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CHURCHILL, Sir WINSTON S., British Prime Minister. Typed letter signed ("Winston S. Churchill") with autograph salutation and closing, to Col. Frank W. Clarke, "On Board R.M.S. Queen Mary," 26 March 1947, marked "Private and Confidential." 2 full pages, 4to. [With:] WINSTON CHURCHILL. Partly printed check accomplished and signed ("Winston S. Churchill"), 1 page, a small oblong, printed in blue, drawn on Lloyds Bank Ltd., ordering payment of /pL500 to Col. Clarke. Verso unendorsed (never presented for payment).
REACTION TO HIS "IRON CURTAIN" SPEECH
Churchill comments on the reaction to his famous "Iron Curtain" speech (delivered at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri on 5 March 1946) and personal currency problems: "I found on board here, travelling with Lord [John Maynard] Keynes, Mr. Ernest Rowe-Dutton of the Treasury, who gave me full information about the regulations affecting the exchange...no difficulty will be made over my leaving sufficient dollars in the First National Bank...for outstanding bills..." Churchill then requests accounts for his and his party's railway fares, "the final items at the Waldorf-Astoria, and...anything else I owe you including please, the pressure-cooker and the toast-making machine...I had a wireless message from Randolph [his son] that it was widely held in America that the improved Russian behaviour was largely due to my two speeches. I hope this is so and that all will be well..."
In his address at Westminster College, Churchill proclaimed that "A shadow has fallen upon the scene so recently lighted by the Allied victory...From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent..."
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REACTION TO HIS "IRON CURTAIN" SPEECH
Churchill comments on the reaction to his famous "Iron Curtain" speech (delivered at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri on 5 March 1946) and personal currency problems: "I found on board here, travelling with Lord [John Maynard] Keynes, Mr. Ernest Rowe-Dutton of the Treasury, who gave me full information about the regulations affecting the exchange...no difficulty will be made over my leaving sufficient dollars in the First National Bank...for outstanding bills..." Churchill then requests accounts for his and his party's railway fares, "the final items at the Waldorf-Astoria, and...anything else I owe you including please, the pressure-cooker and the toast-making machine...I had a wireless message from Randolph [his son] that it was widely held in America that the improved Russian behaviour was largely due to my two speeches. I hope this is so and that all will be well..."
In his address at Westminster College, Churchill proclaimed that "A shadow has fallen upon the scene so recently lighted by the Allied victory...From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent..."
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