Keyes Papers. Vols. cxlix-cl. Texts and drafts of parliamentary speeches by Keyes, including a printed press-cuttings reporting speeches by Keyes; 1934-1944, n.d. For Keyes’s non-parliamentary speeches see Add. 82535-82538. Two volumes.
Keyes Papers. Vols. cli-clii. Printed parliamentary papers including statements, copies of Hansard, extracts from Hansard, and white papers; 1934-1944. Two volumes.
Keyes Papers. Vol. cliii. Belgian papers; 27 Aug. 1939– 20 June 1945, n.d. Partly French. Contains official notification of Keyes’s appointment, memoranda by Keyes on the Belgian situation, reports of his meetings with King Leopold, extracts from Keyes’s diary, a copy of Britain’s guarantee t...
Keyes Papers. G. Belgium: Vols. cliii-cliv. With the outbreak of World War Two in 1939 Belgium maintained its policy of neutrality but requested that an unofficial emissary to the British government be appointed. Keyes was given the role and travelled to Belgium in October 1939, November 1939, and January 1940. In May 1940 Churchill appointed Keyes as his personal liaison to the Belgian monarch, King Leopold III. Keyes was in Belgium as the Germans over-ran the country and escaped as Bel...
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Belgium General: Adm. Keyes's papers on the Belgian Campaign in World War Two: 1939-1945.
Keyes Papers. Vol. cliv. The Belgian Campaign and the Surrender of the Belgian Army, May 10-28, 1940 (New York: Belgian American Educational Foundation, 1941). Contains essays and transcriptions of documents relating to all aspects of the Belgian campaign. Includes the text of an interview wi...