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Found in 1120 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 10 Nov 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/260/68-70
Scope and Contents Letter from Ivan Maisky, Soviet Ambassador to Britain, commenting on WSC's speech in Foreign Affairs debate in the House of Commons, rejecting the claim that the Soviet Union was primarily responsible for the outbreak of civil war in Spain. Stating that the German and Italian governments had set to work to foster anti-republican propaganda, and to prepare military rebellion against the republican Government, and that it would be truer to say that German propaganda and intrigue was largely...
Dates: 10 Nov 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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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 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), 21 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/87
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Telegram from Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later Lord Avon] (Washington [United States]) to WSC agreeing with his misgivings concerning the proposed boundaries of the French zone of occupation in Germany and its effect on railway links; and suggesting possible amendments. Copy.

Dates: 21 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/98
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Telegram from Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later Lord Avon] (Washington [United States]) to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that Edward Stettinius [Secretary of State, United States] has agreed that it is undesirable for the French zone of occupation in Germany to abut on the Russian zone. Copy.

Dates: 22 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: 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), 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), 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), 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
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(Untitled), 18 Apr 1945 - 19 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/25
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Telegram from WSC to Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] (Washington [United States]) marked "Personal and Top Secret" arguing for the boundaries of the French zone of occupation in Germany to be drawn "so as to ensure a wide corridor between the boundaries of France and Russia" and so that railway communication can run directly from the British to the United States zone. Despatched on 19 April.

Dates: 18 Apr 1945 - 19 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Apr 1945 - 19 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/27
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Telegram from WSC to Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] (Washington [United States]) marked "Personal and Top Secret" informing him of the latest plans for Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery [Commander 21st Army Group] to take Lubeck [Germany]; the advance to Linz [Austria]; and for the Americans to take the region south of Stuttgart [Germany] where the main German "TA" [Tube Alloy, the atomic bomb] research is concentrated. Despatched on 19 April.

Dates: 18 Apr 1945 - 19 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/42-43
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Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" giving the draft text of the message he proposes to issue following the meeting of the Anglo-American and Soviet Armies in Germany.

Dates: 19 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), 07 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/218/9
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Telegram from President Harry Truman to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that he will announce [the] surrender [of Germany] at 9 am Washington [United States] time on 8 May as recommended by General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army].

Dates: 07 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.