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(Untitled), 20 Mar 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/31A/33-38
Scope and Contents Letters from "E A S" [Eric Seal, Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary] to [1st] Lord Moyne [earlier Walter Guinness, Secretary of States for the Colonies] and Sir Alexander Hardinge [Private Secretary to King George VI] enclosing WSC's draft reply to the Duke of Windsor [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales, and King Edward VIII, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bahamas] on matters including Anglo-American relations and Windsor's comments in Liberty magazine not being HM Government...
Dates: 20 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 20 Mar 1941 - 21 Mar 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/31A/43-44
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Telegram from Secretary of States for the Colonies [1st Lord Moyne, earlier Walter Guinness] to the Duke of Windsor [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales, and King Edward VIII, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bahamas] passing on a message from WSC on matters including Anglo-American relations and Windsor's comments in Liberty magazine not being HM Government policy. Copy with complements slip.

Dates: 20 Mar 1941 - 21 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), 27 Mar 1941 - 28 Mar 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/31A/51-52
Scope and Contents Telegram from Edward [the Duke of Windsor, earlier Edward, Prince of Wales, and King Edward VIII], the Governor [and Commander in Chief of the] Bahamas, to WSC questioning [Lord] Halifax's [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] judgement of American public opinion and WSC's friendship, citing a telegram of 1 July 1940 [folio 52 is a copy], and commenting on Queen Elizabeth's reference in Life to the Duchess of Windsor [earlier Wallis Simpson] as "that...
Dates: 27 Mar 1941 - 28 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 31 Mar 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/31A/62
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Minute from "M" [1st Lord Moyne, earlier Walter Guinness, Secretary of State for the Colonies] to WSC on approaching [Colin] Davidson [Clerk to the House of Lords] to become the Duke of Windsor's [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales and King Edward VIII, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bahamas] Press representative and giving details of Sir Edward Peacock, the Duke's financial adviser. Typescript, annotated by WSC.

Dates: 31 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 22 Apr 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/31A/72-76
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Letter from [Christopher] Eastwood [Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Colonies] (Colonial Office) to [John] Colville [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] enclosing newspaper cuttings on the Duke of Windsor's [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales, and King Edward VIII, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bahamas] visit to Miami [United States]. Signed typescript preceded by file note and followed by the cuttings.

Dates: 22 Apr 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 29 May 1941 - 30 May 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/31A/78-80
Scope and Contents Letter from [Christopher] Eastwood [Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Colonies] (Colonial Office) to [John] Martin [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] enclosing a telegram from the Duke of Windsor [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales, and King Edward VIII, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bahamas] to WSC on a Press Attache, and a note on the history of the matter; suggesting no action is taken until Sir Walter Monckton [Director-General of Ministry of Information]...
Dates: 29 May 1941 - 30 May 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 06 Jun 1941 - 11 Jun 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/31A/82-83
Scope and Contents Letter from Christopher Eastwood [Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Colonies] (Colonial Office) to [Leslie] Rowan [Prime Minister Private Secretary] giving [1st] Lord Moyne's [earlier Walter Guinness, Secretary of State for the Colonies] view on replying to the Duke of Windsor's [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales, and King Edward VIII, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bahamas] request for a Press Attache, enclosing a draft. Signed typescript with draft telegram, which...
Dates: 06 Jun 1941 - 11 Jun 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 11 Jun 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/31A/84-85
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Minute from WSC to Secretary of State for the Colonies [1st Lord Moyne, earlier Walter Guinness] on a possible American publicist for the Duke of Windsor [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales, and King Edward VIII, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bahamas], suggesting they need "someone of sufficient character and standing" to dissuade the Duke from giving "unhelpful opinions". Carbon copy.

Dates: 11 Jun 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 21 Jul 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/31B/118
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Telegram from Secretary of State for the Colonies [1st Lord Moyne, earlier Walter Guinness] to Governor, Bahamas, [the Duke of Windsor, earlier Edward, Prince of Wales, and King Edward VIII] sending on a message from [Sir Walter] Monckton [Director-General of Ministry of Information] on finding the Duke a Press Attache, suggesting trying Rene McColl "as an experiment", and arrangements for the Duke's proposed visit to the United States and Canada. Copy.

Dates: 21 Jul 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 25 Jul 1941 - 26 Jul 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/31B/128
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Telegram from the Duke of Windsor [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales, and King Edward VIII], Governor [and Commander in Chief] of the Bahamas, to Secretary of State for the Colonies [1st Lord Moyne, earlier Walter Guinness], passing on a message to [Sir Walter] Monckton [Director-General of Ministry of Information] on matters including his preference for [Rene] McColl [as his Press Attache]. Despatched on 25 July and received 26 July. Carbon copy. [sent with CHAR 20/31B/130].

Dates: 25 Jul 1941 - 26 Jul 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 29 Jul 1941 - 31 Jul 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/31B/131-134
Scope and Contents Telegrams from [1st] Lord Moyne [earlier Walter Guinness], Secretary of State for the Colonies, [to Lord Halifax, earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States], and between the Duke of Windsor [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales, and King Edward VIII], Governor [and Commander in Chief] of the Bahamas and Sir Walter Monckton [Director-General of Ministry of Information] on: the Duke accepting [Rene] McColl as his Press Attache and speculation concerning [George]...
Dates: 29 Jul 1941 - 31 Jul 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 09 Sep 1941 - 10 Sep 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/31B/137
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Telegram from Sir [Ronald] Campbell [British Minister Plenipotentiary to Washington, United States] to [the Governor and Commander in Chief of] the Bahamas [the Duke of Windsor, earlier Edward, Prince of Wales, and King Edward VIII] suggesting policy towards the press for the Duke's visit to the United States. Despatched on 10 September. Copy sent on by the Foreign Office.

Dates: 09 Sep 1941 - 10 Sep 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 16 Sep 1941 - 20 Sep 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/31B/148-150
Scope and Contents Minute from [1st Lord] Moyne [earlier Walter Guinness, Secretary of State for the Colonies] (Colonial Office) to WSC on WSC's enquiry concerning an attached telegram from Sir [Ronald] Campbell [British Minister Plenipotentiary to Washington, United States] to the Governor [and Commander in Chief] of the Bahamas, the Duke of Windsor [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales, and King Edward VIII], giving advice on press matters for the Duke's visit to the United States and Canada: suggesting sending a...
Dates: 16 Sep 1941 - 20 Sep 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 21 Oct 1941 - 05 Nov 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/31B/164-168
Scope and Contents Letter from [Walter] Hankinson [Principal Secretary] (Office of High Commissioner for the United Kingdom, Earnscliffe, Ottawa [Canada]) on behalf of Sir Patrick Duff [Deputy High Commissioner in Canada] to Sir Eric Machtig [Under Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations] (Dominions Office) enclosing a note on Canadian Press reaction to the Duke of Windsor's [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales, and King Edward VIII, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bahamas] visit. Carbon copies sent...
Dates: 21 Oct 1941 - 05 Nov 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 27 Nov 1941 - 28 Nov 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/31B/172-173
Scope and Contents Letter from [Colin] Thornley, [Principal] Private Secretary [to Secretary of State for the Colonies], (Colonial Office) to [John] Martin [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] enclosing a copy of a telegram from the Duke of Windsor [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales, and King Edward VIII], Governor of the Bahamas, to WSC commenting on criticism of his visit to the United States by Alexander Sloan in the House of Commons and his views of the success of the trip and its reporting. Signed...
Dates: 27 Nov 1941 - 28 Nov 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 12 Mar 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/25/30-32
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Letter from WSC to Sir Walter Citrine [General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress and President of the International Federation of Trade Unions]: "We do not want to subject of land mines with parachute attachments discussed in the public press", if Citrine refers to them the Censor will be unable to maintain control.

Dates: 12 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Mar 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/25/37-40
Scope and Contents Memorandum from Sir Archibald Sinclair [Secretary of State for Air, later 1st Lord Thurso] to WSC on his censorship of Sir Walter Citrine [General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress and President of the International Federation of Trade Unions]: references were made to landmines on parachutes, of which one-third are duds; discussion in Press would alert the Germans into improving the device; suggests that Citrine is offended at not having received recognition for his broadcasts to the...
Dates: 31 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Jun 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/29A/79-82
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Letter from J Alfred Spender [author; former Editor of the Westminster Gazette] to WSC expressing concern over relations between the younger journalists in the National Press and the Government, quarrelling with the Ministry of Information. [Manuscript and typescript copy].

Dates: 18 Jun 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Jun 1941 - 23 Jun 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/29A/83-84
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Notes from George Steward [Government Chief Press Liaison Officer] and [1st Lord Beaverbrook], Minister of State, commenting that suggestions by J Alfred Spender [former Editor of the Westminster Gazette] [on relations between the younger journalists in the National Press and the Government] are out of date.

Dates: 19 Jun 1941 - 23 Jun 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 29 Jun 1941 - 03 Jul 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/29A/85-86
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Letter from WSC to J Alfred Spender thanking him for his letter; with note by John Martin [Private Secretary to WSC].

Dates: 29 Jun 1941 - 03 Jul 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Jul 1941 - Aug 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/29A/87-91
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Correspondence between Leslie Rowan [Private Secretary to WSC], WSC and the Ministry of Information, including Brendan Bracken [Minister of Information], discussing an appropriate response to J Alfred Spender [former Editor, Westminster Gazette] and how to deal with press issues raised by him.

Dates: 22 Jul 1941 - Aug 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Oct 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/31B/186-187
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Note from [Frances] Brown [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to WSC sending on a press cutting of an article by John Walters of the Sunday Pictorial entitled "Sneer Campaign Against Duke [of Windsor, earlier Edward, Prince of Wales, and King Edward VIII, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bahamas]".

Dates: 28 Oct 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 22 Apr 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/15/60-62
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Letter from WSC (Home Office) to King Edward VII describing events in the House of Commons including: debate of the Vote on Account; censure of Sir Robert Anderson for his articles in Blackwood's Magazine and the decision that he would not be deprived of his pension; and the uproar which followed a remark made by [James] Campbell.

Dates: 22 Apr 1910
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(Untitled), 01 Dec 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/1/41
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Letter from Lord Northcliffe [owner of the Times, earlier Alfred Harmsworth] to WSC, on the question of the suppression of news of naval movements in the newspapers, stating that it should be enforced tactfully but drastically, and that he was all for the most drastic censorship before and during war.

Dates: 01 Dec 1911
Conditions Governing Access: Open