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Official: Cabinet: Naval Programme Committee: papers NP (27) 1 to NP (27)7., 25 Aug 1927 - 20 Dec 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/173
Scope and Contents
Includes papers of the committee set up to review naval construction in the light of the Geneva conference on the reduction and limitation of armaments including: memoranda by WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the 1927-1928 cruiser programmes and cruiser strengths; William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, on the cruiser programmes, replacement of destroyers and sloops, prices for armour and the naval programme; tables forecasting and comparing the cruiser strengths of the British...
Dates:
25 Aug 1927 - 20 Dec 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Cabinet: Naval programme: notes., 04 Feb 1909 - 05 Nov 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/15
Scope and Contents
Includes printed notes by WSC for the Cabinet on the financial position of Germany and its impact on naval building in Germany; on the naval estimates 1909-1910 and the need for protection against German naval armaments. Also includes a paper by Reginald McKenna [First Lord of the Admiralty] arguing for naval expansion and a paper on the Imperial Conference for Defence.
Dates:
04 Feb 1909 - 05 Nov 1909
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Naval programme: printed papers., 01 Dec 1909 - 01 Nov 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/20
Scope and Contents
Printed Cabinet papers including: a memorandum by Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary] on naval building in Germany; memoranda by WSC on naval expenditure and the Mediterranean fleet; a memorandum by [Rear-Admiral Alexander] Bethell, [Director of Naval Intelligence] on the Mediterranean Fleet and papers on the establishment of a naval war staff.Also includes printed letters from Sir Edward Grey (4) on negotiations with Germany relating to the exchange of information about naval building and...
Dates:
01 Dec 1909 - 01 Nov 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 1 - 39., 27 Jul 1923 - 29 Jan 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/28
Scope and Contents
Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: draft instructions for the British representative at the 25th session of the governing body of the International Labour Office; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on subjects including the export of arms to the Soviet Union, the Merchant Shipping (International Labour Conventions) Bill, the Anglo-German Treaty and British Seamen, the...
Dates:
27 Jul 1923 - 29 Jan 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 61 - 80., 25 Feb 1929 - 16 Mar 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/230
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on unemployment insurance; [Sir] John Gilmour, Secretary of State for Scotland, on Irish immigration; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs, on the Hilton Young commission on East Africa, the oil position in Iraq, and the effect of the treaty for the renunciation of war on the Irish Free State [later Ireland]; Wilfrid Ashley [later 1st Lord Mount Temple], Minister...
Dates:
25 Feb 1929 - 16 Mar 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 70 - 100., 20 Jan 1925 - 07 Mar 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/30
Scope and Contents
Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir William Joynson-Hicks, [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, on the Roman Catholic Relief Bill and the Criminal Justice Bill, 1925; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on Navy Estimates and arbitration in the Civil Service; 1st Lord Cave [the Lord Chancellor] Chairman of the Church Assembly Measures Committee, and the School Teachers Superannuation Committee, on the Committees' reports; Arthur Watson on the...
Dates:
20 Jan 1925 - 07 Mar 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 81 - 100., 18 Feb 1929 - 27 Mar 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/231
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on mining subsidence, petrol and kerosene prices and the trade outlook and economic situation including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade; Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on a Committee of Civil Research report on radium and slum policy; Sir Laming Worthington-Evans,...
Dates:
18 Feb 1929 - 27 Mar 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 101 - 115., 27 Mar 1929 - 16 Apr 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/232
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the Committee on industry and trade; Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on affairs in Persia [Iran] and naval limitation; Lord Eustace Percy, President of the Board of Education, on education policy; [Sir] William Mitchell-Thomson [later 1st Lord Selsdon] Postmaster General on possible telephone...
Dates:
27 Mar 1929 - 16 Apr 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 101-120., 21 Mar 1928 - 11 Apr 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/195
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: [1st] Lord Cushendun [earlier Ronald McNeill], Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on disarmament; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the export of arms and ammunition; Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood, Secretary of State for Air] on air operation in Aden [later Yemen]; [1st] Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] Secretary of State...
Dates:
21 Mar 1928 - 11 Apr 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 140 - 179., 29 Jan 1925 - 26 Mar 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/32
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: Leo Amery, Secretary of State for the Colonies, on subjects including the loan for the completion of the Benguela [Angola] Railway and the objections of the Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe and Zambia] railway companies, the handling of Dominion affairs by the Colonial Office, moving the Imperial Institute to London University, granting oil concessions in Iraq to the Turkish Petroleum Company and the proposed Washington [United...
Dates:
29 Jan 1925 - 26 Mar 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 151-170., 09 May 1928 - 24 May 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/198
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on dealings with the United States Ambassador to Great Britain [Charles Dawes]; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on safeguarding the iron and steel wire industry and on the trade outlook including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade; Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood],...
Dates:
09 May 1928 - 24 May 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 180 - 200., 30 Jun 1924 - 08 Apr 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/33
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: Lord Eustace Percy, President of the Board of Education, on the teachers' salary awards of [1st] Lord Burnham [Chairman of the Standing Joint Committees of Education Authorities and Teachers], and on Church Schools; a copy of the Burnham Report; a survey by William Strang [1st Secretary, Foreign Office] on the economic situation of the Soviet Union; Sir William Joynson-Hicks, [later 1st Lord Brentford] Home Secretary, on...
Dates:
30 Jun 1924 - 08 Apr 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 301 - 325., 12 Oct 1928 - 02 Nov 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/206
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Lord Eustace Percy, President of the Board of Education, on church schools; [1st] Lord Cushendun [earlier Ronald McNeill], Acting Foreign Secretary, on the renewal of arbitration treaties; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs on the functions of dominion ministers and the title of His Majesty's Government; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board...
Dates:
12 Oct 1928 - 02 Nov 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Cabinet: papers 317 to 327., Dec 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/166
Scope and Contents
Includes papers on various subjects by various individuals including: a report on public expenditure; a committee report on compensation claims by Irish loyalists; a committee report on the "indianisation" of the Indian army; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the trade outlook and improved economic situation including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer,...
Dates:
Dec 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 350 - 380., 04 Jun 1925 - 03 Aug 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/41
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: [Sir Maurice Hankey], Secretary to the Imperial Defence Committee, on the limitation of armaments; Edward Wood [later Lord Irwin and Lord Halifax], Minister of Agriculture, on the effects of unemployment policy and trade revival on agriculture; 1st Lord Weir on the beet sugar industry; Walter Guinness [later 1st Lord Moyne], Financial Secretary to the Treasury, on the Expiring Laws Continuance Bill; a draft of the...
Dates:
04 Jun 1925 - 03 Aug 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 381 - 399., 05 Dec 1928 - 07 Dec 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/209
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on reparations and the establishment of a war memorial in Gibraltar; William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, on naval estimates and naval construction; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, on subjects including compensation for Irish loyalists, the appointment of High Commissioners to Canada and South Africa, dominion and merchant shipping legislation; Lord...
Dates:
05 Dec 1928 - 07 Dec 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Cabinet: papers 381 - 400., 29 Jul 1925 - 12 Aug 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/42
Scope and Contents
Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the Safeguarding of Industries (Gas Mantles), licenses for arms export, the future of the British Industries Fair, and the British Dyestuffs Corporation; the report of the Gas Mantle Committee; 1st Lord Balfour, Lord President of Council, on the use of the Severn Estuary for electricity production;...
Dates:
29 Jul 1925 - 12 Aug 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 401 - 429., 24 Oct 1924 - 21 Oct 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/43
Scope and Contents
Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: the Board of Trade Advisory Council's monthly review of the trade outlook; 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], Secretary of State for India, on the position at Canton [later Guangzhou, China]; Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on Turkey's position over the Iraq frontier, and the German attitude to security negotiations; Joseph Caillaux, the French Minister of Finance, on the French war debt to Britain; William...
Dates:
24 Oct 1924 - 21 Oct 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Cabinet: papers 430 - 459., 02 Apr 1925 - 09 Nov 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/44
Scope and Contents
Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: 1st Lord Balfour, Chairman of the Committee on Civil Research, on the British Dye Industry, and, as Lord President of the Council, on the Rosyth [Fife, Scotland] Dockyard; 1st Lord Haldane on the dye industry; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on subjects including the Finance Bill (Safeguarding of Industries); the Board of Trade...
Dates:
02 Apr 1925 - 09 Nov 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Cabinet: papers 520 - 555., 20 Oct 1923 - 30 Dec 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/22
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: 1st Lord Birkenhead [Secretary of State for India, earlier F E Smith] on the Geneva [Switzerland] Opium Conference; 1st Lord Cecil of Chelwood [Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, earlier Lord Robert Cecil] on the League of Nations enquiry into the dispute between Britain and Egypt; Sir Cecil Hurst [legal advisor to the Foreign Office] on the dispute with Egypt; Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour on Trade...
Dates:
20 Oct 1923 - 30 Dec 1924
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers, correspondence and notes., 05 Aug 1921 - 31 Dec 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/7
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Edwin Montagu [Secretary of State for India] on subjects including the breaking off of negotiations with Ireland and 1st Lord Curzon of Kedleston [Foreign Secretary]'s policy over France's treaty with Turkey (6); Air Marshal Sir Hugh Trenchard on WSC's help in giving a distinct role to the Air Force; Sir Alfred Mond [Minister of Health] on immigration and Palestine; General Sir Charles Harington [General Officer Commanding in Chief, Allied Forces of Occupation in...
Dates:
05 Aug 1921 - 31 Dec 1921
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Cabinet: printed papers., Mar 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/32
Scope and Contents
Includes: report of the Highlands and Islands Medical Services Committee on public health problems in these areas of Scotland and the need for a medical service, and a printed telegram from Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary] to Sir William Goschen [British ambassador to Germany] on German naval building and the need for increased British naval building. Also includes a covering letter from Grey to WSC.
Dates:
Mar 1912
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: printed papers on World War I., Jul 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/40
Scope and Contents
Printed papers on various subjects including: the situation in Bulgaria and other Balkan states and the effects of the Dardanelles expedition; trade with the United States and the possibility of declaring cotton contraband; the recruitment of coal miners; the economic situation in Germany and Austria-Hungary; a loan to Romania; retaliation policy against Germany; a draft bill relating to elections and registration; the blockade against Germany; the sinking of German submarine U23; a scheme...
Dates:
Jul 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: reduction and limitation of armaments., 10 Feb 1927 - 04 Aug 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/182
Scope and Contents
Cabinet papers by various individuals on issues related to the Geneva conference including: proposals by the United States on naval armaments; WSC on the naval programme, the military strength of Japan and the United States; Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on dealings with the United States; Committee of Imperial Defence minutes on the limitation of naval armaments; [1st Lord] Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] Secretary of State for India; William Bridgeman, First Lord of the...
Dates:
10 Feb 1927 - 04 Aug 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Treasury: Naval Programme Committee: various memoranda., 23 Oct 1927 - 21 Jan 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/176
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to WSC] on negotiations with the Admiralty over naval estimates; Alfred Le Maitre (2); Guildhaume Myrddin-Evans; and Sir Richard Hopkins [Controller of Finance and Supply Services] on subjects including the date of completion of Japanese cruisers (3).Includes notes and papers on various subjects including: naval ship-building; the future programme of naval construction; dockyard discharges; the current and future cruiser...
Dates:
23 Oct 1927 - 21 Jan 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open