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(Untitled), 05 May 1945

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/217/88-89

Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC to Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] (San Francisco [United States]) marked "Top Secret" and "personal" reiterating his view that Marshal Stalin, President Harry Truman and he need to meet to prevent "a great catastrophe"; reporting on Marshal Tito's [Premier of Yugoslavia (later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia)] "breach of faith" over occupying disputed territories in north-east Italy; the Allied occupation of Denmark; the surrender of German forces in north-west Germany, Holland and Denmark; commenting on the prospects for a June General Election; stating that he needs Eden back in Britain; and remarking on the negative consequences of detailed publication of the Soviet arrest of a group of prominent Poles. Carbon copy.

Dates

  • Creation: 05 May 1945

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Copyright: Crown

Extent

2 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

T 771/5

Bibliography

Published: Winston S Churchill VII, pp 1327-8, 1333 (part)

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