Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) Draft typescript speech with revisions in Churchills hand, 1940; …

Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) Draft typescript speech commencing "During the last fortnight the British Navy", 11pp. one side only, with revisions in Churchill's hand to 4pp., on paper blind-stamped "G.R." and with tag holes to upper corner, light surface soiling to initial and final pp., 1940; and a carbon copy of Churchill's speech delivered at the Congress of Europe in The Hague, 7 May, 1948, 4to (2) ⁂ A working draft of Churchill's War of the Unknown Warriors speech, delivered 14 July, 1940, on the BBC. This draft contains significant differences to the version that was ultimately delivered, including a middle portion about the Home Guard that was partially excised, with the violent language toned down.