CHURCHILL, Winston S.

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Envelope to Beaverbrook initialled "WSC", together with nine received copies of telegrams. A revealing cache of correspondence from Churchill to press magnate Lord Beaverbrook spanning four decades, alternating between warm friendship and irritation at critical press coverage, crowned by an envelope initialled by Churchill and marked "private and personal".Beaverbrook (1879-1964) was a formidable figure in British politics in the first half of the twentieth century. As proprietor of the Daily Express, then the country's highest-circulation newspaper, he shaped conservative working-class opinion and influenced government policy. Introduced to Churchill in 1911, he became a close friend and ally, providing crucial press support throughout Churchill's career. In return, Churchill appointed him Minister of Aircraft Production during the Second World War, and later Minister of Supply and Minister of War Production.The telegrams cover topics including free trade, Ireland, the nationalization of the communications industry, and arrangements for painting holidays in France. They were sent from Cannes, Knightsbridge, Paris, Leicester, London, and St Moritz. They run from 1921, when Churchill was Secretary of State for the Colonies, to December 1963, when - around a year before their deaths - Churchill writes, "Your eloquent and warm hearted article gave me such pleasure dear Max". Others telegrams are less warm - on 22 November 1923, Churchill writes, "Head of column two front page Da

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