Correspondence with Lord Beaverbrook

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 133 GDN/A/B26
  • Dates of Creation
      29 May 1940-12 Jul 1943
  • Physical Description
      23 pieces; 25 sheets

Scope and Content

Correspondence between William Maxwell Aitken, first Baron Beaverbrook (1879-1964), newspaper proprietor and politician, and W.P. Crozier relating to discussion of Beaverbrook's roles as Minister of Aircraft Production and Minister of State, and of potential candidates for Minister of War Production. There are multiple letters of thanks from Beaverbrook for the praise, and also for the criticism, he receives in the Manchester Guardian.

Also included is discussion of the production and supply of steel, scrap collection, the production of tanks, a broadcast by Beaverbrook on relations with Russia, and an article in the Manchester Guardian on a speech by [Hermann] Goering given in 1942.

There is correspondence relating to arrangements for meetings and dinners between Beaverbrook and Crozier, and discussion of Crozier's health.