NAM.2005-09-80-1

Typescript document issued to Capt Peter Harrington, Persia and Iraq Force (PAIFORCE) in 1943. Capt Harrington was sent from Baghdad to Teheran for the Teheran Conference, Codename EUREKA, in November to December 1943. It was the first time Winston Churchill, President Frankin D Roosevelt and Marshal Joseph Stalin had met together. Capt Harrington's duty was to ensure the correct distribution of luggage at the British Embassy, including the Stalingrad Sword, which Churchill passed onto Stalin with thanks from King George VI. The document lists the house where each person is to be accommodated plus other details such as phone numbers and estimated arrival times. 'Colonel Warden' was Winston Churchill's codename. Associated with World War Two (1939-1945).

World War Two (1939-1945)