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Germany

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1120 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 31 Aug 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/257/121
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Picture postcard from Ava Wigram (later Ava Anderson and Lady Waverley), Frankfurt, Germany to WSC, showing the autobahns. Commenting that these roads were everywhere in Germany, and were ideal for troop movements.

Dates: 31 Aug 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Sep 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/258/15-16
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Letter from Ava Wigram (later Ava Anderson and Lady Waverley), Pantiles, Seaford to WSC, hoping to meet during his visit to Paris. Also commenting on recent holiday in Germany.

Dates: 08 Sep 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Jul 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/236/122-124
Scope and Contents Letter from Desmond Morton (Earlylands, Crockham Hill, Edenbridge, Kent) to WSC, congratulating him on his speech [on the Anglo-German Naval Agreement], "recalling attention to the fact that Germany remains the true menace to European peace", and remarking on how those ministers previously mildly opposed to the anti-German attitude have reversed their positions. He also points out the Foreign Secretary [Sir Samuel Hoare, later 1st Lord Templewood]'s sudden change of attitude, the lunacy of...
Dates: 12 Jul 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Oct 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/237/163-165
Scope and Contents Letter from Desmond Morton, Crookham Hill, Edenbridge, Kent, to WSC, congratulations on speech in the House of Commons on German re-armament, commenting that Germany had not liked the speech "but resentfully admired it in private". Also commenting that League of Nations sanctions were becoming a mockery, and that although Britain should continue to support the League it should not overrate the League's power "when opposed to that of Germany whose strength and cunning, compared with Italy,...
Dates: 26 Oct 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Oct 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/237/166-167
Scope and Contents Letter from Captain Gerald Muirhead-Gould, Naval Attache, British Embassy, Berlin, (sent from Warsaw, Poland) to WSC, praising his speech of 24 Oct in the House of Commons on German re-armament. Commenting that he had to wait until he left Germany before sending the letter, as the Germans were so annoyed with WSC for telling the truth that no letters addressed to WSC would have got out of the country. Also commenting that the Germans feared that WSC would become First Lord of the Admiralty...
Dates: 28 Oct 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Oct 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/237/182-184
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Letter from Roy Harrod, Christ Church, Oxford, to WSC, on the international situation, particularly the need to offer "something reasonable, even generous, to Italy". Also commenting on the Oxford Union's "won't fight" debate, stating that the "won't fight" brigade were "precisely all that is best in the country. They are willing to fight and die - more willing than any generation has been - but not for outworn causes".

Dates: 31 Oct 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Nov 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/238/6-10
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Letter from William Athelstan-Johnson, Albemarle Street, London to WSC, on the political situation in Germany, and the international situation.

Dates: 01 Nov 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 29 Apr 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/253/157-160
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Letter from Katherine, Duchess of Atholl MP to WSC, thanks for returning her copy of the English translation of "Mein Kampf", asking for the return of the German original text, and book "Nazism: an assault on Civilisation". Commenting on meeting with the Belgian Ambassador to France, who thought that Germany would dominate Europe in about two years. Asking for meeting to discuss the international situation.

Dates: 29 Apr 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 11 May 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/254/39-40
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to "The Times", on dislike of Lord Hugh Cecil [later Lord Quickswood] for Italy, France, Germany, the Soviet Union and Japan. Pointing out that these five nations were tje most warlike and heavily armed in the world, that they were arming night and day, and that with the exception of France they were all ruled by dictatorships and inspired by military aims. Suggesting that Lord Hugh should moderate his condemnation, to "put his censures in order of priority" and try to think...
Dates: 11 May 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Jul 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/256/21
Scope and Contents Letter from Katharine, Duchess of Atholl, Elm Park Gardens, London SW10 to WSC, sending extract from article by Douglas Jerrold in the "English Review". Commenting on recent visit to France, where most people seemed to think that unless Britain was prepared to help Czechosovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia] with military action it would be difficult to ensure peace. Stating that they were more worried about Czechoslovakia than Austria as they thought that Hitler would deal with...
Dates: 06 Jul 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Nov [1936]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/260/154-156
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Letter from Conuselo Balsan (formerly Duchess of Marlborough) Casa Alva, Florida, USA, to WSC, enclosing article (in French) from "L'Ordre", 7 Nov 1936 on German policies.

Dates: 24 Nov [1936]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Dec 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/261/5-6
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Letter from Henry Wickham Steed, Lansdowne House, Holland Park, London W11 to WSC, reporting conversation with the German writer and philosopher F W Foerster on the international situation, particularly relations between Germany, France and the Soviet Union.

Dates: 02 Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Dec [1935]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/261/11
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Letter from General Sir Hugh Tudor, St John's Newfoundland [later part of Canada] to WSC, on his article "The Truth about Hitler". Commenting that he thought it highly complimentary about Hitler, "but the Germans did not appear to share my view". Also commenting on the Abyssinian campaign and the role of the League of Nations.

Dates: 02 Dec [1935]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Dec 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/261/44
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Letter from Katharine, Duchess of Atholl, 98 Elm Park Gardens, London SW10 to WSC, reporting that she had been invited to speak at the Annual Congress of Peace and Friendship with the Soviet Union, and asking if WSC intended to speak there. Commenting that she felt that they should speak as "the Russians are a little annoyed with us, and it would not take much to patch up their former friendship with Germany.

Dates: 08 Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Dec 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/261/68
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Letter from Anna von Ribbentrop, Berlin-Dahlem to WSC, thanks for help in obtaining permission to grass the plot in front of the German Embassy in Carlton House Terrace.

Dates: 14 Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Jan 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/262/12
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Cutting from The Morning Post - Germany, France and Italy - reactions of "Morning Post Disclosures" [on the inadequacy of Britain's defences].

Dates: 17 Jan 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Feb 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/262/27
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Cutting from The Times - A Rearmed Germany - Dutch Fears.

Dates: 07 Feb 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Feb 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/262/32
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Cutting from The Times - article A Rearmed Germany - Defences of Holland.

Dates: 08 Feb 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Oct 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/259/71-75
Scope and Contents Letter from Desmond Morton, Crockham Hill, Kent to WSC, stating that the Civil Service proposed to give him a permanent post after 17 years "temporary Service", so that he could eventually draw a pension, and that he had named WSC as a referee. Also commenting on the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, reporting that the opinion of the Carlton Club was that SB was not going until "Death or the Coronation". Also that there was "trouble brewing aboun Anthony Eden (later Lord Avon), Foreign...
Dates: 16 Oct 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Mar 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/8/114
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Letter from H Augst (British Consulate General, Zurich, Switzerland) to William Tyrrell, Foreign Office, on German naval expansion [manuscript copy on Admiralty note paper].

Dates: 27 Mar 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Mar 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/8/115
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Letter from H Augst (British Consulate General, Zurich, Switzerland) to William Tyrrell, Foreign Office, on German naval expansion.

Dates: 17 Mar 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Mar 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/8/118
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Statement by WSC on German naval increases [typescript].

Dates: 16 Mar 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Mar 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/8/124
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Letter from Captain Hugh Watson (Naval Attache, British Embassy, Berlin [Germany]) to Edward Marsh, PS to WSC, Admiralty, on German naval increases.

Dates: 13 Mar 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [1913]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/6B/417-428
Scope and Contents Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] stating that it was much harder for the Royal Navy to stop raids or invasion from Germany than it was 15 years earlier from France, due to the superior defences and number of naval bases on the south coast; WSC stresses the inadequacy of the east coast defences, particularly compared with the natural defensive and military strength of the German North Sea and Baltic coasts; also the difficulty of keeping a close watch on the German naval exits and...
Dates: [1913]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Jan 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/8/10
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Letter from Sir Francis Hopwood [later 1st Lord Southborough], (Reform Club, London) to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, recommending delaying publication of his War Staff proposals until after the German elections, as they would certainly be distorted and used for election purposes.

Dates: 04 Jan 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open