Germany
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Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1125 Collections and/or Records:
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Official: Cabinet: Dardanelles Committee: summary of events connected with World War I., 01 Aug 1915 - 30 Sep 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/50
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Printed booklet summarising foreign affairs particularly in Germany, Austria-Hungary and detailing events in the Eastern and Western theatres.
Dates:
01 Aug 1915 - 30 Sep 1915
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Open
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Official: Cabinet: Foreign affairs., 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/27
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Cabinet papers on various subjects including: the declaration of London and its effect on Great Britain's "belligerent rights" and neutral shipping; the Russian fishing zone; Japanese affairs including tariff negotiations, the treaty of commerce and navigation, and an alliance with Great Britain; bulletins from [James] Bryce [British ambassador to the United States] on tariff relations between Canada and the United States; budget arrangements in Austria, France, Germany, Italy and the United...
Dates:
1911
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Foreign Office prints., 10 Jan 1927 - 20 Dec 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/185
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Printed copies of correspondence from: Sir Austen Chamberlain to various representatives of the British Government on subjects including the breakdown of Anglo-Soviet relations (9); Sir Robert Hodgson [British Charge d'Affairs in the Soviet Union] on communism and the Soviet press (3); Sir Ronald Lindsay [British Ambassador to Germany] on subjects including reparations, German finance and communism (5); William Peters [Commercial Secretary to British Mission, Moscow] on affairs in the Soviet...
Dates:
10 Jan 1927 - 20 Dec 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Naval programme: notes., 04 Feb 1909 - 05 Nov 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/15
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Includes printed notes by WSC for the Cabinet on the financial position of Germany and its impact on naval building in Germany; on the naval estimates 1909-1910 and the need for protection against German naval armaments. Also includes a paper by Reginald McKenna [First Lord of the Admiralty] arguing for naval expansion and a paper on the Imperial Conference for Defence.
Dates:
04 Feb 1909 - 05 Nov 1909
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Naval programme: printed papers., 01 Dec 1909 - 01 Nov 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/20
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Printed Cabinet papers including: a memorandum by Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary] on naval building in Germany; memoranda by WSC on naval expenditure and the Mediterranean fleet; a memorandum by [Rear-Admiral Alexander] Bethell, [Director of Naval Intelligence] on the Mediterranean Fleet and papers on the establishment of a naval war staff.Also includes printed letters from Sir Edward Grey (4) on negotiations with Germany relating to the exchange of information about naval building and...
Dates:
01 Dec 1909 - 01 Nov 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 1 - 39., 27 Jul 1923 - 29 Jan 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/28
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Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: draft instructions for the British representative at the 25th session of the governing body of the International Labour Office; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on subjects including the export of arms to the Soviet Union, the Merchant Shipping (International Labour Conventions) Bill, the Anglo-German Treaty and British Seamen, the...
Dates:
27 Jul 1923 - 29 Jan 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 116 - 140., 18 Apr 1929 - 30 Apr 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/233
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on remuneration of civil servants, imperial preference regarding sugar, the French debt to the United States, reparations and Allied debts; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the trade outlook and economic situation including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade and on the protection of...
Dates:
18 Apr 1929 - 30 Apr 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 201 - 220., 23 Jun 1928 - 09 Jul 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/201
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir John Gilmour, Secretary of State for Scotland, on local government reform; [1st] Lord Peel, First Commissioner of Works, on Parliament Square [London]; Eric Maclagan, Director of the Victoria and Albert museum, on the treasure of the Guelphs; [Sir] Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on the industrial transference board and the transfer of unemployed miners; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for the Colonies, on...
Dates:
23 Jun 1928 - 09 Jul 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 241 - 270., 08 Apr 1925 - 27 May 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/37
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Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: Edward Wood [later Lord Irwin and Lord Halifax], Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, on the Diseases of Animals Bill; a draft of the Diseases of Animals Bill; 4th Lord Salisbury, [earlier Lord Cranborne] the Lord Privy Seal, on the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Bill; a draft of the Honours Bill; Lord Kilmarnock [later 22nd Lord Erroll] on the risks of anti-allied demonstrations during the Rhineland [Germany]...
Dates:
08 Apr 1925 - 27 May 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 261 - 275., 30 Jul 1928 - 26 Sep 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/204
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, and Sir John Gilmour, Secretary of State for Scotland, on Irish immigration; [Sir] William Mitchell-Thomson [later 1st Lord Selsdon] Postmaster General, on Western Highlands steamer services; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on currency in the Irish Free State [later Ireland]; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord...
Dates:
30 Jul 1928 - 26 Sep 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 271 - 300., 06 May 1925 - 25 Jun 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/38
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Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: a Foreign Office memorandum on the work of the League of Nations committee on sleeping sickness; Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on German proposals to France for a security pact; the report of the Colonial Office Financial Mission to Iraq; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the position of loyalists in the Irish Free State [later Ireland]; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip...
Dates:
06 May 1925 - 25 Jun 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 301 - 329., 20 Jun 1925 - 11 Jul 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/39
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Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir Francis Humphrys, British Minister Plenipotentiary at Kabul [Afghanistan] on the execution of an Italian subject in Kabul; 2nd Lord Lytton [Viceroy and Acting Governor- General of India] on the Italian reaction to the execution; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the unclaimed pay of native carriers from the East Africa campaign, and suppressing the Kuomintang in Malaya [later Malaysia]; Sir Philip...
Dates:
20 Jun 1925 - 11 Jul 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 325 - 339., 03 Sep 1926 - 28 Sep 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/101
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: notes of a meeting between ministers and representatives of the Mining Association; notes of correspondence between Sir Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Mines Department, Arthur Cook, Secretary of the Miners' Federation, and William Lee, Secretary of the Mining Association; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the Mining Association's agreement to consult its members on resuming negotiations for a...
Dates:
03 Sep 1926 - 28 Sep 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 381 - 400., 29 Jul 1925 - 12 Aug 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/42
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Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the Safeguarding of Industries (Gas Mantles), licenses for arms export, the future of the British Industries Fair, and the British Dyestuffs Corporation; the report of the Gas Mantle Committee; 1st Lord Balfour, Lord President of Council, on the use of the Severn Estuary for electricity production;...
Dates:
29 Jul 1925 - 12 Aug 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 400 - 415., 30 Nov 1928 - 02 Jan 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/210
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on coal amalgamations, the British industries fair and the trade outlook and economic situation including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade; [1st] Lord Peel, Secretary of State for India, on the Indian statutory commission and a rebellion in East Afghanistan; Leo Amery, Secretary of...
Dates:
30 Nov 1928 - 02 Jan 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 401 - 429., 24 Oct 1924 - 21 Oct 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/43
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Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: the Board of Trade Advisory Council's monthly review of the trade outlook; 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], Secretary of State for India, on the position at Canton [later Guangzhou, China]; Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on Turkey's position over the Iraq frontier, and the German attitude to security negotiations; Joseph Caillaux, the French Minister of Finance, on the French war debt to Britain; William...
Dates:
24 Oct 1924 - 21 Oct 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers and correspondence., 28 Jan 1920 - 24 Mar 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/2
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Correspondents include: Edwin Montagu [Secretary of State for India] on subjects including Constantinople [Istanbul, Turkey] (3); Sir Maurice Hankey [Secretary to the Cabinet] on why WSC was not kept fully informed about the San Remo [Italy] Conference.Also includes: the text of the "National Pact" as printed in the Proceedings of the Turkish Chamber of Deputies; a memorandum on the present causes of high prices by Charles McCurdy [Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Food]; notes on foreign...
Dates:
28 Jan 1920 - 24 Mar 1920
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Partition of Morocco: printed papers., 03 Jun 1911 - 31 May 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/30
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Includes printed telegrams on the situation in Morocco and the implications of Germany sending a gunboat to Agadir [Morocco] from: [Sir] Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary] (10) on various aspects including the possibility of France and Germany reaching an agreement over their claims in Morocco; [Francis] Bertie [British Ambassador to France] on German and French claims in the Congo [Africa] (9); Sir William Goschen [British ambassador to Germany] on negotiations with Germany (10); Sir Francis...
Dates:
03 Jun 1911 - 31 May 1912
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: printed papers on World War I., Jun 1916
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/39
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Cabinet papers by various individuals on various subjects including: WSC on the war situation including the Dardanelles; Walter Runciman [President of the Board of Trade] on food supplies to Germany and the effects on diminished exports; the effects of an air raid on London; national registration and military service; the supply of information to neutral countries; negotiations with the French; Sir William Max-Muller on the economic situation of Germany and Austria-Hungary; literary...
Dates:
Jun 1916
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: printed papers on World War I., Jul 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/40
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Printed papers on various subjects including: the situation in Bulgaria and other Balkan states and the effects of the Dardanelles expedition; trade with the United States and the possibility of declaring cotton contraband; the recruitment of coal miners; the economic situation in Germany and Austria-Hungary; a loan to Romania; retaliation policy against Germany; a draft bill relating to elections and registration; the blockade against Germany; the sinking of German submarine U23; a scheme...
Dates:
Jul 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: printed papers on World War I., Aug 1915 - Sep 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/41
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Printed papers by various individuals on various subjects including: the representation of India at the Imperial Conference; press summaries of affairs in various countries including Albania, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary and Russia; Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary] on the declaration of cotton as contraband, dealings with the United States, Portugal and the war, the leaking of information and an agreement with Sweden regarding contraband; Lord Lansdowne on naval and military war...
Dates:
Aug 1915 - Sep 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: printed papers on World War I., Oct 1915 - Nov 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/42
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Printed papers by various individuals on various subjects including: the national register; [Lord] Kitchener [Secretary of State for War], [Lord] Curzon of Kedleston [Lord Privy Seal] and Lord Crewe [earlier Lord Houghton and Robert Milnes] Secretary of State for India] on recruitment to the army; WSC on Gallipoli and the Dardanelles; a neutral press committee; WSC on trench mortar guns; Sir William Max-Muller on the economic situation of Germany and Austria-Hungary; the Dardanelles...
Dates:
Oct 1915 - Nov 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Treasury: Naval Programme Committee: various memoranda., 23 Oct 1927 - 21 Jan 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/176
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to WSC] on negotiations with the Admiralty over naval estimates; Alfred Le Maitre (2); Guildhaume Myrddin-Evans; and Sir Richard Hopkins [Controller of Finance and Supply Services] on subjects including the date of completion of Japanese cruisers (3).Includes notes and papers on various subjects including: naval ship-building; the future programme of naval construction; dockyard discharges; the current and future cruiser...
Dates:
23 Oct 1927 - 21 Jan 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Colonial Office: correspondence., 02 Jun 1907 - 30 Jun 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 10/26
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Correspondents include: 9th Lord Elgin and Kincardine [Secretary of State for the Colonies] on a variety of subjects and WSC's methods of annotating minutes and drafting despatches (5); James Ramsay Macdonald on the miners' strike in the Transvaal [South Africa]; Colonel Sir Percy Girouard, High Commissioner [of Protectorate of Northern Nigeria] on railways and administration; 4th Lord Onslow on a Colonel Harding; Sir Robert Bond [Premier and Colonial Secretary, Newfoundland, Canada] on...
Dates:
02 Jun 1907 - 30 Jun 1907
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Colonial Office: Correspondence., 14 Apr 1921 - 20 May 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 17/4
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Correspondents include: [1st Lord] Curzon of Kedleston [Lord President of the Council] on a subsidy to King Hussein of the Hejaz [Hijaz, Arabia]; Walter Long on the Petroleum Department; Edwin Montagu [Secretary of State for India] (3); General Sir Aylmer Haldane, Commander in Chief Mesopotamia [Iraq] on affairs in the country including evacuation and the position of Feisal; Prince Arthur of Connaught [Governor General and Commander in Chief South Africa] on his tour round South Africa; Sir...
Dates:
14 Apr 1921 - 20 May 1921
Conditions Governing Access:
Open