Broadcasting
Found in 506 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 06 Jul 1942
Telegram from WSC to John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] marked "secret and personal" thanking him for his personal concern about the broadcast criticising the Middle East Command which was not heard in the United Kingdom.
(Untitled), 07 Jul 1942
(Untitled), 07 Oct 1942
Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and most secret" informing him that he is sending him three telegrams [see CHAR 20/81/13-16] about "Aspidistra" [codename for powerful British radio transmitter] and asking whether Roosevelt likes the idea of preparing one or more records.
(Untitled), 07 Oct 1942
Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and most secret" outlining how "Aspidistra" (powerful British radio transmitter) will be used to assist "Torch" [codename for allied occupation of French north-west Africa] by disseminating political information to the maximum listening public in France and North Africa.
(Untitled), 07 Oct 1942
Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and most secret" describing what type of records should be made for use with "Aspidistra" (powerful British radio transmitter) to assist "Torch" [codename for allied occupation of French north-west Africa].
(Untitled), 07 Oct 1942
Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and most secret" requesting immediate priority be given to the supply of six tubes required as essential spares for "Aspidistra" (powerful British radio transmitter) to assist "Torch" [codename for allied occupation of French north-west Africa].
(Untitled), 09 Oct 1942
Telegram from Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] to WSC marked "personal and most secret" informing him that the tubes he has requested [for use in powerful British radio transmitter "Aspidistra"] are obsolescent and suggesting alternatives.
(Untitled), 09 Oct 1942
Telegram from WSC to Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] marked "personal and secret" stating that they were unaware that the tubes [for use in "Aspidistra", British radio transmitter] were no longer being manufactured and asking Hopkins to get in touch with Professor Bayly at the Office of Strategic Services in New York.
(Untitled), 10 Oct 1942
Telegram from Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] to WSC informing him that he expects to have three new and three used tubes [for use in "Aspidistra", British radio transmitter] by 13 Oct which he will forward by the first available air transport to Brendan Bracken [Minister of Information].
(Untitled), 10 Oct 1942
Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "most secret" informing WSC that he is making a radio disc [for broadcast by "Aspidistra", British radio transmitter] and stating that "while your French grammar is better than mine my accent is most alluring".
(Untitled), 09 Oct 1942
(Untitled), 27 Oct 1939
Letter from WSC to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain on communication between Cabinet Ministers and the Press, particularly relating to consultation with the Lord Privy Seal [Sir Samuel Hoare, later 1st Lord Templewood] prior to broadcasting. [carbon].
(Untitled), 11 Jan 1940
Printed note by WSC for the War Cabinet on broadcasting of shipping losses.
(Untitled), 26 Apr 1940
Typed memorandum by WSC for the War Cabinet on publication of shipping losses.
(Untitled), 16 Dec 1939
Typed memorandum from WSC with specimens of "cheerful chats" about Naval matters for BBC broadcasting; to give details of the day's casualties and the fate of ships Germaine, Ragni, HC Flood, Ursus, Atheltemplar and Inverlaine.
(Untitled), 20 Dec 1939
Printed note from WSC, with enclosures on Admiralty advice to the BBC on broadcasting of shipping losses.
(Untitled), 12 Mar 1941
Letter from WSC to Sir Walter Citrine [General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress and President of the International Federation of Trade Unions] informing him that it was not desirable to have land mines with parachute attachments discussed in the press; censors have kept them secret to avoid giving Germany a huge advantage.
(Untitled), 30 Mar 1941
Letter from WSC to Major David Davies [Deputy Editor, News of the World] on a misleading article, entitled "With plenty of bombs we shall smash Berlin" [Germany] about WSC's most recent broadcast [9 February 1941 "Give us the tools"].
(Untitled), [Nov 1941]
Letter from 1st Lord Beaverbrook [? Minister of Supply, earlier Max Aitken] to WSC on a recent broadcast he feels won over United States opinion.
(Untitled), 06 Mar 1941
Letter from Sir Walter Citrine, General Secretary, Trades Union Congress and [President of the International Federation of Trade Unions], to Anthony Bevir, Private Secretary to WSC, protesting at censorship of his proposed broadcast to the United States and Canada on the indiscriminate character of German bombing; with a note by Bevir.
(Untitled), 11 Oct 1941
Correspondence between Basil Nicolls (BBC, Broadcasting House, London) John Colville [Private Secretary to WSC], and Francis Brown [Assistant Private Secretary to WSC] proposing a programme on the Battle of Blenheim [Germany], based on WSC's book ["Marlborough: His Life and Times"]; permission for broadcast granted; with copy of script by Cyril Roberts.
(Untitled), 16 Dec 1940 - 22 Feb 1941
(Untitled), 24 Feb 1941 - 06 Mar 1941
(Untitled), 03 Mar 1941 - 15 Mar 1941
Correspondence between Prime Minister's Office and Alfred Clark, Chairman, the Gramophone Company Limited (Hayes, Middlesex) on the issue of further gramophone records of WSC's speeches. Includes note and carbon of letter from Anthony Bevir, Prime Minister's Private Secretary, along with details of the broadcasts to be included.
(Untitled), 01 Sep 1941
Letters from Alfred Clark, Chairman, the Gramophone Company Limited, (Hayes, Middlesex) to Anthony Bevir [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] and WSC (10 Downing Street) on issuing an album of WSC's speeches (27 April, 22 June, and 24 August), asking WSC for suggested titles. Signed typescript with details of the album and preceded by file note, annotated by individuals including WSC and Leonard Smith.