Key Information
Reference code
DAVIDSON, FHN 4/1
Title
Detailed personal diary, Dec 1940-Jun 1941
Date(s)
- 1940 Dec 11 - 1941 Jun 17 and 1972 Jan 7 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 vol
Scope and content
Manuscript diary kept by Davidson between Dec 1940 and Jun 1941 recording daily activities as Director of Military Intelligence including meetings with the Prime Minister, Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill MP. Also includes Davidson's comments on the possibility of a German invasion of Britain and the potential difficulties of coping with German prisoners of war; problems with the press; meetings with Polish and Portuguese delegations and with French Gen Charles Andre Joseph Marie De Gaulle; the progress of the war throughout 1941, particularly in Greece and the Middle East. 1 volume