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Catalogue of Seton-Watson Collection - SEW/13 class description

SEW/13 - Czechoslovakia, Second World War years (1939-1945)

Previous number: boxes 36 and 37

Between July 1941 and Aug 1942 RWSW was responsible for producing a weekly report on Czechoslovakia for the Political Intelligence Department. In addition to this official duty, RWSW was also in close contact with prominent Czechoslovak exiles in Britain, notably the president in exile, Beneš. His last published volumes "Masaryk in England" (Cambridge, 1943) and "A history of the Czechs and Slovaks" (London 1943) were concerned with Czechoslovak affairs. In March 1945 Beneš funded a Chair of Czechoslovak Studies at Oxford University and it was offered and accepted by RWSW.

Contents: papers and intelligence summaries produced by RWSW for Chatham House and the Political Intelligence Department; papers by RWSW and others and correspondence re Czechoslovak affairs in the Second World War

2 boxes

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