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Subject Source: Othersource

Found in 1111 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 24 Nov [1936]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/260/154-156
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Letter from Conuselo Balsan (formerly Duchess of Marlborough) Casa Alva, Florida, USA, to WSC, enclosing article (in French) from "L'Ordre", 7 Nov 1936 on German policies.

Dates: 24 Nov [1936]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Dec 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/261/5-6
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Letter from Henry Wickham Steed, Lansdowne House, Holland Park, London W11 to WSC, reporting conversation with the German writer and philosopher F W Foerster on the international situation, particularly relations between Germany, France and the Soviet Union.

Dates: 02 Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Dec [1935]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/261/11
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Letter from General Sir Hugh Tudor, St John's Newfoundland [later part of Canada] to WSC, on his article "The Truth about Hitler". Commenting that he thought it highly complimentary about Hitler, "but the Germans did not appear to share my view". Also commenting on the Abyssinian campaign and the role of the League of Nations.

Dates: 02 Dec [1935]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Dec 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/261/44
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Letter from Katharine, Duchess of Atholl, 98 Elm Park Gardens, London SW10 to WSC, reporting that she had been invited to speak at the Annual Congress of Peace and Friendship with the Soviet Union, and asking if WSC intended to speak there. Commenting that she felt that they should speak as "the Russians are a little annoyed with us, and it would not take much to patch up their former friendship with Germany.

Dates: 08 Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Dec 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/261/68
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Letter from Anna von Ribbentrop, Berlin-Dahlem to WSC, thanks for help in obtaining permission to grass the plot in front of the German Embassy in Carlton House Terrace.

Dates: 14 Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Jan 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/262/12
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Cutting from The Morning Post - Germany, France and Italy - reactions of "Morning Post Disclosures" [on the inadequacy of Britain's defences].

Dates: 17 Jan 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Feb 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/262/27
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Cutting from The Times - A Rearmed Germany - Dutch Fears.

Dates: 07 Feb 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Feb 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/262/32
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Cutting from The Times - article A Rearmed Germany - Defences of Holland.

Dates: 08 Feb 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Jul 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/266A/84
Scope and Contents Letter from Sir [Joseph] Austen Chamberlain (the Goring Hotel, [Ebury Street, London]) to WSC, stating that he was going to delay putting forward a motion [? for a Secret Session of the House of Commons on the state of the nation] until he had seen [Henry] David Margesson [Government Chief Whip], as the Government might propose a measure on the subject which they ought to accept. Chamberlain adds that this would not exclude the possibility of a motion to which such a proposal might be the...
Dates: 04 Jul 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Mar 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/274/1-2
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Copy of a letter from WSC to [Pierre] Flandin [Minister of State, France] marked "confidential" asking for French information about the present strength of the German Air Force, predicting 2,000 aircraft by the end of 1936, and asking for information about French expenditure on aviation services for use in debates in Parliament.Carbon typescript. Unsigned.

Dates: 07 Mar 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Apr 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/274/12-13
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Copy of a letter from WSC to Eleanor Rathbone MP marked "private" enclosing a paper by Sir Henry Strakosch, explaining the basis for his figures for German expenditure [on rearmament], his use of confidential sources and his efforts "to find out the truth". He concludes "We really are in great danger."Unsigned carbon typescript.

Dates: 13 Apr 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Oct 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/608B/179
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Letter from G D Kirkland (683 West Monroe Street, Jacksonville, Florida [United States]) to WSC in response to his broadcast to the United States. She says that she considers WSC "guiltless" for Great Britain's failure to pay its debts and for [the Duke of Windsor earlier King Edward VIII and Edward, Prince of Wales] "being driven out as an exile for preferring an American wife [Wallis Simpson]" and that many Americans feel that WSC belongs with them. Signed typescript.

Dates: 17 Oct 1938
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Oct 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/132/94-110
Scope and Contents Draft speaking notes for WSC's broadcast to the United States([United States National Broadcasting Company]) entitled "The defence of freedom and peace" on the need for the democracies, including the United States, to unite against the dictatorships. At the start of the speech WSC says that it may not be possible to broadcast to the US in future because "The stations are closing down; the lights are going out". Issues covered include: the consequences of the "abandonment" of Czechoslovakia...
Dates: 16 Oct 1938
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Oct 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/132/114-119
Scope and Contents Printed proofs of WSC's broadcast to the United States (16 October 1938, [United States National Broadcasting Company]) entitled "The defence of freedom and peace" on the need for the democracies, including the United States, to unite against the dictatorships. At the start of the speech WSC says that it may not be possible to broadcast to the US in future because "The stations are closing down; the lights are going out". Issues covered include: the consequences of the "abandonment" of...
Dates: 16 Oct 1938
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Aug 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/135A/113-124
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Speaking notes for WSC's speech supporting the early recall of Parliament from its summer adjournment, pointing to the dangers to European security posed by Germany, and commenting on the historical importance of the House of Commons.Partially handwritten by WSC, partially carbon typescript laid out in "psalm" form. Filing note present.

Dates: 02 Aug 1939
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Jan 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/167/87-95
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Hansard report of WSC's speech on the War Situation: subjects covered include fighting in the Ardennes, the Soviet advance in Germany, the campaign in Burma [later Myanmar] and particularly the Civil War in Greece. Annotated in blue crayon.

Dates: 18 Jan 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Feb 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 6/3C/241-242
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Copy of a letter from "Ike" [Dwight Eisenhower, President of the United States] (The White House, Washington} to WSC marked "personal" expressing pleasure at WSC's good health; commenting on outbursts by [Vyacheslav] Molotov [Soviet Union Foreign Minister]; the importance of unity between free nations; and future history and legacy of leaders. Typescript.

Dates: 09 Feb 1954
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Dec 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/22B/302-352
Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's speech (10 December, House of Commons) on foreign affairs including: the partition of Ireland and imperial preference; relations with the United States; the achievements of General Dwight Eisenhower; government policy regarding Germany and assistance to the people of Berlin; the progress of European integration; affairs in Palestine and Spain; and the likelihood of war with the Soviet Union.Typescript speaking notes laid out in "psalm style" to aid delivery with...
Dates: 10 Dec 1948
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Sep 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/68A/84-89
Scope and Contents Copy of a letter from WSC (Hotel du Roy Rene, Aix-en-Provence, [France]) to Anthony [Eden, later 1st Lord Avon] marked "private and confidential" on subjects including: the grave situation in Hyderabad and the need for the Conservative Party to condemn the actions of the government of India; the possibility of German field-marshals being brought to trial; improving relations with the German people and the occupation of Berlin; possible pressure from the Soviet Union concerning war crimes...
Dates: 12 Sep 1948
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Vienna, Berlin, Paris, London: Growing up in interesting times, 2000-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MISC 73
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Autobiography of [Frederick] Gerard Friedlander [Friedrich Gerhart Friedlander], 1917-35, on his early life, and his mother Ruth Fischer, founder of the Austrian Communist Party, a prominent member of the German Communist Party, and a member of the "left" or Trotskyite opposition to Stalin in the Soviet Union.

Dates: 2000-06
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Some material within the collection is closed to researchers.
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Visit to Berlin, 1959-04-06 - 1959-04-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 5/3
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Album on CS’s visit to Germany as Secretary of State for War, to see British armed forces.

Dates: 1959-04-06 - 1959-04-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Visit to Essen, Germany, 1998-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 21/18
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Schedule, briefings and notes for NK’s opening of a traffic control centre.

Dates: 1998-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Visit to West Germany [later part of Germany], 1985-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 19/2/21
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Programme and briefing on defence policy, including papers and press cuttings on the summit on arms control between the United States and Soviet Union at Geneva [Switzerland], 1985 and papers and press cuttings on the German Social Democratic Party, mainly relating to European defence policy. Also includes a programme for a visit to Sweden for a European conference, and arrangements for a meeting with Bill Keys, Chairman of the Trade Union Co-Ordinating Committee.

Dates: 1985-11
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Visits, 1986-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 19/2/27
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Includes: German press cuttings of NK’s visit to Berlin [Germany]; arrangements and briefing for NK’s meeting with Allan Boesak, South African United Democratic Front; notes on a request for sponsorship from "Jarrow 86".

Dates: 1986-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Visits and meetings, 1991-05 - 1991-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 19/2/124
Scope and Contents Briefings and arrangements for visits and meetings, including: meeting with midwives, Royal College of Midwives Trust, to mark the first International Day of the Midwife, including correspondence with Ruth Ashton, General Secretary of the Trust; a dinner at the Italian embassy; meeting with Felipe Gonzalez, Prime Minister of Spain, including a briefing on the current state of the European Intergovernmental conferences on economic and political union; visits to Bonn, Germany (May and...
Dates: 1991-05 - 1991-06
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.