Wartime Spain, 1938-1945
Scope and Contents
Reports and related papers prepared or collected by Grant, some produced by staff at the Foreign Research and Press Service, Balliol College, Oxford / Chatham House, later the Foreign Office Research Department, Whitehall, c. 1938-45. Cyclostyled and typescript, many carbon copies. c. 420 pp.
Including: Grant, 'The background and significance of the Spanish conflict', [c. 1938]; 'Note on position with regard to raw materials in Spain 1914-18', 6 Oct. 1939 (?); [Grant], 'The balance of forces in Spain', Chatham House memorandum No. 35, classified Confidential, 28 Nov. 1939, with three drafts and attached note by W. C. A[tkinson]; report on Spanish government, undated [late 1939]; 'Fifth Column (Spain), [c. 1939]; reports detailing Spanish press reaction to events in the 'Phoney War', numbered 25 to 28, Mar. and Apr. 1940; 'Spain: the relationship between church and state', from Foreign Press Review (Chatham House), 28 Dec. 1940; W. C. Atkinson, 'The minority problem in Spain', 31 Jan. 1941; 'The peninsular refugees in France', 10 Apr. 1941; [Grant?], 'Neutral opinion on the resistance of Great Britain: Spain', 15 Aug. 1941; 'Political forces in Spain', 23 Apr. 1942; 'Summary of political events in Spain since the outbreak of war', June 1942; R. T. D., 'Geography, population and regional characteristics of Spain', 19 Oct. 1942; 'Spain: Education, youth movement and the church', 2 Nov. 1942; Intelligence extract No. 1337, 'Extracts from Journal de GenŠve, 11 Nov. 1942: declarations de SAR le Comte de Barcelone', 14 Dec. 1942; 'Review of the foreign press: the French press and the Iberian Bloc', 1 Feb. 1943; 'The Vatican and Spain / Portugal', 13 and 25 Mar. 1943; 'Spain: local government', 'Spain: the political structure of the state', both 21 June 1943; 'Portuguese territories (Africa south of the Sahara)', undated, c. 1943; 'Spain in the post war world', undated, c. 1945; 'The origin and growth of some current Spanish political ideas', undated.
Dates
- Creation: 1938-1945
Conditions Governing Access
Letters in Section VI: General Correspondence, are restricted for fifty years.
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