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(Untitled), 12 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/65/214
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Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to Vice-Admiral John De Robeck, hoping that he would not be discouraged by the recall of HMS "Queen Elizabeth". Stating that the two Monitors that were being sent out could go anywhere, and were the last word in bombarding vessels. "I am determined to support you and the army in every way to the end of your task and I am quit sure that the result will amply repay the sacrifices and anxieties" [typescript copy].

Dates: 12 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/65/215-216
Scope and Contents Telegram from Admiralty to Vice-Admiral John De Robeck, Dardanelles, reporting that two more infantry divisions were to be sent out, and that the presence of German submarines in Turkish waters made it undesirable to expose "Queen Elizabeth", which was to sail for home at once with all despatch and utmost secrecy. and that instead he would have the older battleships "Exmouth" and "Venerable", and that the two new Monitors "Admiral Farragut" and "Stonewall Jackson" would be sent out before...
Dates: 12 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 13 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/65/217
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Telegram from French Ministry of Marine, Paris to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, thanks for praise of Rear-Admiral Guepratte. Stating that because of the increase of the French Fleet in the Dardanelles they were putting the French forces under Vice-Admiral Nicol, promoted from today, and therefore junior to the British Vice Admiral John De Robeck [typescript copy].

Dates: 13 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 13 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/65/218
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Telegram from Vice-Admiral John De Robeck to Admiralty, reporting loss of HMS "Goliath", attacked by Destroyers and sunk by two torpedoes [typescript copy].

Dates: 13 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Jan 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/72/6
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Telegram from Admiralty to Vice-Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee, HMS Invincible", St Vincent, stating that he last paragraph of his telegram of 6 Jan, [objecting to being called upon to justify his actions in three telegrams] was improper, and should not be repeated. Stating that the Board of Admiralty would await his written report and despatches before reaching a conclusion [typescript copy].

Dates: 06 Jan 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Jan 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/72/7
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Telegram from Malcolm Robertson, British Embassy, Rio de Janiero, Brazil to Foreign Office, on confiscation of wireless equipment of German ships in Brazilian ports [typescript copy].

Dates: 08 Jan 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Jan 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/72/8
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Telegram from San Francisco to Admiralty, reporting rumours that the German cruiser "Dresden" was coming to San Francisco, or was "somehow in communication with the City" [typescript copy].

Dates: 13 Jan 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Jan 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/72/9
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Telegram from San Francisco to Admiralty, on search for German cruiser "Dresden".

Dates: 14 Jan 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Jan 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/72/10
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Minute from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to the First Sea Lord, Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, on concern that the Royal Navy had no ship superior to the German cruiser, "Dresden" on the Pacific coast of North America [typescript copy].

Dates: 19 Jan 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Jan 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/8/4
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Printed note by WSC for the War Cabinet on Scapa Flow [Orkney Islands, Scotland], containing an independent account by Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso].

Dates: 23 Jan 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Mar 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/8/13
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Printed note by WSC for the War Cabinet on planned joint Naval mining operations with the French, involving the Royal Marines.

Dates: 04 Mar 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), Jun 1940 - Dec 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/1/9
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Envelope, in WSC's manuscript, headed "Misc private correspondence": on Admiralty appointments, Lord Halifax [Foreign Secretary, earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin] and [David] Euan Wallace [Senior Regional Commissioner for Civil Defence in London]; endorsed with Prime Ministerial seal.

Dates: Jun 1940 - Dec 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 16 Sep [1940]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/1/12
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Manuscript letter from Eric Seal [Principal Private Secretary to WSC] on naval staff appointments, mentions: Vice-Admiral John Tovey [Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet], Vice-Admiral John Cunningham [Commanding First Cruiser Squadron], Rear-Admiral Tom Phillips [Vice-Chief of Naval Staff] and Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean; annotated by WSC.

Dates: 16 Sep [1940]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 29 Oct 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/1/32-35
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Letter and envelope from King George VI to WSC enclosing list of names for Admiralty posts, mentions Rear-Admiral [William] Campbell Tait and Lord Louis Mountbatten; list of names of captains: Rhoderick McGrigor [Chief of Staff, China Station]; Loben Maund [Naval Chief of Staff, Narvik [Norway] operations]; Charles Woodhouse; George Creasy; H Oram; Charles Lambe; Michael Denny [Deputy Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty] and G Menzies. [Manuscript].

Dates: 29 Oct 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 19 Dec [1940]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/1/38
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Letter from Eric Seal to WSC on acting as his Principal Private Secretary, appointments at the Admiralty, particularly a successor to George Cotton [Under-Secretary, Admiralty] at Bath [Somerset]. [Manuscript].

Dates: 19 Dec [1940]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 16 Dec 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/1/39
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Letter from A V Alexander [First Lord of the Admiralty] to WSC on the appointment of a new Permanent Secretary; mentions Eric Seal replacing George Cotton as Under-Secretary at Bath [Somerset].

Dates: 16 Dec 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), [Jun 1940]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/1/66
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Letter, annotated, from WSC to [Franklin Roosevelt], President of the United States, on surrendering or scuttling of the British Fleet. [Typescript].

Dates: [Jun 1940]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 03 Nov 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2A/69-76
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Statement by WSC to the French Admiralty on joint submarine warfare and the success of "ASDIC" [anti-submarine detection indicator]; the need for larger ships to oppose the Bismarck and continue the protection of trade routes.

Dates: 03 Nov 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 19 Nov 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2A/102-107
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Letter from WSC to Sir Alexander Cadogan [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs] on replacing Sir Hugh Sinclair as Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service with Captain [Gerald] Muirhead-Gould RN; also the need to improve Admiralty intelligence services, with note to Private Secretary on distribution. [carbon and draft].

Dates: 19 Nov 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 09 Nov 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2B/112-113
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Letter from Sir Alexander Cadogan [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs] to Sir Archibald Carter [Permanent Secretary of Admiralty] asking for nominations from WSC and [Admiral of the Fleet Sir] Dudley Pound [1st Sea Lord] for Admiral [Sir Hugh] Sinclair's replacement as Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service.

Dates: 09 Nov 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 22 Nov 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2B/125-127
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Letter from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, Foreign Secretary] to WSC offering advice on a statement to the House of Commons on damage inflicted by German submarines; with letter of thanks from WSC to Halifax.

Dates: 22 Nov 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 22 Nov 1939-25 Nov 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2B/128-129
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet [1st] Lord Chatfield [Minister for Co-ordination of Defence] to WSC asking him not to mention Chatfield's involvement in the Royal Oak case; with acknowledgement.

Dates: 22 Nov 1939-25 Nov 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 07 Dec 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2B/132
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Letter from WSC to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain on discussions arising from "the Nelson affair" [the damaging of HMS Nelson by a magnetic mine]. [carbon].

Dates: 07 Dec 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 12 Apr 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2B/186
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Letter from King George VI (Buckingham Palace) to WSC congratulating him on countering German aggression towards Scandinavia and requesting a meeting to discuss naval affairs. [in the King's hand].

Dates: 12 Apr 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 29 Apr 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2B/197-199
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Letter from [Rear-]Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser [Controller of the Navy] to WSC, criticising the evacuation of Central Norway and giving advice on future Scandinavian movements [annotated "First Lord saw Controller 30/4/40"]; with covering letter from "E A S" [Eric Seal, Principal Private Secretary to First Lord of the Admiralty] to [Arthur] Rucker, [Principal Private Secretary to Prime Minster Neville Chamberlain]. [annotated "recalled before it was shown to the Prime Minister"].

Dates: 29 Apr 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.