Press
Found in 457 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 13 Sep 1911
Letter from [WSC] to Lord Northcliffe [earlier Sir Alfred Harmsworth] asking for the Times to report his speeches at Dundee [Angus, Scotland] in October as these are the only ones he is giving during the parliamentary recess. Praises the line taken by the Times and the Daily Mail [over the Agadir crisis in Morocco.] Typescript. Preceded by instruction to Edward Marsh to write the letter out.
(Untitled), 18 Sep 1911
(Untitled), 04 Jan 1911
Letter from John Gulland (12 Downing Street) to Mr Harris recommending that Macrae of the Free Trade paper the "Northern Weekly" should receive funding.
(Untitled), 06 Jun 1913
Letter from Lord Northcliffe (The Times) to WSC commenting on the reporting of the Marconi scandal and criticising the absence of [Lord Murray of Elibank, earlier Alexander Murray, the Master of Elibank]. Mentions the arrangements for his trip in a submarine. Initialled typescript.
(Untitled), 20 Nov 1941
Telegram from WSC to Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] requesting future releases to be made through London.
(Untitled), 23 Sep 1941
Telegram from Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] to WSC on censorship of his speech in Britain leading to distorted reporting.
(Untitled), 21 Feb 1942 - 26 Feb 1942
Note from Francis Brown [Private Secretary to WSC] to Randolph Churchill enclosing a War Cabinet report on foreign propaganda broadcasts: report includes undermining of WSC with a quote from Randolph Churchill on WSC keeping his money safely in the United States, and the suggestion that Sir Stafford Cripps, Lord Privy Seal, is a Bolshevist sympathiser and possible agent.
(Untitled), 04 Jan 1942 - 05 Jan 1942
(Untitled), 02 Jan 1942 - 28 Feb 1942
(Untitled), 01 Mar 1942 - 30 Mar 1942
(Untitled), 03 Jul 1942 - 28 Aug 1942
(Untitled), 02 Sep 1942 - 30 Sep 1942
(Untitled), 07 Oct 1941
Telegram from WSC to Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] on speculation in Daily Herald about a new campaign in the Libyan desert.
(Untitled), 08 Oct 1941
Telegram from Major-General Arthur Smith [? Chief of General Staff, Middle East] to WSC re article in Daily Herald; Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] wants publicity about strength in Middle East.
(Untitled), 09 Oct 1941
Telegram from Lord Halifax [British Ambassador to the United States, earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin] to WSC explaining that remarks made to the Press were to allay allegations about British attempts to provoke a expeditionary force from the United States.
(Untitled), 07 Jan 1941
Letter from WSC to Geoffrey Dawson [Editor of the Times] asking what he thinks should be done in the light of his recent leading article.
(Untitled), 05 Feb 1941
Letter from WSC to Cecil King [Director of the Daily Mirror] rebuking him for his newspaper's attempts to discredit the Government and create class disturbances: "it is no defence ... to say that your papers specialise in vitriolic writing. Indeed throwing vitriol is thought to be one of the worst of crimes".
(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]: "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.
(Untitled), 31 Mar 1941
(Untitled), 25 Jul 1941 - 26 Jul 1941
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].
(Untitled), 29 Jul 1941 - 31 Jul 1941
(Untitled), 09 Sep 1941 - 10 Sep 1941
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.