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Found in 1112 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 20 Apr 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/71/10-16
Scope and Contents Memorandum from WSC to Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance, Treasury] on the economic position of Germany and Great Britain and the negative impact of the rigid policy of the Bank of England, high taxation, poor trade and high unemployment. WSC argues that the policy is unsatisfactory on social, industrial and political grounds; that Germany is in a healthier economic state and that the allies may need to reduce the reparations burden on Germany and that misleading conclusions will be...
Dates: 20 Apr 1927
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Sep 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/75/167-173
Scope and Contents Copy of a memorandum from WSC to Sir Warren Fisher [Permanent Secretary] "and others concerned" on: the possibility of shortening the occupation of Germany if Germany makes improvements in payment of reparations; the economic impact of the early return of troops; disarmament and the need for France to retain a strong army to uphold the Locarno treaty; repayment of United States debt and the need to pass on costs to Germany; the need for the Treasury to adopt am attitude of "extreme reserve...
Dates: 14 Sep 1928
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Apr 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/7/60-65
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Minute [from ?F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, WSC's Personal Assistant] to WSC on "The Economic Consequences of German aggression in Scandinavia".

Dates: 19 Apr 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Apr 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/7/67-68
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Minute [from ?F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, WSC's Personal Assistant] to WSC on conclusions about Allied air strengths in comparison with those of Germany.

Dates: 26 Apr 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Sep 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/201/36-37
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Letter from Alfred Duff Cooper [later 1st Lord Norwich] (Schloss St Martin, Austria) to WSC reporting on the Austrian fears of invasion by Germany, the apparently vigorous preparations for war in Germany, a disappointing speech by Adolf Hitler and the date of the next meeting of the Other Club.

Dates: 08 Sep 1933
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 18 Oct 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/201/38
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Notice from Frederick Guest (19 Berkeley Street, [London]) of the next meeting of the Other Club.

Dates: 18 Oct 1933
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 12 Oct 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/201/39
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Letter from Joyce Altham [secretary to Frederick Guest] (19 Berkeley Street, [London]) to Violet Pearman asking whether 16 November is convenient for WSC for a dinner of the Other Club.

Dates: 12 Oct 1933
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 06 Jul 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/206/6
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Letter from WSC to Kaiser Wilhelm II [former Emperor of Germany, in exile in the Netherlands], thanks for receiving Randolph Churchill, and for sending him interesting articles, especially article on Singapore, translated by the Kaiser himself. Stating that it should be remembered that Singapore is as far from Japan as Portsmouth is from New York, and that there could be no question of it menacing Japan in any way. Sending gift of Life of Marlborough [typescript copy].

Dates: 06 Jul 1934
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Oct 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/209/10-11
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to Sir Eric Geddes, on the Army mutinies and disorders in 1919, stating that as far as he recalled they were both agreed that the Addison scheme of returning key men was all wrong. Thanking him for his friendly remarks and inviting him to lunch at Chartwell, so that they could have a discussion about Imperial Airways and his conviction that more should be done to support civil aviation in view of the "enormous preponderance of German machines and their convertibility for war...
Dates: 22 Oct 1934
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Apr 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/16/47-48
Scope and Contents Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher, (Hotel Excelsior, Naples [Italy]) to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the departure of 15,000 Italian troops to Tripoli [? Libya]: Fisher comments that no Italian newspapers had "given the show away" and wonders if British newspapers would do the same. He asks WSC if he could trust Ralph Blumenfeld, Editor of the Daily Express, H A Gwynne, Editor of the Morning Post, or Leslie Cornford of the Standard, suggesting that if war broke out,...
Dates: 01 Apr 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Sep 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/16/97-98
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [Chairman, Royal Commission on Oil Fuel] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the work of the Commission, particularly the possibility of distilling oil from coal. [Typescript copy; see CHAR 13/15/56-57 for original].

Dates: 11 Sep 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Feb 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/17/3-4
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Memorandum by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Cabinet, enclosing a translation of the proposed new German Navy Law. [Printed].

Dates: 14 Feb 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Mar 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/17/6
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Memorandum by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to Cabinet, on the implications of the new German Naval Law. [Printed].

Dates: 09 Mar 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Apr 1912 - 19 Apr 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/17/7
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Memorandum by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to Cabinet, circulating a note by the Director of the Intelligence Division, Captain Thomas Jackson, on the final text of the new German Navy Law. [Printed].

Dates: 18 Apr 1912 - 19 Apr 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Jun 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/17/9
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Cabinet paper by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the naval situation in relation to maintaining superiority over Germany. [Printed].

Dates: 22 Jun 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [Jun] 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/17/15
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Cabinet Paper by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the new German Navy Law. [Printed].

Dates: [Jun] 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [Jun] 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/17/16
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White Paper giving a translation of the German Naval Law Amendment Bill. [Published by HMSO, Cd.6117].

Dates: [Jun] 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Aug 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/18/9
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Secret memorandum on the general naval situation relating to Britain and Germany, prepared by the Admiralty for the information of Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada]. [White Paper, published August 1914].

Dates: 26 Aug 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Mar 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/19/44-46
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Letter from Captain Hugh Watson [Naval Attache, Berlin, Germany] (British Embassy, Berlin) to Edward Marsh [Private Secretary to WSC] on German naval policy and politics, particularly Grand-Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz [Head of the German Navy], and the points which had "conspired to give him, and the large Naval Party power".

Dates: 12 Mar 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [1913]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/20/154-155
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Letter from J Norton Griffiths (Train en-route to Baku [Azerbaydzhan]) to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on Anglo-German naval relations.

Dates: [1913]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Jan 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/21/1-3
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [Chairman, Royal Commission on Oil Fuel] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on oil fuel, with a copy of a press cutting on the use of oil motors in German shipyards. [Carbon copy].

Dates: 18 Jan 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Jan 1913 - 18 Jan 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/21/33-37
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on oil fuel. Includes press cuttings on the use of oil motors in German shipyards and a letter from Sir [Thomas] Boverton Redwood [Adviser on Petroleum to the Admiralty] to Fisher.

Dates: 17 Jan 1913 - 18 Jan 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 25 May 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/26/111-113
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Memorandum by Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary] giving reasons against WSC's possible meeting with Grand- Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz [Head of the German Navy]; also includes Grey's draft telegram to Sir [William] Edward Goschen [British Ambassador to Germany] declining the meeting. [Typescript draft by WSC].

Dates: 25 May 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), Aug 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/27A/20
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Admiralty note on German Submarine Organisation. [Typescript].

Dates: Aug 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [1913]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/23/5
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Forecast of the increased scale of the fleets maintained in commission compared to Germany, together with approximate annual cost of maintaining various ships in different conditions. [Printed].

Dates: [1913]
Conditions Governing Access: Open