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Found in 1105 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 12 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/221/19-20
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Telegram from President Harry Truman to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" explaining why he is unable to delay the withdrawal of American troops from the Soviet zone of Germany; and proposing to send a message to Marshal Stalin advocating that this withdrawal begins on June 21 but also emphasising the need for the Soviet Union to settle the matters of the occupation of Berlin [Germany] and Austria.

Dates: 12 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/221/21
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Telegram from Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery [Commander 21st Army Group] to WSC marked "Top Secret" and "Personal" commenting on conditions in occupied Germany: the agricultural position, the general food situation, coal production, and discharging prisoners of war.

Dates: 11 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/253/1
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Biennial report by the Chief of Staff of United States Army, General George Marshall, to the Secretary of War [Henry Stimson], 1 July 1943 to 30 June 1945, dated 1 September 1945, with sections on the victory in Europe, victory over Japan, occupied territories, weapons, troops, and a supplement "Atlas of the World Battle Fronts in semi-monthly phases" to 15 August 1945. In a presentation binding for WSC.

Dates: 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Jan 1944 - 24 Nov 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/254/1
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First report of the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces, General [Henry] Arnold, to the Secretary of War [Henry Stimson], dated 4 January 1944, with sections entitled "Before Pearl Harbor", "Building an Air Force", "Combat Operations", and "The Men". In a presentation binding with an annotated dedication to WSC from Arnold dated 24 November 1945.

Dates: 04 Jan 1944 - 24 Nov 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Feb 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/254/2
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Second report of the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces, General [Henry] Arnold, to the Secretary of War [Henry Stimson] with sections on the air war against Germany and Japan, research, development, and welfare, and a conclusion. In a presentation binding for WSC.

Dates: 27 Feb 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Nov 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/254/3
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Third report of the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces, General [Henry] Arnold, to the Secretary of War [Robert Patterson] with sections on the war in Europe and the Pacific and "Air Power and the Future". In a presentation binding for WSC.

Dates: 12 Nov 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/256/2-61
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Series of photographs of the Western Front as plotted in the Defence Map Room, with dates from 3 March to 4 May 1945. Reproduced by the Air Ministry Photographic Reproductions Branch.

Dates: 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Sep 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/257/24
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Telegram from WSC [Quebec, Canada] to [Brendan] Bracken [Minister of Information] marked "From: Octagon" and "Gunfire No. 195" and "Personal and Secret" suggesting he use Aix-la-Chapelle instead of Aachen [Germany] in a statement. [Copy].

Dates: 16 Sep 1944
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Sep 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/257/27
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Telegram from WSC [Quebec, Canada] to Deputy Prime Minister [Clement Attlee], Chancellor of the Exchequer [Sir John Anderson, later 1st Lord Waverley], and War Cabinet marked "From: Octagon" and "Gunfire No. 169" referring to his preceding telegram [see CHAR 20/257/29-30] and repeating an agreed record of a conversation between him and President [Franklin Roosevelt] on dismantling German industry in the Ruhr and Saar. [Copy].

Dates: 15 Sep 1944
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Sep 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/257/32-33
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Telegram from WSC [Quebec, Canada] to Deputy Prime Minister [Clement Attlee], Chancellor of the Exchequer [Sir John Anderson, later 1st Lord Waverley], and War Cabinet marked "From: Octagon" and "Gunfire No. 166" and "Personal and Top Secret" on discussions with the United States on "munition and non-munition supplies", dismantling German industries, plans for the war in the Far East, and proposals for Italy. [Copy].

Dates: 15 Sep 1944
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/222/41
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Telegram from WSC to Commander in Chief, British Army of Occupation [Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery] marked "Top Secret and Personal" stating that no German research and development establishments should be destroyed.

Dates: 14 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/116
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Telegram from WSC to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador in the United States] marked "Personal and Top Secret" passing on a message for Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later Lord Avon] entirely agreeing with two of his telegrams [on an account of a talk with Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet Union Foreign Minister, and the French zone of occupation in Germany]; and thanking him for his references to CSC. Copy.

Dates: 22 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 07 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/218/20-21
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Telegram from Duff Cooper [later Lord Norwich, British Ambassador to France] to WSC marked "Personal" reporting on French policy towards the Levant States [Syria and the Lebanon]; that General de Gaulle [President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic] regretted Britain moving an extra division into the Lebanon; and was in a bad mood when he drafted his reply to WSC because he had heard that the French zone of occupation in Germany would not include Cologne. Copy.

Dates: 07 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 07 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/218/24
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Telegram from Marshal Stalin to WSC marked "Personal and Secret" requesting the postponement of the announcement of the German surrender until 9 May because of continued German resistance on the Eastern front. Copy.

Dates: 07 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), [08] [May] [1945]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/218/27
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Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal and Secret" stating that he will not be able to delay his announcement of the German surrender until 9 May, despite continued resistance by certain groups [on the Eastern front]. Copy.

Dates: [08] [May] [1945]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 08 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/218/28
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Telegram from President Harry Truman to WSC congratulating him and the British forces and people on the defeat of Germany. Copy.

Dates: 08 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 24 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/216/27-28
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Telegram from WSC to President Harry Truman marked "Personal and Top Secret" suggesting an alternative to Truman's message to Marshal Stalin on the zones of occupation in Germany and Austria; and detailing arrangements for occupation before and after Germany is finally defeated.

Dates: 24 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/216/33
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Telegram from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador in the United States] to WSC marked "Top Secret and Personal" reporting discussions between Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson [Representative of the British Chiefs of Staff in Washington, United States] and General George Marshall [Chief of Staff United States Army] on the French zone of occupation in Germany. Copy.

Dates: 24 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/216/35
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Telegram from WSC to Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later Lord Avon, in the United States] marked "Top Secret" asserting that President Harry Truman's suggested draft message to Marshal Stalin on zones of occupation in Germany and Austria makes no arrangements about the food question and is "obscure". Copy.

Dates: 24 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 10 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/218/80
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Telegram from Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later Lord Avon] (San Francisco [United States]) to WSC reporting that the United States Government want clarification of WSC's views on the control machinery and zones of occupation in Germany.

Dates: 10 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 11 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/218/86-88
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to President Harry Truman marked "Personal and Top Secret" repeating the text of a telegram [from WSC to Anthony Eden, later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] arguing that the Polish deadlock can only be resolved at a conference between the three Heads of Government [Marshal Stalin, President Harry Truman and WSC] in "some unshattered town in Germany"; that prior to that they should not alter their position; speculating on the future influence of the Soviet Union in Eastern and...
Dates: 11 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 11 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/218/96
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Telegram from Ralph Stevenson [British Ambassador to Yugoslavia, later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia] to WSC repeating a "personal" message from Marshal Tito [Premier of Yugoslavia] to WSC congratulating him on victory over Germany. Copy.

Dates: 11 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 14 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/219/41-43
Scope and Contents Telegram from Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] (Washington [United States]) reporting a talk with Henry Stimson [Secretary of War, United States] on a "special subject" [the atomic bomb]; and with Stimson, General George Marshall [Chief of Staff United States Army] and John McCloy [Assistant Secretary of War] on the withdrawal of United States forces from Europe, Marshall emphasising the limited nature of such withdrawal in the next few months; the retreat of Anglo-American...
Dates: 14 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 14 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/221/27-28
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Telegram from WSC to President Harry Truman marked "Personal and Top Secret" agreeing to issue instructions [for the withdrawal of troops from the Soviet zone of Germany]; but suggesting altering Truman's proposed message to Marshal Stalin on the matter to advocate that the establishment of the Allied Commission and the withdrawal of Russian troops in Austria take place simultaneously.

Dates: 14 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/221/32
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Telegram from President Harry Truman to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" giving the text of his revised message to Marshal Stalin on arrangements for the withdrawal of allied and Soviet troops to agreed zones of occupation in Germany and Austria.

Dates: 14 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open