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Subjects include: the roles and responsibilities of multinational companies; the relevance of NATO; Soviet policies under Stalin and Khrushchev.

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Pamphlets, conference papers, articles and correspondence with historians on subjects including: the effect of the German-Soviet Treaty of 1970; Germany's Ostpolitik; Stalin; 20 years of NATO; the Anglo-Portuguese alliance; the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia; Britain's entry into the European Economic Community.

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Subjects include: Moscow [Soviet Union], 1945, particularly relating to VE Day; the Pax Atlantica; encounters with Khrushchev; NATO over 40 years; FR's life and career; the post-war transformation of Anglo-German relations; the Berlin crises, 1948-9 and 1959-61; Germany and the community of nations; the Yalta Conference, 1945; Anglo-Polish relations during the war.

Scope and Contents Papers and correspondence on the Association, of which FR was chairman. Correspondents, mainly thanking FR for sending them various reports, include: 6th Lord Carrington, Foreign Secretary and Secretary of State for Defence (2); Francis Pym, Secretary of State for Defence (4); [Leonard] James Callaghan; David Steel [Leader of the Liberal Party]; Frederick Mulley, Secretary of State for Defence (4); Sir Ian Gilmour, Secretary of State for Defence; David Owen, Foreign Secretary (2); 1st Lord...

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Papers and correspondence, mainly with Eugene Rostow, President of the Association, with other correspondents including: [Warren] Randolph Burgess, Vice-Chairman of the Atlantic Council of the United States; Sir Alexander Douglas-Home, Foreign Secretary [earlier 14th Lord Home, later Lord Home of the Hirsel] on Rostow's view of the Middle East crisis.

Scope and Contents Mainly correspondence on the British Atlantic Committee, of which FR was President, with correspondents including: 6th Lord Carrington, Foreign Secretary, on plans for the BBC’s External Services and FR’s retirement as President of the British Atlantic Committee (2); Joseph Luns, Secretary-General of NATO (4); Theodore Achilles, Vice-Chairman of the Atlantic Council of the United States, on Government support for the British Atlantic Committee and a suggestion that [Leonard] James Callaghan...

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Includes: Davis's memoirs, recording his long naval career and the ships he served on; speeches and lectures, particularly relating to torpedoes; operational papers from the Second World War onwards; a large number of naval photographs, particularly from the 1950s and also a set of official Admiralty photographs of the D-Day landings; correspondence on naval subjects and history, including Davis's memories of Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Mountbatten of Burma.

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Subjects include: NATO's record over 40 years; the Cold War past and present; Anglo-German relations; a story about the Duke of Kent being offered the crown of Poland during the war.

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Subjects include: lessons of the war, 1939-45; staff work; NATO; defence problems of Britain and the Commonwealth; the Navy's role in the Cold War; the strategic situation and major defence and naval problems (1956); British influence; the British point of view on problems on the defence of the free world; the way ahead; naval problems facing the West; international affairs; the Navy as a force in the modern age.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Hodsoll played a major role in the development of air raid precautions [ARP]/ civil defence and this is reflected in the collection held at Churchill Archives Centre which he described as representing "a unique history of Civil Defence and its allied problems" (letter to Stephen Roskill, 27 August 1967). Until 1935 Sir John seems to have kept very few papers, but from then onwards very little of importance is missing. The printed material is particularly important because it consists of...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers cover every aspect of Philip Noel-Baker's very full and varied career and include constituency papers, Labour Party material, extensive sections on domestic and international affairs, peace and disarmament, sport, books and articles, speeches and correspondence.This collection has an 'Associated' section, consisting of material from one or more sources distinct from the main series, potentially including material about, but not created, accumulated or owned by, the...

Scope and Contents Papers and correspondence on PC's tour of NATO capitals as Secretary-General Designate, to the United States, Canada and Luxembourg (March 1984), the Netherlands and Norway (April 1984), France, Denmark, Belgium and Germany (May 1984), Portugal (May-June 1984), Turkey, Italy and Spain (June 1984), with correspondents including: George Shultz [American Secretary of State] on meeting PC in Washington; Charles Price, American Ambassador to Britain; Sir [John] Oliver Wright, British Ambassador...

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Recording of a broadcast from BBC World Service’s ‘The World Today’.

Scope and Contents Subjects include: Tape 1: PC's family; Wycombe Abbey [Buckinghamshire]; his grandfather 4th Lord Carrington and father 5th Lord Carrington; PC's childhood and time at Eton; Sandhurst. Tape 2: joining the Grenadier Guards in 1939 and PC's early experiences in the war. Tape 3: going to Australia as High Commissioner; life in Canberra; 1st Lord Slim, Governor General; Robert Menzies, Prime Minister; Lord Casey and Maie, Lady Casey; PC's travels round Australia. Tape 4: the visit to Australia...

Scope and Contents Mainly press cuttings, with some photographs, menus, programmes etc, on subjects including: visit to Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela, July-August 1980; Queen Elizabeth II's State visit to Italy, the Vatican and North Africa, October 1980; visit to Hungary, October 1980; visit to Washington [United States], February 1981; the Budget, March 1981; visit to Hong Kong and China, March-April 1981; honorary degrees awarded to PC by the Universities of Leeds and Cambridge, May-June 1981, and the...

Scope and Contents Mainly press cuttings, with some photographs, menus, programmes etc, on subjects including: the defence of Western Europe; NATO meetings in Iceland, June 1987, Washington, December 1987 and Brussels [Belgium], May 1988; the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty) between the United States and Soviet Union; PC's appointment as chairman of Christie's, February 1988; farewell visits as Secretary General of NATO, March-May 1988, including to Washington, May 1988.Also...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The archive includes: political papers; papers from Carrington's terms as Secretary General of NATO and Chairman of the Hague Conference on Yugoslavia; speeches; correspondence; files relating to Carrington's overseas visits; papers relating to organisations where Carrington either served as a patron or in a business capacity; appointment diaries; literary papers on his autobiography, 'Reflect on Things Past'; recordings and transcripts of media interviews; press cuttings; photographs,...

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Annotated texts of speeches by PC, mainly on defence policy, including the Mountbatten Lecture, February 1971. Subjects include: support for NATO; building up conventional forces; maintaining forces in south east Asia, the Gulf and Northern Ireland; defence spending; the effect of Britain's entry into the Common Market; countering the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact; reorganisation of the Ministry of Defence.

Scope and Contents Annotated texts and rough notes of speeches by PC on subjects including: the London Conference on Yugoslavia, August 1992; the House of Lords; the European Communities (Amendment) Bill, June 1993; warfare as an instrument of policy; the challenges of global change after the collapse of the Soviet Union; the justification for Western Europe to intervene militarily in ethnic conflicts; tribute to Aileen, Lady Slim; safeguarding the liberation of Europe through NATO; the memorial to the...

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Texts of speeches by PC, mainly unannotated copies, on subjects including: the importance of the political alliance among NATO members, as well as defence; the British aviation industry; tribute to Kjeld Vibe, Norwegian Ambassador to NATO and Dean of the Corps; nuclear defence policy and the strengthening of conventional forces; the sharing of the burden among NATO members; negotiations with the Soviet Union; presentation of the Prix Tocqueville to Sir Karl Popper.

Scope and Contents Unannotated copies of speeches by PC on subjects including: arms control negotiations with the Soviet Union; lessons from the Second World War; the transatlantic alliance between the United States and Europe; East-West relations; reasons for NATO's continuing role; preventing an arms race in space; the future of European security; the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) [also known as Star Wars]; sharing the defence burden; east-west relations over PC's first year as Secretary-General; the...

Scope and Contents Speeches and papers on European defence, including some used by PC as background information for his Ditchley Foundation Lecture, July 1990 [Towards a new concert of Europe]. Includes: Foreign and Commonwealth background briefing on the situation in Eastern Europe; speech by Sir Leon Brittan, Vice-President of the European Commission, on a European Security Community; lecture by George Walden on the penalties of victory; paper by General Sir David Fraser, former Military Representative to...

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The collection of Hill-Norton's papers held at Churchill Archives Centre relate to the later part of Hill-Norton's career. It includes personal and official correspondence, letters to the press, speeches and articles covering defence and military issues and controversial political issues, such as the repeal of section 28 and the ordination of women.

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The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

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The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.