch at Chequers.

7/31/1944 Lord Halifax to Lunch 5.30 Cabinet
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8/1/1944 1:30 Sir E.L. Spears & Sir E. Marsh to lunch [Annexe?] Mr. & Mrs. Sandys to lunch

8/2/1944 Mr & Mrs Sandys to lunch Speech House of Commons. 10 pm Lease Lend in stage II. Foreign Secretary, Ch. of Exchequer, Min of Prod'n, Lord Halifax.

8/3/1944 11.30. Noon Major Dugdale [[in red]] 12.30. [[/in red]] 12.15 Dominion High Commissioners 1.30 Major & Mrs Lloyd George to lunch The King Lady Louis Mountbatten, Mr Rowan. 5.30 6. Cabinet 8.30 Duke of Westminster

8/4/1944 10. Major G. Lloyd George 12.15 Dominion High Commissioners Map Room 11.30 cabinet 3 p.m Sir Richard Hopkins. 5.30 Cabinet

8/6/1944 ? Major Sidney to lunch

8/8/1944 10 Mr. Sandys 11. Meeting with Staff 11.30 Staff Conference (Far Eastern Strategy) 1.30 Lunch with the King. 5.30 Staff Conference (Far Eastern Strategy) 8.30 Family Dinner Party. 10. Staff conference (if necessary)

8/9/1944 12. Staff Conference 1.30 To Luncheon Gen Wedemeyer 3. p.m. Sir Lancelot Oliphant. 5.30 Cabinet 4.30 Gen. Eisenhower.

8/10/1944 10.30 Mr. Juler 1.30 Lunch party or lunch w Ch of Exchr. & Mr. [illegible] 3 General Burrows 6 p.m Crossbow meeting. 10.40 Dept. Northolt.

8/11/1944 9. Arrive Algiers visit Duff Cooper 12.15 Dept. Algiers 5.0. Arrive Naples 8.30 Dine Gen Wilson on [illegible]

8/12/1944 12. [illegible]

8/29/1944 9.55 Off. [Poninghaus ?] Naples 5.45 [Amn ?] Rebat

8/30/1944 9:55 [illegible words]
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September 1944
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9/1/1944 3:00 Foreign Secretary 6:30 Polish P.M. and members of his govt. 6:00 Mr Brachen

9/3/1944 12:00 Lord [Woolton?] 12.30 Mr. Lyttleton 3:00 C. A. S.

9/4/1944 9.30 Mr Juler 12.30 Cabinet 1.15 mr Eden to Lunch. 3.0 King of Greece 5.30 Cabinet 7.30 Mr Pardy

9/13/1944 10.30 Meeting with Chiefs of Staff 11.30 Plenary Meeting Mrs C lunch [Fiset ?] Mr Law & Sir A. Cadogan arrive. 5.0 Sir W. Glasgow (Australian H.C.) 5.30 [ACB ?] New Zealand H.C. (Mr [Firth ?])

9/26/1944 10. Arrive Euston. 11.30 Questions. 12.15. Mr Eden. 1.30 Luncheon The King 6.15 Major Morton 8.45 Lord Beaverbrook. .. to dine.

9/27/1944 9.45. Sir E. Bridges. 12.30. Mr Eden. Lunch Mr Winant 3. C.A.S.

9/28/1944 strikeout 8.15 Other Club

9/29/1944 Debate 10 Sir M. Peterson 10.30 Sir R. Cross 11.30 Cabinet 1.30 Lord [illegible] to lunch 3.0 M. Mikolajczyk. 4.0 S/S. Air. 5. Mr Eden.
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October 1944
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10/2/1944 12. Northolt 1.30 General Eisenhower. No 10. luncheon 5.30 Cabinet 8.30 D'Astier de la Vigerie to dine 10 Staff Meeting

10/3/1944 10 am Mr. Nidall [OR Nidull?] Mr Henderson 11.30 P Qs 12 Col Stanley 12.30 C A S 1.15 Sir A Lascelles 1.30 Lunch King of Greece 5 pm Civil Aviation Deputation (Trade Disputes)

10/4/1944 10. Chief Whip. 10.30 Ld Beaverbrook 3.15 C.A.S. Cab morn H of C 5.30 Cabn 6.15 New Theatre 7.30 [illegible]

10/5/1944 9.30 Mr Julev 12. Cabinet 1.30 Ld Beaverbrook, Mr Eden, Mr Brachen to lunch 3.0 Lord Margesson [[in red ink]] 6 pm [[/in red ink]] 6 pm T. D 7. Dr Gerbrandy

10/6/1944 strikeout strikeout 12.0 Cabinet 1.30 Lord [Provost ?] of Aberdeen to lunch. Mr Bracken, Mr W.S. Robinson, Lady Freyberg, Sir A. & Lady Sinclair strikeout 6.0 Sir W. [Sowalt ?] 6.15 Col. Llewellin 6.30 Mr Basil O'Connor

10/7/1944 12.0 King of Yugoslavia

10/23/1944 1.30 Lord Beaverbrook to lunch (No 10) 5.30 Cabinet No 10 10. pm Mr C. P. Wilson

10/24/1944 [[pencil underwriting]] 9 [[/pencil underwriting]] 10. Mr, Henderson Mr. Nicholl 11.0 Questions 12 Statement. 1.30 Luncheon The King 3.0 D. of Marlborough 6.0 Mr Winant

10/25/1944 10 Mr Henderson 1.30 Sir O. & Lady Leese, CAC & Lady Portal 6.0 Meeting - Ammunition 8.30 Sir Bruce [Fiarn?] to dine 10. Mr. [Dale?] Sir R. Hopkins Sir R. Knox

10/26/1944 10.45 Mr. Attlee 11 Sir A. Sindair 12 Business Statement 12.15 No. 10 Captain Balfour 12.30 Lord Brunksfield 1.30 Luncheon: Lord Cort Lord Selborne Mr. Oliver Landey 5.30 Cabinet 8.15 Otter Club

10/27/1944 11.0 Statement 1.30 Lord Baldwin & Mr Stuart to lunch 3 pm Mr. C.P. Wilson. ? 3.15 King Peter

10/30/1944 1.15 Capt M. [Mapuipor ?] 1.30 Captain Colvin to lunch 3.0 Sir W. Citrine 5.30 Ld Camrose strikeout 6.0 Cabinet 10.0 C.O.S. (Map Room)

10/31/1944 12 Motion of [Condo Place ?] Prolongation of Parliament Bill 1.30 lunch The King 3.0 Mr Massipli 6.0 Anti-U-boat Committee 8.30 Lord Beaverbrook, Mr Bracken, Mr Appleton to dinner
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11/1/1944 11.45 Mr [Tewkesbary ?], Mr Bracken (F.S's Rom IHC) 1.30 Lord & Lady Moran Lady V. & Mr M. Bonham Carter visits Winbrowne, Mr Peake, Miss Peake, Col [Olwin ?] Stanley, M. [Corbin ?] 3.15 Mr Reed, Mr [Hompleth ?] 6. Cabinet. 8.15 for 8.30 The King & War Cabinet to dine

11/2/1944 12.30. Gen. Bedell Smith. Gen B. Smith & C. O. S. to lunch. 1.30. Mr Bracken Mrs R. Churchill. 3 Citrine 6.0. Cabinet. 10.0. Poles.

11/3/1944 12 Indian Army (?) 1.30 Mr. Bracken, Mr. R. Churchill to lunch 5.0 Sir R. Hopkins, Sir R. Knox

11/6/1944 12.30 C54 Northolt 1.30 Cdr Thompson Earl & Countess of Airlie, Lord Cranbourne M.& Mme. Massigli, Lady Eldon, Miss [Macy] 1.30 Luncheon. 3.0. Cardinal Villeneuve 2.45 Lord Lovat 5.20. Ch of Ex. Lord Leathers 5.30. Cabinet.

11/7/1944 12 noon F.M. Montgomery 3 6. Cab

11/8/1944 9.30- Mr. C.P. Wilson (?) (?) 1.30 Luncheon Brazilian Embassy 5.30 Lord Camnose (?)

11/9/1944 1. for 1.30 Lord Mayor's luncheon. 6.30 Haymarket Theater (Hamlet)

11/15/1944 1.30 strikeout Lunch with The King. 6.0 Cabinet.

11/16/1944 ? 10.30. Lord Camrose 1.30. Lord Templewood to lunch. 6.0. Cabinet

11/17/1944 11. State wreaths(?) in house 12:15 St. Margaret's Memorial Service for L(or)d Moyue 3.0. King Peter of Yugoslavia 3.20 Lord Portal 4.0 C.O.P.

11/20/1944 3.0. Czechoslovakian Ambassador & Deputation. 6.30 Lord Selborne 7.0. Col. Llewellin.

11/21/1944 10.30 Chancellor of the Exchequer 1.30. Lunch with the King 3.0 Czech Ambassador (illegible) 6.0. Cabinet 8.30. (Illegible)(illegible) Harriman to dine

11/22/1944 10 am. Mr. C.P. Wilson 11.30. Cabinet 1.30 Sir Jarce & Lord Hankey to lunch. Admiral Sir William Goodenough; & Mrs. Romilly. 3.0 The King of Greece 3.30(?) (illegible) K H.G

11/23/1944 10.0 Brigadier Maclean 11.30 Cabinet 7 - 9. Albert Hall. Thanksgiving day 9.0. Ld. & Lady Camrose, Lady Birkenhead, Mr Bracken to dine.

11/24/1944 10.0 Mr Julov (Oculist) 11.0 Cabinet 1.30 Lunch: Mr Harriman 3.0 Chancellor of the Exchequer & Mr Littleton sitting for Mr Salisbury (on way to Chequers)

11/27/1944 12.30 Cabinet 5.30 War Cabinet only 6.30 Cabinet 10.30 Meeting on Housing

11/28/1944 12.30 C.I.G.S. 1.30 Luncheon with King 2.0 M. Mikolajczyk & Mr Romer 5.30 DC/S/ meeting King's Speech Dinner.

11/29/1944 11.0 Opening of Parl't 1.0 Lunch Party Lady Erne Lady Gaye Lady L. [illegible] Mrs Chamberlain, Lady Airlie, Col. Stanley Lord Portal, Mr [Crogan ?] C. [illegible], Mr Tree 2.0 - HMG Meeting with C.O.S. 6.0 strikeout MGen Wilson strikeout

11/30/1944 12.0 Cabinet 1.30 Luncheon Party. Bishop of London & Lady Fisher Lord & Lady Cranborne 3.0 Sir Wallis Citrine 5.30 Cabinet 8.30 Dinner Party.
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12/1/1944 10.30. Mr. Bevin. Mr Alexander, Mr Lyttleton, Sir E Cadogan 11.15 Mr. C.P. Wilson 12.0 Dominions High Commissioners 1.0 C I G S 1.30 Lunch at Dutch Ambassador 5.45 "Songs" at Harrow

12/4/1944 1.30 M. Pasal(?) Boncosar, Mr MacMillan, Capt. Buffo?? Thomas 3.15 C.I.G.S. ?.0 Cabinet 8.15 (?) 8.30 Admiralty Dinner

12/5/1944 12.15 F. M. Alexander 1.30. Luncheon the King [[ time too faint to read ]] Ministerial [[ remainder too faint to read]] 10.30 Housing Squad.

12/6/1944 Lunch Party (?) Das of Marlborough, Lord & Lady Greenwood S(?)it & Lady Hard(??) Mr. & Mrs. Hicks 2. A U Masburg 3.0 Gus(?) Laway(?). 3.15 (illegible) 3.30 Lord Beaverbrook FM (illegible) Diana (or dinner?) Mr. Erskine Still(?) 5:15 /Lm(?)

12/7/1944 1.30 Luncheon Party Lord & Lady [Gowrie ?], Lord Busheys Mayor [Siduay ?] Miss Price 6.0 Cabinet.

12/8/1944 1.30 Sir S & Lady Cripps 2 pm H of C Speech 4 pm 6.0 Prince Charles of Belgium & Baron Cartier

12/11/1944 12.0 Cabinet 1.30 Mr. Duff Cooper to lunch no 10 3.0 Mr. [Stevenson?] and Mr. Pandy 3.30 Mr Eden 5.30 Cabinet

12/12/1944 10. C.I.G.S. 1.30 Luncheon The King strikeout 6.0 Gen. Eisenhower & A.C.M. Tedder (Defence Map Room) strikeout 8.30 Dinner - Gen Eisenhower, ACM Tedder, 3 COS, Gen Ismay

12/13/1944 12.0 Presentation from the Conservative Party, H of C. Luncheon Mr & Mrs Attlee, Capt Owen, Lord Cortland Thomson strikeout Lady Lady Lilian Grenfell Mr Ellington [Lever ?] 3.0 King of [illegible] 6.0 Cabinet 8.30 Sir A. Clark Kerr Mrs Oliver 10 pm The King of Greece

12/14/1944 1.30 1.15 Lunch Sir A. & Lady Theo Cadogan. Claridges 3.15 Colonel Kidd (4th Hussars) Dine Liberal National Association

12/15/1944 Debate on Poland 1.15 Lunch Duke & Duchess of Gloucester (Curzon Street House) 5.0. King peter, Dr. Subasic. 3.0 Sir A. Sinclair 5.30 Cabinet. AfterCabinet, Sir A Sinclair

12/16/1944 Deputation of Duke of Gloucester 3. War Cabinet (No 10) 4.0 Mr Eden. King of Greece.

12/17/1944 1.30 Lord Beaverbrook to lunch (No 10)

12/18/1944 12. Cabinet. 5.30 Cabinet.

12/19/1944 1.30. Lunch. The King. 6. Anti-U. Boat Meeting 7.0 Meeting Manpower for the Army.

12/20/1944 [[in red ink]] 11.30 Quss [[/in red ink]] 12. Statement vs [Minister?] Report 1.30 Lunch. Lady Kimberley. Lady Pamela Berry. [[in red ink]] Debate [[/in red ink]] 6.0. Cabinet. {C.A.S. S/S for 10.30 Meeting on Supplies for Poland {Air, For. Sec. Ld { [Selborne?] )

12/21/1944 1.30 Luncheon Party Lady [Janet ?] Duff, Gen H. Ismay. 3.0 Mr Bruce 3.15 King Peter strikeout 5.0 Cabinet.

12/22/1944 1.30. Lunch. Dr Mervyn Haig , Lord & Lady Cranborne.

12/27/1944 1.30 Luncheon the King 5.30 Cabinet
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3/1/1945 9.30 Dentist 1.30 Luncheon: Sir B. Brooke, Mr Morrison, Sir A. & Lady Brooke, Lord and Lady Moran. 3.0 First Lord & Mr Banclien ([Publicity ?] in the Pacific) 8.15 Other Club

3/2/1945 9.15. Mr Juler, Sir A. Fleming. 10.30 Left Annexe. 11.0 Took off from Northolt. 12.20 Landed at Brussels. Lunched with A/M Coningham at Brussels 3.30 Dep. by air. 4.0. Landed at Eindhoven. By car to F/M Montgomery's HQ & then to train nearby. 8.0 Dined with F/M Montgomery

3/3/1945 9.15. With CIGS Toured U.S. 9th Army Area, accompanied by F/M Montgomery. Lunched with General Simpson at Julich. Returned to train 4.30 8.0 p.m. dined with F/M Montgomery, General Dempsey & 2 Army Corps Commanders

3/4/1945 9.15 PM & CIGS toured Canadian Army Area. Lunched with General Cueran 5.30 Returned to train 8.0 F.M. Montgomery & Gen. de [Curingand ?] dined 12.30 Train left for Rheims

3/5/1945 10.o am Arrived Rheims Airfield siding. 12.30 Left for Gen. Eisenhower's HQ. 1.30 Lunch with Gen Eisenhower.

3/6/1945 10.0 Left Gen Eisenhower HQ 12.15 Arrd [Northolt?] 1.30 Luncheon [his?] King 5.30 Cabinet After Cabinet Lord Leathers

3/7/1945 9.30 Mr. Jules 12.0 Meeting on Aircraft Production (Map Room) 1.30 Dss of Marlborough, Lady Caro. Churchill, Lady Killearn Mr Winant, Mr Bracken, Mr Sam Goldwyn 6.0 Cabinet 7.0 Debate on Ld Winterton's adjournment

3/8/1945 1.30 Lady Stanley strikeout Mr Steph Stanley, Capt Stanley, Mrs Montagu, Miss [Judy ?] Montagu 6.0 Cabinet

3/9/1945 10.0. W. Mason 12:45, (Baxter?) 1.20 Lord and lady (illegible) to lunch. Lord and Lady Iliffe, Mr Banks, Lord and Lady Digby

3/12/1945 12 Cab 3.0 M. Stanczyk 5.30 Cab 10.30 Col [Stemley ?]

3/13/1945 Memorial Service Mr Harcourt Johnstone St Margarets 1.30 Luncheon the King

3/14/1945 9.30 Dr Juler. Sir A. Fleming 10 Mr Wilson 10.15 Messrs Henderson & Pardy 11.30 Cabinet Conservative Conference 1.30 Lord & Lady Portal, strikeout Mrs Romilly, Mr L Mr Martins Mrs Bevin

3/15/1945 12.0 P.M.'s speech Conservaqtive Conference 6.0 Cabinet 8.15 Other Club

3/16/1945 (Faded) 12.0 T.U.C. [ineligible?] on Daily [Worker?] - no 10. 1.30 Brig. - General Paynter, Maj Gen' Laycock, [Capt Sydney?] 3.0 Chancellor of his Exchequer + Chief Wh[?] (Blued out) 3.5. .. .. etc. meetings [on?] Commercial Policy (Faded out) 3.30 Gen de Guingand. (Faded) 5. [? EnD Gen . ?]

3/17/1945 11.30 - Sir R Hopkins and Sir R Knox Chequers

3/19/1945 12. Cabinet. (CWR) 6.Cabinet.(CWR) 6.30 Chief Whip (Faded out) 11.0 Sir A. Sinclair

3/20/1945 10.15 Mr Nicholl and Mr Pardy 1.15 Luncheon The King 6. Meeting on Commercial Policy (CWR).

3/21/1945 11.30 Cabinet. 12.30 Cabinet 1.30 Luncheon Soviet Embassy Chartwell?

3/22/1945 11.30 Cabinet 1.30 Luncheon with Miss Johnson, Mrs. Romilly, Mr. Winant, Brigadier MacLean, (General?) (Younger? - none found)

3/23/1945 1. Mr Bracken to lunch strikeout

3/26/1945 600 5.30 Cabinet 10.0 Cabinet

3/27/1945 (NO [underscore] Lunch with the King) X [red pen]

3/28/1945 3.15. Tribute to Earl Lloyd George 6.0 Cabinet 10:0 The Housing Squad

3/29/1945 Sir. A. Flemming and Mr. (illegible) 11.30 Cabinet 1.30. Lunch The King

3/30/1945 Good Friday Recess. [underscore] 1.30 Lt Commander Guest & Miss Leslie to Lunch (2.30. Funeral of Earl Lloyd George) [red pen brace from previous day into next day]
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April 1945
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4/2/1945 1.30 Archbishop of Canterbury to Lunch [[Note: Vertical red line near right margin extends from Apr 1st to 3rd]]

4/3/1945 11.30 Cabinet 1.30 [many words illegible] Mr FraserLuncheon the King Mr [Ford?] 3:00 A.C.M. Tedder De Evatt 5:30 Cabinet Ld [Ivan-borne?] 8.30. F.M. Smuts to dine [[Note: Vertical red line near right margin from Apr 2nd into Apr 4th]]

4/4/1945 Commonwealth Conference 1.30 Lunch with the King 3.0. Go with the King to H. of Lords 8.0 Dinner [to] Mr Baruch 6.0 [illegible]

4/5/1945 1.30 Lunch King of Norway ? 6.0. Cabinet. --- 8.30 Dinner to Dominions Representatives

4/6/1945 11.0 Meeting with Dom's Representatives (Yalta Decisions) 1.30 Lunch Mr A. de Rohischild [Rothschild] (New Court) 3.15 General Hurley

4/9/1945 5.30 Cabinet 10.15 F.S. 10.30 General Ismay 11.0 Chief Whip

4/10/1945 12.0 Memorial service B. Ld Lloyd George 1.15 luncheon The King 8.30 Duke of Westminster to dine

4/11/1945 11.30 meeting. Morale & welfare in the far East (No 10) 1.15 professor Brogan & Mr Bracken to V [red pen] Lunch (No 10) 6.0 Mr Baruch 8.30 The King & the Cabinet to dine

4/12/1945 11.30 War Cabinet only 12.0 Cabinet 1.30 Luncheon Lady Anderson (4 Ld Norton Street) 2.30 [illegible] 3.15 Private Notice Question 3.45 Mr Flynn 3.30 Cabinet 8.15 Other Club 4.0 Photograph 8.15 Other Club 4.15 Mr Flynn

4/13/1945 12.0 (Sir. J. Stanhope?) 12.30 illegible 12.45 Photograth of PM [two words illegible] [illegible] 1.30 Luncheon - Grand Duchess of Luxemburg 3.0 Sir J. Grigg

4/14/1945 11.0. Sir A. Salter. 11.30 Sir J. Grigg. Lunch. Gen King. A/M. Stevenson. Dine F.M. Smuts.

4/15/1945 Lunch Mr [Kolayczek?]. 4.30 Dr Gerbrandy.

4/16/1945 12. Cabinet (P.M. not attending) 1. Ch of Exchequer 1.30 Lady Lyttleton Bishop of St Albans, Lord Cranbourne, Sir J. Anderson and talk to " [ditto, Anderson] 3. Duke of Norfolk. 3.15 Mr Attlee. 6. cabinet 8.30 Dinner. Lord Rothermere, Ld Beaverbrook, Mr Bracken

4/17/1945 11.30 St Pauls. 1.15 Luncheon the King 3.15 Tribute to Roosevelt. 5.30 Annual Meeting Empire Parliamentary Association. (P.M. to move no of terms of Report) 6.0 General Eisenhower map Room 8.30 Lady Lyttleton to dinner ? 9.30. Lord [Fyfe?] H/C.

4/18/1945 11.0 Meeting with Gen Eisenhower (Defence Map Room) 1.15 Luncheon with The King 3.30 Mr E. Brown 8.30 Dine D & Dss of Marlborough, Bucks

4/19/1945 9.30 Mr Juler & Sir Alexander Fleming. 11.30 Sir J. Anderson 12.0 Dr Gerbrandy 1.15 2.45 Questions. 3.15 Business Statement

4/20/1945 11. 30 Cabinet. 1.30 Bishop mof Bath and Wells to luncheon. 3. Cabinet 6.30 Lady Lytton to dinner. midnight. Leave by train.

4/21/1945 Bristol Honorary Degrees for Mr Bevin & Mr Alexander

4/22/1945 9.0 Arrive Chequers

4/23/1945 1.15 Luncheon with Lobby (?) 3.0 Major Cornwallis (?) (No 10) 5.0 Lord (?) 5.30 Cabinet

4/24/1945 1.15 Lunch w the King 7.0 Cabinet

4/25/1945 11.30 - Cabinet 12.45 1.30 Luncheon - Mercers Company

4/26/1945 1.0. Earl Baldwin { " " . Chief Whip 1.30 Archbishop of York to luncheon (No 10) 8.30 Dine Mounerir Manieti

4/27/1945 11.30 Lord Presidents Ctrs. 12.30 Cabinet 1.30 Luncheon Sir J & Lady Audenots

4/30/1945 3.0 General Spears 6.0. Cabinet 10.0. Cabinet
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May 1945
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5/1/1945 11,0 Lord Beaverbrook 12.0 Lord President's Committee 1.15 Luncheon - The King 3.15 Sir Louis Spears (House of Commons)

5/2/1945 strikeout 1.35 Lady L. Mountbatten, Col. Stirling, Brigadier Maclean. 3.30 Mr J.H. Thomas 6.0 Cabinet 8.30 Dine Lady Juliet Duff

5/3/1945 8:15 Other Club

5/4/1945 10.30 Mr. Juler 11.30 Cabinet 1.30 Lord Struder to luncheon 3.0 Meeting on Broadcasting (Mr Morrison, Sir A Burchais Mr Brown)

5/7/1945 1.30 Luncheon (No. 10) - COS, General Ismay, General Hollis 5.00 Minister of Labour, Minister of Production, First 32 [two words illegible], Minister of Supply, Home Secretary etc 5.30 Cabinet

5/8/1945 1.30 King 3.0 Broadcast 3.15 H of C. 4.30 Palace [[Note: Above entries are all in blue crayon ! ]]

5/13/1945 2.20 for 3.0 St Pauls. 4.30 Cabinet 9. Broadcast.

5/14/1945 5.30 Cabinet

5/15/1945 1.15 Luncheon The King 2.45 Questions [[ pencil underwriting]] Move Address to the King [[/pencil underwriting]] 3.15 Move Address to the King

5/16/1945 11.30 Meeting with Gen Eisenhower & C.O.S. (Reference Map Room) 1.15. General Eisenhower to lunch [tick] (Annexe) 8.30 General Eisenhower F.M. Montgomery to dine

5/17/1945 2.15 [Strike out: The King] H of C for Kings Speech 8.30 Duke of Westminster to dinner.

5/18/1945 11.0 Statement on Campaign Stars. 11.30 [line under 12.0 entry overscored with H of C] 12.0 Dominion High Commissioners ([illegible] Map Room) [illegible] 1.30 [illegible] Ambassador and Mme Gourer to luncheon

5/22/1945 3.15 Lord Mayor of London [Strike out: 5.30 Cabinet] 6.0 Conservative's Conference

5/23/1945 BP 12.00 Audience of the King 1.30 Luncheon the King [[pencil underwriting]] Audience of the King [[/pencil underwriting]]

5/25/1945 12. noon. Broadcasting Meeting (No 10).

5/26/1945 9.30 - 10.00 Mr Attlee

5/29/1945 1.15 Luncheon with King 2.45 P Qs 3.30 Mr Davies

5/30/1945 10 Mr Assheton. 11.30 Cabinet. 1.15 Luncheon Mrs Richard Ward 8.30 Buck - the [illegible]

5/31/1945 11.30 Cabinet. 3.15 Minister of Information 3.30 Lord Swinton Other Club.
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June 1945
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6/1/1945 1.15 Lady Crewe, Mr Crinchshank, Mr Giles Lady Juliet Duff, Mrs Montagu. 3.0 Dr. Gerbrandy, Dutch Ambassador

6/4/1945 Broadcast [[repeated in red]]

6/5/1945 1.15 Luncheon the King 5.30 The Cabinet

6/7/1945 12.00 Lord Nuffield Map Room

6/8/1945 11.30 Cabinet 1.30 Lord Kemsley, Mr Bracken

6/10/1945 3.0 Civil Defence Parade - Hyde Park

6/11/1945 3.30 Film 5.30 Cabinet

6/12/1945 11.45 Leave Annexe 12.15 General Eisenhower receives Freedom of City 1.15 Luncheon - Mansion House 8.30 General Eisenhower & COS, General Bedell Smith & General Ismay to dine (Annexe)

6/13/1945 1.15 Luncheon, Mr & Mrs Martin, Lord Studer, Mrs [Pilr ?] Rivers Broadcast

6/14/1945 12.30 Meeting of Chequers Trust 1.15 Luncheon The King

6/15/1945 11.30 Cabinet 1.30 Luncheon. Lady Diana Cooper, Mrs Stanley, Mrs Colville

6/19/1945 1.15 - Luncheon. The King 6.30 Sir A Cadogan. Sir O. Sargent

6/20/1945 11:30am cabinet 1:15pm Luncheon with The King 3:00pm Lord Margesson 3:30pm Sir A. Cadogan

6/21/1945 Broadcast Broadcast

6/29/1945 1.15 Lunch- The King 3.0 CIGS (Chief_of_the_General_Staff?) 6.30 (Vis?) Bracken (after dinner?)

6/30/1945 11:30am. Broadcast Cabinet. Broadcast [in red and circled] Broadcast [in pencil] July 2 6:30. C.O.S. July 3 7:30pm Open Air Meeting Walthamstow July 4 [illegible] July 2 [Declaration?] [illegible]
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Winston Churchill Appointment Diaries, Sept 1939 - June 1945

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