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Telegram from WSC to President Harry Truman marked "Personal and Secret" suggesting Truman, Marshal Stalin and he broadcast short messages to mark the link up of Soviet and Anglo-American forces in Germany.

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Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal and Secret" suggesting Stalin, President Harry Truman and he broadcast short messages to mark the link up of Soviet and Anglo-American forces in Germany.

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Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal and Top Secret" suggesting arrangements for the broadcasting of messages from Stalin, President Harry Truman and WSC [to mark the link up of Soviet and Anglo-American forces in Germany]; stating that he thinks the warning [to the Germans on their treatment of Allied prisoners of war] should be signed by the three of them; and that he is looking forward to the meeting between their Foreign Secretaries at Washington [United States].

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Telegram from WSC to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador in the United States] and Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] marked "Personal and Top Secret" requesting they arrange with President Harry Truman for the recording of his speech [to be broadcast when Soviet and Anglo-American forces link up in Germany] and the signing of a joint warning [to the Germans over their treatment of Allied prisoners of war]. Carbon copy.

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Telegram from WSC to President Truman marked "Personal and Top Secret" giving him the text of WSC's message to be broadcast when US and British forces, and Soviet forces link up in Germany; and detailing arrangements for the order and broadcast of the messages from Truman, Marshal Stalin and WSC.

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Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal and Top Secret" giving him the text of WSC's message to be broadcast when US and British forces, and Soviet forces link up in Germany; and detailing arrangements for the order and broadcast of the messages from Stalin, President Harry Truman and WSC.

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Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that President Harry Truman proposes to issue his statement [on the link-up of American and British forces and the Soviet Army] to the press and radio; that the Soviet authorities should agree with General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] as to an appropriate time for the release; and that a recording of WSC's message is being flown to Stalin.

Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to President Harry Truman marked "Personal and Top Secret" repeating WSC's "Personal and Top Secret" message to Marshal Stalin stating that Truman proposes to issue his statement [on the link-up of American and British forces and the Soviet Army] to the press and radio; that the Soviet authorities should agree with General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] as to an appropriate time for the release; and...

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Letter from Cecil Graves, BBC, Broadcasting House, London to WSC, asking if he would be willing to contribute to series on nationalism.

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Letter from Lord Stonehaven, Chairman, Conservative Party, Palace Chambers, Westminster, to WSC, enclosing letter from Ronald Norman, Chairman of the BBC, on allegation by Dornford Yates of anti-Government bias in election coverage.

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Letter from Dornford Yates [Major C W Mercer], Villa Maryland, Pau, France to WSC, complaining of anti-Government bias in BBC news bulletin on 12 Oct. Claiming that five comments were broadcast by Labour leaders (including George Lansbury, Clement Attlee and J R Clynes), "all these were hostile to the Government, some were venomous", with no reply from the Government.

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Letter from Seymour de Lotbiniere, General Talks Executive, BBC to WSC, on request from the National Broadcasting Company of America to broadcast his talk in the "India" series on 29 Jan.

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Letter from [Violet Pearman], Private Secretary to WSC to Seymour de Lotbiniere, General Talks Executive, BBC, agreeing to request from the National Broadcasting Company of America to broadcast WSC talk in the "India" series on 29 Jan [carbon].

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Letter from Henry Anderson, Cap d'Antibes, France to WSC, complaining that his BBC broadcast talk on India had been interrupted.

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Letter from J Beresford Clark, Empire Programme Director, BBC to the Private Secretary to WSC, giving explanation for the interruption to WSC's broadcast talk on India on 29 Jan.

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Letter from [Violet Pearman], Private Secretary to WSC, to Henry Anderson, Cap d'Antibes, France, giving explanation for interruption of BBC broadcast talk on India on 29 Jan [carbon].

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Letter from Alan Dawnay, BBC to WSC, asking if he would be willing to contribute to special programme on the Dardanelles Campaign.

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Letter from [Violet Pearman], Private Secretary to WSC to Alan Dawnay, BBC, regretting that WSC was unable to contribute to special programme on the Dardanelles Campaign [carbon].

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Letter from Alan Dawnay, BBC, Broadcasting House, London W1, to WSC, asking if he would be willing to contribute an impression of the chief characters in Parliament in 1905 for reminiscence programme "Scrapbook for 1905".

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Letter from Charles Siepmann, BBC, Broadcasting House, London W1 to WSC, asking if he would be willing to give a broadcast talk on Lord Birkenhead, as part of the series "I Knew a Man".

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Letter from WSC to Charles Siepmann, BBC, Broadcasting House, London W1, regretting that he was unable to give a broadcast talk on Lord Birkenhead, as part of the series "I Knew a Man" due to pressure of literary and political work [carbon].

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Letter from Charles Siepmann, BBC, Broadcasting House, London W1, to WSC, asking for appointment to discuss possible broadcast.

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Letter from Sir Louis Stuart, Honorary Secretary, Indian Empire Society, to WSC with congratulations on his broadcast speech of 30 January ["India: the Betrayal", arguing against Indian Home Rule].

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Letter from WSC to Clement Attlee [Deputy Prime Minister and Lord President of the council, Leader of the Labour Party] marked "private and confidential" informing him of his intention to tender his resignation to the King [George VI] at noon tomorrow, and referring to the need to settle the Dissolution Honours List and the question of broadcasts [carbon].

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Note from WSC to Private Office stating that "This" [referring to letter about Leslie Mitchell of British Movietone News] should be addressed to the new Minister of Information [Geoffrey Lloyd] and signed by WSC. [Typescript].