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Found in 1120 Collections and/or Records:

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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
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(Untitled), 15 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/221/36
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Telegram from WSC to President Harry Truman marked "Personal and Top Secret" repeating the text of a telegram from him to Marshal Stalin, supporting Truman's message on arrangements for the withdrawal of allied and Soviet troops to agreed zones of occupation in Germany and Austria.

Dates: 15 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [15] [Jun] [1945]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/221/37
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Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin supporting President Harry Truman's message on arrangements for the withdrawal of allied and Soviet troops to agreed zones of occupation in Germany and Austria. [Carbon copy].

Dates: [15] [Jun] [1945]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/221/72-73
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Telegram from Marshal Stalin to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" proposing to postpone the withdrawal of allied and Soviet troops to agreed zones of occupation in Germany and Austria until 1 July; and suggesting they establish the French zones.

Dates: 18 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/221/74
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Telegram from President Harry Truman to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" repeating the text of a message from him to Marshal Stalin agreeing to begin the movement of allied and Soviet troops to their agreed zones of occupation in Germany and Austria on 1 July.

Dates: 18 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: 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), 31 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/220/31
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Telegram from WSC to General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] marked "Personal and Top Secret" sending him the text of a minute appealing for the order to arrest all members of the Reich Food Estate to be cancelled in order to assist German food production in the following year.

Dates: 31 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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(Untitled), 01 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/220/47
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Telegram from General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] to WSC marked "Personal" assuring him that he is aware of possible difficulties involving the removal of Nazi Party members from the German civil service, but [in response to WSC's particular concern] stating that only top officials in the Reich Food Estate should be affected.

Dates: 01 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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(Untitled), 04 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/220/78
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Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery [Commander 21st Army Group] marked "Top Secret" and "Guard" and "personal and secret, private and confidential" commenting on the "winter prospect in Germany", and expressing his dislike of seeing German admirals and generals "being made to stand with their hands above their heads".

Dates: 04 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 05 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/220/87
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Telegram from Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery [Commander 21st Army Group] to WSC marked "Top Secret", "Guard" and "personal and private" commenting on the situation in occupied Germany: suggesting that British policy concerning the German population, particularly regarding fraternisation with troops, needs to be reviewed, and pointing to communist activity in the British zone.

Dates: 05 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/221/107-109
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Telegram from President Harry Truman to WSC on increasing French, Belgian, and particularly, German coal production, to prevent mass unrest in western Europe that winter.

Dates: 24 Jun 1945
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), 23 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/216/16-17
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Telegram from President Truman to WSC suggesting the text for a message he intends to send to Marshal Stalin on the procedure for the occupation by their respective armies of the zones they will occupy in Germany and Austria, emphasising the need to come to an agreement on the zones for Austria. Annotated.

Dates: 23 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 20/216/27-28
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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), 26 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/216/54-55
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Telegram from President Harry Truman to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that any agreement entered into regarding withdrawal to the designated post hostility zones of occupation in Germany and Austria should be tripartite; and therefore suggesting WSC send an amended version of his proposed message to Marshal Stalin on arrangements for occupation before and after Germany is finally defeated.

Dates: 26 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/216/63-64
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Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal and Top Secret" suggesting arrangements for the occupation of Germany and Austria before and after Germany is finally defeated. Carbon copy.

Dates: 27 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/216/65-66
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Telegram from WSC to President Harry Truman marked "Personal and Top Secret" repeating the text of the message he has sent to Marshal Stalin at Truman's request on arrangements for the occupation of Germany and Austria before and after Germany is finally defeated; and commenting that Stalin is pleased at the way they informed him about Heinrich Himmler's [Head of the SS] offer [to surrender in Western Europe while continuing the war against the Soviet Union]. Carbon copy.

Dates: 27 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/216/79
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Telegram from President Harry Truman to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that he has sent a message to Marshal Stalin fully agreeing with WSC's message to Stalin on the procedure for the occupation by the Allied armies of their zones in Germany and Austria.

Dates: 27 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/216/87
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Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal and Top Secret" asking him to send instructions to his representative on the European Advisory Commission to help settle the final text of a Declaration to be issued recording the defeat and unconditional surrender of Germany. Carbon copy.

Dates: 28 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/217/12
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Telegram from Marshal Stalin to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that he has no objection to WSC's proposal to issue a declaration recording the defeat and unconditional surrender of Germany in case there is no central German authority to do so; and that instructions have been sent to the Soviet representative on the European Advisory Commission accordingly.

Dates: 30 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 03 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/217/66
Scope and Contents Telegram from Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery [Commander 21st Army Group] to WSC marked "Top Secret" reporting that General Gunther Blumentritt has not begun negotiations [to surrendered his troops]; but that a "very high power delegation from Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel [Chief of the High Command of the Armed Forces]" has arrived at Montgomery's HQ and that he hopes to obtain the unconditional surrender of all German forces in Holland [the Netherlands], Friesland, Heligoland,...
Dates: 03 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 04 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/217/67-68
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] (San Francisco [United States]) marked "Personal and Top Secret" 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 Central Europe; and suggesting that...
Dates: 04 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/22-23
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Telegram from WSC to President Harry Truman marked "Personal and Top Secret" setting out the procedure for the meeting of the United States and British Armies, and Soviet forces; and commenting on possible developments in the Allied zones of occupation in Germany with regard to the control structure and food distribution.

Dates: 18 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open