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1. Add MS 82525-82526

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Add MS 82525-82526
Title:
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...
Scope & Content:
Belgium General: Adm. Keyes's papers on the Belgian Campaign in World War Two: 1939-1945.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1939-1945]
Extent:
2 items

2. Add MS 82525

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Add MS 82525
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Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Aug 1939-20 Jun 1945
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 82526

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Add MS 82526
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Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1941
Extent:
1 item

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