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Speech on Festival of Britain by Ismay at Campden festival. Typescript, 3pp

Speech on Festival of Britain by Ismay at opening of Festival cottages at Stanton, near Wormington. Typescript, 4pp

Text of briefing speech by Ismay to the ladies of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Defence College relating to the civil side of NATO's work. Typescript, 2pp

Speech by Ismay on gaining the freedom of the city of Cheltenham, referring to Anglo-American understanding, and meeting between British and French war leaders at Briare, France, Jun 1940 when the French requested the assistance of British fighter squadrons to enable them to continue the war against Germany. Typescript, 6pp

Speech by Ismay at Paternosters on Rt Hon Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill. Typescript, 6pp

Speech by Ismay at Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire (with no connection with the Festival of Britain) including an account of Cabinet meeting during which the British retreat at Dunkirk, France, 1941 and the decision to continue the fight against Germany in World War Two was discussed (2 copies). Typescript, 3pp

Text of address by US Gen Dwight David Eisenhower, Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, Europe before a joint session of the US Congress relating to the Allied progress in World War Two and the contribution of US troops. Typescript, 5pp

Text of speech by Ismay for the House of Lords, 6 Jul 1949 on the issue of the role played by FM Sir Archibald Percival Wavell 1st Earl Wavell and V Adm Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma in securing pensions for men previously employed in the Indian services. Typescript, 6pp

Speeches by Ismay on school prize days at Felsted, Epsom, Surrey and Bromsgove, Worcestershire. Typescript 14 pp

Speech on Festival of Britain by Ismay at industries exhibition Bristol, two speeches, one of which includes account of Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill's 1941 visit to Bristol. Typescript 4 pp

Two quotations relating to Nelson and their verification by the National Maritime Museum. Typescript, 1 p

Paper entitled 'A new look at North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) defence programmes' includes recommendations for reduction in military expenditure for future years in various NATO countries. With covering letter from Richard Duke Coleridge, 4th Baron Coleridge of Ottery St Mary, Executive Secretary, NATO to Ismay forwarding the paper and explaining that it was based largely on the views of FM Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein. Typescript, 3pp

Postcard from Clementine (Ogilvy Spencer) Churchill, Lady Churchill to Ismay thanking him for a get well message. With postcard of a painting by Rt Hon Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill. Manuscript, 1p

The Prime Minister's personal telegrams (HMSO, London, 1941), copy no. 6. Printed, 1 vol

The Prime Minister's personal telegrams (HMSO, London, 1942), copy no. 10. Printed, 1 vol

Transcript of press conference given by Ismay relating to the forthcoming North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) ministerial meeting; annual review; speech by Dwight David Eisenhower, US President relating to NATO. Typescript, 7pp

Transcript of press conference given by Ismay relating to his visit to the USA and Canada; assistance given by North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) following recent natural disasters; possible Soviet moves for peace; statement on NATO by FM Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein in Washington DC, USA. Typescript, 5pp

Verbatim text of press conference given by Ismay, Paris, France 2 Apr 1953 relating to views of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) held in USA and Canada; the NATO Annual Review; possible moves for peace by the USSR; FM Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein's speech in Washington DC, USA and his possible over-simplification of the military situation in Europe. Typescript, 5pp

Text of interview with Ismay for the Mutual Broadcasting System with questions on the strengthening factors for North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in the past year; NATO's capabilities of preventing Soviet expansion; the possibility of West German entry into NATO; possible aid for Portugal in its dispute with India; NATO's use of bases in Spain. Typescript, 4pp

Text of interview with Ismay and Peter Coulmans, Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, Hamburg, west Germany with questions on North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)'s accomplishments of the last 5 years; NATO and the European Defence Community (EDC); NATO's non-military activities. Typescript, 3pp