Dear Mr Mendel and Mr Santos, My excellent colleague Heidi Egginton has found the following in the papers here at the Churchill Archives Centre. Do contact her if you wish to purchase a copy: Dear Allen,
Yes! There is a great typescript (dictated but signed) letter from WSC to CSC from La Pausa dated 22 October 1958 (CSCT 2/46/9-11), in which he mentions the 'possibility of going to lunch next Sunday' on the USS Randolph. It does appear to have been the first time Churchill travelled in a helicopter. "We are examining the possibility of going to lunch next Sunday upon the Randolph, an American aircraft carrier. They have the idea that they can pick us up in one of their special helicopters and drop us on the ship itself. We have invited the Captain and his wife to lunch on Friday to look into the possibilities. I have never been in a helicopter, and would like to make a voyage which would certainly save a great deal of toil." I also checked the Emery Reves book, but unfortunately there is a gap in their correspondence between August and 20 November 1958. I also had a very quick look through the France Visits correspondence files in CHUR 1, but couldn't see anything immediately obvious relating to the aircraft carrier lunch plans. Presumably there will also be correspondence in those files generally about Churchill's October 1958 trip to Nice and La Pausa. Best wishes, Heidi Heidi Egginton Archives Assistant Churchill Archives Centre Churchill College Cambridge CB3 0DS 01223 336087 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Director Churchill Archives Centre Churchill College Registered Charity: 1137476 (0)1223 336175 Churchill College takes its responsibilities to protect your data seriously. The College's data protection privacy statements are available online at https://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/about/official-documents/data-protection-statements/ This email (together with any files transmitted with it) is intended only for the use of the individual(s) to whom it is addressed. It may contain information which is confidential and/or legally privileged. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender by return email (or telephone) and delete the original message. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
