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Found in 1120 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 20 Oct 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/20/43-57
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to President [Franklin Roosevelt] outlining various plans and proposals concerning: attacking the German and Italian armies in Libya; French North Africa; Norway; British contributions to the Soviet war effort; defending Great Britain from a possible German invasion; placing United States forces in Northern Ireland [Ulster]; the command structure in the Middle East and the roles of the Air Force and Navy; the effect of victory in Libya on Italy and Turkey; landing tanks; the...
Dates: 20 Oct 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Mar 1941 - 16 Mar 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/31A/11-12
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Note from "J M" [John Martin, Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to WSC attaching a press summary of the article appearing in Liberty magazine dated 11 March: "The Duke of Windsor [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales and King Edward VIII, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bahamas] talks of War and Peace".

Dates: 11 Mar 1941 - 16 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 16 Mar 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/31A/13
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Newspaper cutting from the Sunday Dispatch reporting the Duke of Windsor's [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales and King Edward VIII, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bahamas] interview in Liberty magazine.

Dates: 16 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 19 Mar 1941 - 22 Mar 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/31A/49-50
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Telegram from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] (Washington) to the Foreign Office giving extracts from the Duke of Windsor's [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales, and King Edward VIII, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bahamas] interview [with Fulton Ousler] in Liberty magazine. Copy preceded by Foreign Office request.

Dates: 19 Mar 1941 - 22 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 01 Oct 1941 - 31 Oct 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/36/10
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, October 1941.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; Colonels Leslie Hollis and Ian Jacob [Military Assistant Secretaries to the War Cabinet]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; 1st Lord Cherwell [earlier F A Lindemann, Prime Minister's...
Dates: 01 Oct 1941 - 31 Oct 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Apr 1942 - 30 Apr 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/67/3
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, April 1942.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff.Subjects covered by the minutes include: the Japanese threat to the Falkland Islands; discussion of operation "Ironclad" [code name for British occupation of Diego Suarez, Madagascar]; the British naval...
Dates: 01 Apr 1942 - 30 Apr 1942
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Nov 1942 - 30 Nov 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/67/9
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, November 1942.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: Desmond Morton [Prime Minister's Personal Assistant]; Colonel Ian Jacob [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; the Chiefs of Staff; senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War...
Dates: 01 Nov 1942 - 30 Nov 1942
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Dec 1942 - 31 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/67/10
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, December 1942.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff; Director of Movements [War Office, General Noel Holmes]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; Colonel Ian Jacob [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet]; Chief Whip [James Stuart].Subjects covered by the minutes include:...
Dates: 01 Dec 1942 - 31 Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Aug 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/44/56-57
Scope and Contents Minute from Rear-Admiral Henry Oliver, Director of the Intelligence Division, Admiralty, to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on the case of Friedrich von Bulow, representative of the Krupp Works in Britain, who had been arrested on a charge of espionage and had appealed to WSC to be allowed to return to Germany [see CHAR 13/44/2]. Oliver states that Krupps maintained a system of espionage and that von Bulow was implicated in it, or knew about it; also that he had consulted Major Vernon Kell...
Dates: 18 Aug 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Feb 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/47/3
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Admiralty intercepted message, giving a German official communique declaring the waters around Great Britain and Ireland a war region, and warning that hostile merchant ships and possibly neutrals would be attacked.

Dates: 04 Feb 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Nov 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2A/67-68
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Letter from WSC to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, Foreign Secretary] on the wording of proposed peace conditions with Germany. [carbon].

Dates: 01 Nov 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 21 Nov 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2B/120-124
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Letter from [1st] Lord Vansittart [Chief Diplomatic Adviser to Foreign Secretary] to WSC, enclosing copy of letter to Sir Kingsley Wood, Secretary of State for Air, containing information from a private source on German air and naval capabilities; with letter of thanks from WSC to Vansittart.

Dates: 21 Nov 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 25 Nov 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2B/130-131
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Letter from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin], Foreign Secretary, to WSC on German and Soviet intentions towards Scandinavia.

Dates: 25 Nov 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), [1939] - [1940]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2B/209
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Notes by WSC on the possibility of bringing in all of the Balkan states against Germany, and a possible treaty with Turkey. [manuscript].

Dates: [1939] - [1940]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 10 Sep 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2C/239-248
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Letter from WSC to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with thoughts on future action relating to Germany, advising against immediate bombing raids, commenting on supplies of artillery and munitions, and offering suggestions for the development of the Navy and Army. [carbon, with manuscript annotations by WSC].

Dates: 10 Sep 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 15 Sep 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2C/255-259
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Letter from WSC to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, speculating on German plans for the winter regarding the Balkans and the East; urging preparations to be made in Western Europe. [carbon with manuscript annotations by WSC].

Dates: 15 Sep 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 06 Jul 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/256/21
Scope and Contents Letter from Katharine, Duchess of Atholl, Elm Park Gardens, London SW10 to WSC, sending extract from article by Douglas Jerrold in the "English Review". Commenting on recent visit to France, where most people seemed to think that unless Britain was prepared to help Czechosovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia] with military action it would be difficult to ensure peace. Stating that they were more worried about Czechoslovakia than Austria as they thought that Hitler would deal with...
Dates: 06 Jul 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Jul 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/256/77-78
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to Andre Corbin, French Ambassador to Britain, commenting that the great bulk of the Conservative Party were "inclined to cheer the so-called Spamnish rebels". That if France sent military support to the present Spanish Government, and the Germans and Italians supported the other side the dominent forces in Britain would be pleased with Germany and Italy and estranged from France. Stating that he was sure that absolutely rigid neutrality was the only correct and safe...
Dates: 31 Jul 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Aug 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/257/5
Scope and Contents Letter from Major-General Sir Hugh Tudor, St John's Newfoundland, Canada to WSC, on the European situation. Commenting that Britain should make a strong western pact with France and Germany, and allow Germany to "settle" the Soviet Union and Bolshevism "in her own way". Stating that Germany would eventually be stronger after defeating Russia, and it would take years before her to be in a position to make war again. "Russia deserves what is coming to her as she will never stop undermining...
Dates: 04 Aug 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Aug 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/257/27
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Letter from WSC to Anthony Eden, (later Lord Avon), on the Spanish Civil War. Commenting on the importance of France remaining strictly neutral even if Germany and Italy continued to support the rebels and the Soviet Union to send money to the Government. Stating that if the French Government took sides against the rebels it would be a "god send to the Germans and the pro-Germans" [carbon].

Dates: 07 Aug 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Aug 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/257/47
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Letter from WSC to Major-General Sir Hugh Tudor, thanks for letter on the European political situation. Commenting that a strong and growing section of Conservative opinion agreed with Tudor that Britain should form a strong Western Alliance with France and Germany, leaving Germany free to deal with the Soviet Union [carbon].

Dates: 16 Aug 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Aug 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/257/67-68
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Letter from Katherine, Duchess of Atholl, Eastwold, Dunkeld to WSC, on serious blindness in the City of London regarding Germany. Suggesting that WSC should give a speech there.

Dates: 17 Aug 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Aug 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/257/121
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Picture postcard from Ava Wigram (later Ava Anderson and Lady Waverley), Frankfurt, Germany to WSC, showing the autobahns. Commenting that these roads were everywhere in Germany, and were ideal for troop movements.

Dates: 31 Aug 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Sep 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/258/15-16
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Letter from Ava Wigram (later Ava Anderson and Lady Waverley), Pantiles, Seaford to WSC, hoping to meet during his visit to Paris. Also commenting on recent holiday in Germany.

Dates: 08 Sep 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Oct 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/259/71-75
Scope and Contents Letter from Desmond Morton, Crockham Hill, Kent to WSC, stating that the Civil Service proposed to give him a permanent post after 17 years "temporary Service", so that he could eventually draw a pension, and that he had named WSC as a referee. Also commenting on the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, reporting that the opinion of the Carlton Club was that SB was not going until "Death or the Coronation". Also that there was "trouble brewing aboun Anthony Eden (later Lord Avon), Foreign...
Dates: 16 Oct 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open