Immigrants
Found in 82 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 01 Aug 1940- 02 Aug 1940
Letter from 2nd Lord Lytton [Chairman, Foreign Office Council of Aliens] to WSC requesting an interview for a deputation from Parliament on the Far East; emphasizes they do not intend to criticize the Government decision to close the Burma Road [between Burma, later Myanmar, and China], although they do not agree with it, but want to discuss constructive ways ahead; reply from WSC thanking Lytton for his committee work with aliens but regrets the Far East is Foreign Office business.
(Untitled), 02 Oct 1940
Letter from Margot, Lady Oxford and Asquith [earlier Margot Asquith] to WSC asking him to allow 2nd Lord Lytton [Chairman, Foreign Office Council of Aliens] and Sir Cyril Asquith to manage internment of aliens as both WSC and Sir John Anderson [later 1st Lord Waverley] are overworking; criticises Anderson's suitability as Home Secretary. [Manuscript].
(Untitled), 23 Jul 1940
Letter from William Temple, Archbishop of York to WSC raising moral objectives to Government policy on the Burma road [between Burma, later Myanmar, and China] and placating Japan, and interned refugees in Britain.
(Untitled), Mar 1940 - Dec 1940
Correspondence between [Sir] Eustace Fiennes [Sir Eustace Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes] (6 letters) and WSC: Fiennes asking for war work; recalls his previous experience in intelligence and as Principal Private Secretary to WSC; asks to be made head of a new department to deal with interned aliens or sent as an emissary to [Adolf] Hitler. [manuscripts, with typescript copies and carbon replies].
(Untitled), 12 Aug 1940
Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Snell asking him to lead an independent enquiry into the internment of aliens and their transfer overseas; mentions Sir Cyril Asquith [Judge of High Court of Justice] and 2nd Lord Lytton and the question of the Arandora Star.
(Untitled), 09 Jan 1911
Copy of a letter from WSC (Home Office) to [Lord] Northcliffe [formerly Alfred Harmsworth] discussing errors in an article in the Daily Mail entitled "London's Aliens" and the miscalculation of the increase in numbers of aliens. See CHAR 12/9/11-12 and CHAR 28/117/60-61.
(Untitled), 10 Jan 1911
Copy of a letter from Lord Northcliffe [earlier Sir Alfred Harmsworth] (the Daily Mail) to WSC explaining the reasons for errors made in an article by Mr Faulkner which quoted numbers of foreigners in London. Original letter at CHAR 12/9/11-12. See also CHAR 28/117/59 and CHAR 28/117/61..