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Chamberlain, Neville - Speech : [excerpt]

Item number (ISN):

74260

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

74260

Type of material:

Sound recordings

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Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RADIO: MAIN CATALOGUE

Accession:

1983-0065

Media:

Sound

Part:

3 of 3

Release date:

1938-12-13

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Description:

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This is part of a speech by Neville Chamberlain to the Foreign Press Association at its Golden Jubilee, Grosvenor House, London. Chamberlain discusses & defends his appeasement policies. As the broadcast begins a commentator describes the scene while faintly in the background is heard the President of the Foreign Press Association proposing a toast to Chamberlain. The broadcast later cuts to the conclusion of the President's toast. He expresses the gratitude of the press that British society has provided a bastion of peace, freedom & free speech. Chamberlain after a few laudatory & some facetious references to the press says he has nothing new or startling to say. He is still trying to keep the peace. He allows there are two points of view: war with the dictatorships is inevitable; or peace is possible if the causes of war are removed. He follows his own lights & if he is wrong there will be little consolation for him or for anyone else to say he followed the advice of others. The search for peace is crucial because war has changed drastically: it is not the professional fighters who suffer but general populaces. Chamberlain elaborates and discusses set-backs but lists the accomplishments of his policy: the agreement between the United Kingdom & Eire; Anglo-Italian Agreement; Munich Agreement; Anglo-German declaration; Franco-German declaration; & the Anglo-American Trade Agreement. He defends the Munich Agreement against the charge of a "defeat". He laments the vituperative attitude of the German press & talks of the visit of Lord Halifax & himself to Rome to work to prevent war. Chamberlain argues that he is not much concerned with different systems of government; & that because he negotiates with Nazis & Fascists he is not therefore in favour of that kind of government. He discusses British plans (in progress) to repair defences. The next portion of his speech is missing.~In Conclusion,Chamberlain re-asserts his belief that peace is possible. <40mn>

Language:

English

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1. The subject description is taken from CBC Program Archives cataloguing.~2. This speech is incomplete because side 4 (of 5 sides of the discs) is missing.

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Vault ISN:

160673

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1983-0065/043

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

DISC

Stock:

TRANS

Technical description:

ALUM

Duration:

15:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

160675

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1983-0065/044

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

DISC

Stock:

TRANS

Technical description:

ALUM

Duration:

16:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

160676

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1983-0065/045

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

DISC

Stock:

TRANS

Technical description:

ALUM

Duration:

40:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

525772

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

74260-1983-0065-044.wav

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

bwf

Made from:

1983-0065/044

Status:

master

Vault ISN:

525785

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

74260-1983-0065-044.mp3

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

mp3

Made from:

1983-0065/044

Status:

ref

Vault ISN:

1094629

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

74260-1983-0065-043.WAV
74260-1983-0065-044.WAV
74260-1983-0065-045.WAV

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

BWF

Duration:

48:00

Made from:

1983-0065/043
1983-0065/044
1983-0065/045

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Restrictions on consultation:

~To be Determined / À déterminer

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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