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"Russian Money", 11 Jun 1926
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/96/4-15
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Memorandum by the Home Secretary, Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], on the influx of Soviet money and State companies into London. Subjects covered include: possible expulsion of the Russian embassy and state institutions because of actions during the General Strike and prevention of influx of money from the Soviet Union; political and financial connections between the Communist Party and Trade Unions in Great Britain. Typescript with pencil annotations.
Dates:
11 Jun 1926
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(Untitled), 16 Nov 1926
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/147/167-173
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Letter from WSC to Sir James Hawkey blaming trade union extremists and Russian Bolshevik influences for the recent severe industrial unrest, including the General Strike, and expressing the Government's determination to defeat these forces. Carbon typescript copy.
Dates:
16 Nov 1926
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Official: Cabinet: papers 235 - 259., 13 Jul 1924 - 07 Jul 1926
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/96
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on an enquiry into industrial relations in the United States; Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, on the influx of Soviet money and State companies into London; the report of the Legislation Committee on laws concerning trade unions, and trade unionism in the Civil Service; Sir Warren Fisher, Permanent Secretary to the Treasury, on trade...
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13 Jul 1924 - 07 Jul 1926
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Official: Treasury: correspondence., 19 Jun 1926 - 31 Dec 1926
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/28
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Correspondents include: Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton, President of the Board of Trade] on the level of trade; Abe [Bailey]; Admiral Sir Roger Keyes (6) on subjects including his tax position, the naval officers' marriage allowance, and Admiralty matters; Stanley Baldwin [Prime Minister]; 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith, Secretary of State for India] (2) including one on Indian financial matters; Walter Runciman; Frederick Guest;...
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19 Jun 1926 - 31 Dec 1926
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Official: Cabinet: papers 301 - 314., 02 Feb 1926 - 13 Aug 1926
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/99
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: the report of the Parliamentary Business Committee; Sir Maurice Hankey, Secretary to the Cabinet; Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on subjects including liquor smuggling; Sir William Tyrrell [Permanent Under- Secretary of State, Foreign Office] on policy towards the Soviet Union and Japan; the report of the sub-committee of the Imperial Conference (Documents) Committee, on the form of treaties; reports of the...
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02 Feb 1926 - 13 Aug 1926
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Official: Cabinet: Foreign Office prints., 01 Jan 1926 - 10 Dec 1926
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/146
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: William Peters [Commercial Secretary to the British Mission, Moscow, Soviet Union] on the Communist Party Congress and State control over the Soviet press; Sir Ronald Macleay [British Minister to China] on the conference on Chinese customs tariffs; notes of a meeting between Godfrey Locker- Lampson [Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs] and representatives of the London Chamber of Commerce, on Anglo-Soviet trade;...
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01 Jan 1926 - 10 Dec 1926
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Speeches: House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 30 Nov 1944 - 15 Dec 1944
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/203A-B
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Speech notes for WSC's speech (15 December) on Poland entitled "Poland's future" including an extract from an earlier speech on decisions made at the Teheran [Persia, later Iran] conference and the need for agreement with the Soviet Union about the frontiers of Poland. Also includes correspondence and source material from: Guy Schofield, editor of the Evening News; Lord Alfred Douglas on the publication of correspondence between himself and WSC (3); Lady Daphne Straight; Bernard Griffin,...
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30 Nov 1944 - 15 Dec 1944
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence A-C., Oct 1951 - Jul 1962
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/127A-B
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Correspondents include: William Reid, Lord Provost of Aberdeen [Scotland] on WSC's visit there in 1952; David Pitblado [Principal Private Secretary to Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden] (3); Frank Glaves-Smith [Principal Private Secretary to President of the Board of Trade]; Konrad Adenauer [Federal Chancellor of Germany]; Sir Frederick Hoyer Millar [later 1st Lord Inchrya, British Ambassador to West Germany]; John Perrin, [Principal] Private Secretary to Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and...
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Oct 1951 - Jul 1962
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence C-D., Aug 1949 - Dec 1950
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/95A-B
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Correspondents include: 5th Lord Munster [earlier Geoffrey FitzClarence], George [Hubback], Metropolitan of India and Bishop of Calcutta (3), and Desmond Crawley (High Commission, Calcutta), on Anglo-Indians educating their children in the UK; 1st Lord Sandford [earlier Albert Edmondson, Chairman] of the Carlton Club (2); 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (5); Clifford Hood, President, Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation; Robert...
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Aug 1949 - Dec 1950
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