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(Untitled), 12 Sep 1944

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/257/44-45

Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC [Quebec, Canada] to Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon] marked "From: Octagon" and "Gunfire 76" and "Personal and Top Secret" repeating a paraphrase of a telegram from Averell Harriman [United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union] to Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] expressing concern over growing Soviet intransigence giving examples including the Warsaw [Poland] uprising, the increasing influence of hard-liners, and possible future dangers if the Western Powers do not take a "firm stand", contrasting this with the friendly attitude of "90 percent of the Russian people" and other "favourable factors". [Copy].

Dates

  • Creation: 12 Sep 1944

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Some Crown copyright

Extent

2 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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