![CHURCHILL, Winston S. Draft typescript page, corrected and revised in Churchill’s hand, as Prime Minister, n.d. [ca. 1942-43] 1 page, 4to, (number page 3), embossed regal stationery (“G. R.” at top left), punch hole and small paper loss in top left corner. Corrected by two separate hands, Churchill’s emendations, and 7-line holograph addition in black ink.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2015/NYR/2015_NYR_03750_0169_000(churchill_winston_s_draft_typescript_page_corrected_and_revised_in_chu100114).jpg?w=1)
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Draft typescript page, corrected and revised in Churchill’s hand, as Prime Minister, n.d. [ca. 1942-43] 1 page, 4to, (number page 3), embossed regal stationery (“G. R.” at top left), punch hole and small paper loss in top left corner. Corrected by two separate hands, Churchill’s emendations, and 7-line holograph addition in black ink.
“BRINGING ABOUT A SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME OF THE WAR”
A fascinating war-date document as Prime Minister Churchill provides a summary of his government’s handling of the war, and mentions his controversial military and scientific advisor, Frederick Lindemann, Lord Cherwell. “I prepared for the War Cabinet at the beginning of the year a general directive covering the entire field of imports and of munitions production…the programmes of the various Fighting Departments,” Churchill writes in holograph at the foot of the page, “were examined by the COS [chiefs of staff]…& by my own Statistical dept. under professor Ld. Cherwell.” Cherwell met daily with Churchill and, to the annoyance of senior military commanders, often captured the Prime Minister’s imagination with fantastic schemes for new weapons. Lord Ismay reflected the frustration and jealousy of many high government officials when he described Cherwell “as obstinate as a mule, and unwilling to admit that there was any problem under the sun which he was not qualified to solve. He would write a memorandum on high strategy one day, and a thesis on egg production on the next.”
“BRINGING ABOUT A SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME OF THE WAR”
A fascinating war-date document as Prime Minister Churchill provides a summary of his government’s handling of the war, and mentions his controversial military and scientific advisor, Frederick Lindemann, Lord Cherwell. “I prepared for the War Cabinet at the beginning of the year a general directive covering the entire field of imports and of munitions production…the programmes of the various Fighting Departments,” Churchill writes in holograph at the foot of the page, “were examined by the COS [chiefs of staff]…& by my own Statistical dept. under professor Ld. Cherwell.” Cherwell met daily with Churchill and, to the annoyance of senior military commanders, often captured the Prime Minister’s imagination with fantastic schemes for new weapons. Lord Ismay reflected the frustration and jealousy of many high government officials when he described Cherwell “as obstinate as a mule, and unwilling to admit that there was any problem under the sun which he was not qualified to solve. He would write a memorandum on high strategy one day, and a thesis on egg production on the next.”