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France

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 927 Collections and/or Records:

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Official: War Cabinet: Prime Minister's Directives., 24 Nov 1942 - 28 Dec 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 23/11
Scope and Contents Printed directives by the Prime Minister, WSC, on subjects including: a forecast of the arrival of American forces in Britain; enemy strength in Tunisia, including notes by General Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to WSC]; over- optimism on post-war conditions; Sir William Beveridge's report on social security; demands on shipping by overseas cereal requirements; the ringing of church bells; telegrams between WSC and Stalin on Soviet-Polish relations; Jewish immigration into Palestine,...
Dates: 24 Nov 1942 - 28 Dec 1943
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: War Cabinet: Prime Minister's Directives., 28 Nov 1943 - 30 Dec 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 23/13
Scope and Contents Printed directives by the Prime Minister, WSC, on subjects including: records of conversations at the Anglo-American- Russian conference in Teheran [Persia, later Iran] between delegates including WSC, Stalin, President Franklin Roosevelt, Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon], Foreign Secretary, Vyacheslav Molotov [Soviet Foreign Minister] and Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to President Roosevelt], on Turkey, using Italian ships, Poland, Finland and a date for "Overlord"...
Dates: 28 Nov 1943 - 30 Dec 1944
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: War Cabinet: Supreme War Council., 12 Sep 1939 - 13 Jun 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 23/2
Scope and Contents

Printed records of the Council's meetings, on subjects including: the general situations in Britain; France; Germany; Poland; Italy; Spain; the Balkans; the Baltic; naval policy; the Eastern Front; the Western Front; air policy; South eastern Europe; Northern Europe; the Soviet Union; Scandinavia; British troops in France; the evacuation from Dunkirk [France]; appeals to the United States.Also includes: printed index.

Dates: 12 Sep 1939 - 13 Jun 1940
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: War Cabinet: various papers., 01 Aug 1918 - 03 Dec 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/39A-B
Scope and Contents Includes correspondence and papers by various individuals including: Sir Auckland Geddes [Minister of National Service and Reconstruction] on manpower; Colonel Richard Steel and Major-General Percy Radcliffe on allied and enemy manpower and rifle strengths; WSC, Minister of Munitions, on the murder of Captain Cromie at Petrograd [later Leningrad and St Petersburg, Russia]; the award of the 1914 star and the Gallipoli star, horse-racing, the French ministry of national reconstitution, and...
Dates: 01 Aug 1918 - 03 Dec 1918
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Ordnance Survey 1:40,000 maps of Belgium and northern France, 1917 - 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BGND D.113-D.116
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This section principally consists of the contents of Bagnold's large map cabinet and includes maps relating to his First World War service in France and Belgium, his explorations in North Africa and the Middle East (the 1932 expedition in particular) and the LRDG.

Dates: 1917 - 1918
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Papers for an issue of Geopolitique on Anglo-French relations, 1990-04 - 1990-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 7/1/74
Scope and Contents Includes: a message from Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, for the magazine on Anglo-French relations; an article by the Chancellor of the Exchequer [John Major] on the British approach to economic and monetary union (EMU); article by JA on a British view of Europe; correspondence on requests for articles, with Terence Higgins, Lord Jenkins of Hillhead, Alistair Horne, George Walden, Sir Peter Blaker, Sir Julian Ridsdale, Michael Howard, Sir [John] Nicholas Henderson, Samuel Brittan, Tony...
Dates: 1990-04 - 1990-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Papers on chronology, geography and tides, 1868 - 1872

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/482
Scope and Contents Correspondence and printed papers on chronology, geography and tides. The correspondents include J.R. Hind, R.A. Proctor, W.H. Smith, J.W. Bosanquet, W. Thomson, C.T. Beke, E. Guest, A. de Morgan, J.N. Blakesley, W.H. Miller, H.E. Stanley, F. Struve, H.W. Bates, C.E. Delaunay, F. Galton, E.J. Routh, J. Challis, A. d'Abbadie, W.H.F. Talbot, H. James, J.S. Russell, T.A.B. Spratt, H.J. Rose, R. Ellis and G.T. Clark. There are papers and maps relating to ancient eclipses; a set of rules for...
Dates: 1868 - 1872
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Papers on geodesy, 1874 - 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/145
Scope and Contents (1) Papers relating to the North American BoundaryCorrespondence with C. Frodsham and Co. concerning clocks by Lindsay Russell on trial at the Royal Observatory, 1874.(2) Papers relating to the North American Boundary west of Lake in the WoodsCorrespondence with Captain L. Anderson, Royal Engineers, concerning the determination of the 49th Parallel and the methods to be used, with a map of the area, a memorandum of progress and the Astronomer Royal's...
Dates: 1874 - 1895
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Papers on Universal Time, 1884 - 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/146
Scope and Contents Canadian and North American Papers relating to Universal Time:Printed notice from the Royal Society of Canada drawing attention to matters of time determination and nomenclature, 1890.Letter from Wilhelm Prealt of Hamburg, in German, 1890.Letter from Sandford Fleming, Ottawa, enclosing a Bill to be laid before the United States Senate regarding the reckoning of time in the United States, 1891.Letter from [J.P. Sohiham] of Vienna sending a copy of a booklet by...
Dates: 1884 - 1898
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Papers relating to an Anglo-French summit, Paris, France, 5 November 1982, 1982-02 - 1982-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/10/44
Scope and Contents

Includes: MT's handwritten notes
Includes: menus and photographs of the visit; paper for MT by ‘AJC [John Coles, MT’s Private Secretary for Overseas Affairs]’, "Anglo/French summit", 3 November 1982, and paper for Coles by D.J.S. Hancock, "Closer collaboration between the French and British Governments", both 3 November 1982
Also includes copy of valedictory remarks by Sir Reginald Hibbert (previous UK Ambassador to France), February 1982

Dates: 1982-02 - 1982-11
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in March 2013 It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Papers relating to an Anglo-French summit, Paris, France, 5 November 1982, 1982-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/10/44A
Scope and Contents

Includes: MT's handwritten annotations
Includes: details of administrative arrangements and of the British delegation; and seating plans on flights [to/from] the UK

Dates: 1982-11
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in March 2013 It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Papers relating to an Anglo-German summit in Bonn, 18 January 1985, and an Anglo-French summit, Downing Street, London, 18 November 1985, 1985-01 - 1985-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/10/79
Scope and Contents

Includes: schedules and menus

Dates: 1985-01 - 1985-11
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in October 2015 It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Papers relating to France, consisting of a single note to MT from Richard Ryder (her Political Secretary), 1 June 1979, 1979-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/2/72
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The series includes some earlier files created in Opposition and either continued or used as reference by MT's Political Office at No 10 Downing Street. The files includes briefing notes for MT from her Political Office staff, most regularly Ian Gow MP (her Parliamentary Private Secretary) and Richard Ryder (her Political Secretary up to 1981).

Dates: 1979-06
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in February 2010 It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Papers relating to France, May 1975-November 1978, 1975-05 - 1978

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/1/126
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with President (Valery) Giscard d'Estaing of France, Prime Minister (Jacques) Chirac of France, his successor as Prime Minister Raymond Barre, and Douglas Hurd MP

Dates: 1975-05 - 1978
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in November 2003 It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Papers relating to the bi-centennial of the French revolution and the Paris G7 Summit, 14-15 July 1989, 1989-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/10/143
Scope and Contents

Includes menus; with schedule annotated with details of MT's clothing

Dates: 1989-07
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in March 2019 It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Papers relating to the G7 summit, Bonn, Germany, 2-4 May 1985, 1985-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/10/90
Scope and Contents

Includes: schedules; and briefing cards for MT's bilateral meetings with President (Francois) Mitterrand of France and Prime Minister (Yasuhiro) Nakasone of Japan

Dates: 1985-05
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in October 2015 It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Papers relating to various innovations claimed by Hoene-Wroński, 1820 - 1821

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/12: 496-576
Scope and Contents

Includes an anonymous note describing Hoene-Wroński as an 'artful dangerous character' [RGO 14/12: 502] and a petition addressed to His Majesty, George IV [RGO 14/12: 536-538].

Dates: 1820 - 1821
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Paris, 1968 - 1972

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 3/1
Scope and Contents

Includes notes and correspondence on CS's appointment and "the Soames Affair", briefings and papers on CS's and MS's engagements and official entertaining during CS's tenure as British Ambassador to France.

Dates: 1968 - 1972
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Paris cuttings, 1968-09 - 1968-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 7/1
Scope and Contents

Cuttings on CS's arrival in France and on his first public speech as Ambassador

Dates: 1968-09 - 1968-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Paris cuttings, 1968-03 - 1972-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 7/2
Scope and Contents

Cuttings on Anglo-French relations, CS's Ambassadorship, an exhibition of British art in Paris, Jan 1972, the Paris Summit, Oct 1972 and CS's appointment to the European Commission.

Dates: 1968-03 - 1972-11
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Paris cuttings, 1972-02 - 1972-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 7/3
Scope and Contents

Cuttings on the Royal visit to France by Queen Elizabeth II.

Dates: 1972-02 - 1972-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Paris cuttings, 1967-07 - 1982

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 7/4
Scope and Contents

Includes: cuttings on MS as the "Ambassador's Lady" and her opening of a memorial to Sir Winston Churchill at Montargis; a statement made on Britain and the European Community, 1967, "A British view of Europe's destiny"; and an assessment by Sir Alan Campbell [former Counsellor, Paris] of Anglo-French relations, 1968-72, reprinted from the Royal Institute of International Affairs.

Dates: 1967-07 - 1982
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Paris diary, 1947-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CGLA 2/2
Scope and Contents

Account of the Gladwyns' visit to Paris [France] following the Paris Peace Conference, including CG's impressions of the French, Ernest Bevin, Foreign Secretary, [Alfred] Duff Cooper, British Ambassador to France [later 1st Lord Norwich] and Lady Diana Cooper [later Viscountess Norwich] and Andrei Vyshinsky [Deputy Soviet Foreign Minister].

Dates: 1947-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Paris [France] diary, 1944-09 - 1944-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DUFC 15/1/32
Scope and Contents

Annotated typescript.

Dates: 1944-09 - 1944-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Personal: Business: houses on the French riviera., Nov 1955 - May 1957

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/29
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence from Maurice Hudson (3), and representatives of various estate agents giving details of various properties for sale or rent. Also includes: notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Anthony Montague Browne, Gillian Maturin, and Doreen Pugh; photographs of the riviera and photographs, drawings, plans, and maps of the locations of particular houses.

Dates: Nov 1955 - May 1957
Conditions Governing Access: Open