Item DEAN 3/3/4 - Notes and letters by Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris, 1953-1977, relating to his foreword for The Royal Air Force and Two World Wars, with related papers

Manuscript notes by ACM Sir Arthur Travers Harris and correspondence between him and Dean relating to the text of Dean's book The Royal Air Force and two World Wars, foreword by Sir Arthur Travers Harris (London, Cassell, 1979) with Dean's notes on these comments. With letter from Rt Hon Brendan Bracken 1st Viscount Bracken of Christchurch to Harris relating to the award of his Baronetcy; typescript of the inscription in the book Spandau, the secret diaries by Albert Speer translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston (Collins, London, 1976) presented to Harris by Albert Speer, Reichsminister of Armaments and War Production, 1943-1945 which discusses the effect of the Bomber Command raids on Germany; notes by Harris on Bomber Command and its contribution to the defeat of Germany in World War Two; correspondence between Dean and Harris relating to Rt Hon. (Evelyn) John (St Loe) Strachey, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Air Ministry, 1945-1946, his political ideology and possible role in preventing Harris' peerage; typescript of speech by Harris to the B[omber] C[ommand] AO regarding post-war attempts to discredit the contribution of Bomber Command after World War Two, 1 Jun 1974. 1 file