France
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Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 967 Collections and/or Records:
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Official: Cabinet: printed papers., 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/35
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Includes printed Cabinet papers on various subjects: an annual report by Francis Bertie [British Ambassador to France] on affairs in France for 1911 including French foreign policy and colonial affairs; a report on rural land and agriculture; and a paper by [Lord] Crewe [earlier Lord Houghton, also Robert Milnes, Secretary of State for India] on the policy of the British government towards Tibet and China.
Dates:
1911
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Official: Colonial Office: Foreign office telegrams., 28 Feb 1921 - 02 Mar 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 17/21
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Volume of telegrams from British ambassadors in various countries and replies from the Foreign Office including: telegrams on affairs in Arabia and the possible resignation of Hussein; Lord Hardinge [British ambassador to France] on the conference of ambassadors and the passage of German ships via the Dardanelles; Sir Auckland Geddes [British Ambassador to the United States] on French overtures to the United States to secure freedom from dependence on Great Britain (2); WSC on the agenda for...
Dates:
28 Feb 1921 - 02 Mar 1921
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Official: Colonial Office: Telegrams regarding Chanak [later Cannakkale, Turkey]., 16 Sep 1922 - 14 Oct 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 17/28
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Copies of telegrams mainly between WSC and the Governor Generals of the Dominions, Lord Byng, Governor General of Canada, 1st Lord Jellicoe, Governor General and Commander in Chief, New Zealand, Prince Arthur of Connaught, Governor General and Commander in Chief South Africa, 1st Lord Forster, Governor General and Commander in Chief, Australia about the Chanak crisis.Subjects covered include: bulletins describing negotiations with Turkey and with Mustafa Kemal Pasha [later Ataturk];...
Dates:
16 Sep 1922 - 14 Oct 1922
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Official: Munitions., Jul 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/105
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G (Guns) Report on visit to the French Artillery in Champagne by Major-General John Headlam, with covering letter to WSC.
Dates:
Jul 1917
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Official: Munitions., 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/127
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P (Projectiles) Report of Mission to France appointed by the Controller of Gun Ammunition Filling, investigating the French methods of manufacturing and filling fuses, gaines, delays detonators, the manufacture of fulminate and minor explosives, and the preparation of time powders, led by Lt-Col. H G Fitzhay.
Dates:
1918
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Official: Munitions., 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/128
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P (Projectiles) Appendix to Report of Mission to France appointed by the Controller of Gun Ammunition Filling, investigating the French methods of manufacturing and filling fuses, gaines, delays detonators, the manufacture of fulminate and minor explosives, and the preparation of time powders, led by Lt-Col. H G Fitzhay.
Dates:
1918
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Official: Munitions., Aug 1917 - Dec 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/136
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S (Steel and Iron) Various papers including correspondence on demand for steel from France, Italy and Russia; memo by Robert Horne, Director of Materials and Priority on meeting with WSC on supply of steel to the Admiralty; memo by Sir Arthur Duckham on steel production; minute from WSC to Sir Arthur Duckham expressing disquiet about the Steel Department and its organisation; papers on strike by iron ore miners in Cumberland.
Dates:
Aug 1917 - Dec 1917
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Official: Munitions., 09 May 1917 - 31 Dec 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/24
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Inter-Allied Munitions Council.Various papers including notes of preliminary meeting; letter from Laming Worthington-Evans to Lord Curzon on the work of the Council, and memorandum on "Comparison of the Munitions Position of Great Britain, France and Italy, May 1917.
Dates:
09 May 1917 - 31 Dec 1917
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Official: Munitions., 01 Jan 1918 - 31 Dec 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/25
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Inter-Allied Munitions Council.Minutes, papers and correspondence, including letters and memoranda from Oscar Crosby; Report and minutes of the Allied Maritime Transport Council; Report of the Steel Committee and memorandum by Walter Layton on the future of the Council after the War.
Dates:
01 Jan 1918 - 31 Dec 1918
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Official: Munitions., 24 Jul 1917 - May 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/48
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A (Allies) Various papers including correspondence with Albert Thomas and Louis Loucheur, French Ministry of Munitions; memorandum on placing of contacts for munitions in Switzerland; memorandum on the Allied Munitions Programme and Economy of Resources by Sir Glynn West; correspondence with general Dallolio, Italian Minister of Munitions.
Dates:
24 Jul 1917 - May 1918
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Official: Munitions., 01 Nov 1917 - 16 Jan 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/55
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A (Allies) Anglo-French Supplies to Italy Correspondence and papers on provision of supplies of munitions to Italy. Correspondents include Sir Maurice Hankey, War Cabinet Secretariat; David Lloyd George. Prime Minister and Sir Laming Worthington-Evans (2).
Dates:
01 Nov 1917 - 16 Jan 1918
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Official: Munitions., 21 May 1917 - 31 Dec 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/57
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A (Air) Various papers including proceedings of Anglo-French conference on Aeronautical supplies; memo by WSC on the estimated output of aircraft for 1917; notes on the limitations controlling the output of complete aeroplanes and seaplanes by Sir William Weir with reply by WSC; letter from Lord Cowdray to General Jan Smuts on the functions of the Air Board; correspondence between Lord Weir and Major R C Bolling, United States Aeronautical Commission; Statement by Weir on Aeronautical supply...
Dates:
21 May 1917 - 31 Dec 1917
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Official: Prime Minister: Mediterranean and Middle East theatres, 1943-45: proofs of mainly contemporary despatches and reports for publication, with accompanying correspondence. [some material probably used in the production of WSC's "Second World War"]., 1946 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/249A-B
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From the Series:
This class comprises correspondence and papers relating to Churchill's wartime premiership. It includes: private office correspondence; personal telegrams; printed copies of personal minutes, telegrams and reports; correspondence relating to appointments and patronage; some family correspondence (for which see also CHAR 1); and some engagements cards and diaries. No distinction has been attempted between the offices of Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. The former title has been deemed...
Dates:
1946 - 1950
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Official: Prime Minister: miscellanea., 1940 - 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/240
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Includes a map and French anti-British propaganda with some explanatory notes.
Dates:
1940 - 1945
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Official: Prime Minister: printed copies of Personal Telegrams from WSC bound ususally in chronological order, with alphabetical name index at the back., May 1940 - Dec 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/14
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Includes texts of telegrams from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: Vice-Admiral [John] Cunningham [Commanding 1st Cruiser Squadron]; [Anthony] Eden [later 1st Lord Avon, Secretary of State for War]; [Peter] Fraser, Prime Minister of New Zealand; Sir Samuel Hoare [later 1st Lord Templewood, Ambassador to Spain on Special Mission]; Sir Roger Keyes [Special Liaison Officer to King Leopold of Belgium]; Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada; 11th Lord Lothian [earlier...
Dates:
May 1940 - Dec 1940
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From the Fonds:
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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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Official: Prime Minister: two copies of a report by the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force [in Western Europe, United States Army], General Dwight Eisenhower, to the Combined Chiefs of Staff on the operations in Europe of the Allied Expeditionary Force, 8 June 1944 to 8 May 1945., [1945] - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/244
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This class comprises correspondence and papers relating to Churchill's wartime premiership. It includes: private office correspondence; personal telegrams; printed copies of personal minutes, telegrams and reports; correspondence relating to appointments and patronage; some family correspondence (for which see also CHAR 1); and some engagements cards and diaries. No distinction has been attempted between the offices of Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. The former title has been deemed...
Dates:
[1945] - 1950
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Official: Treasury: Conference of Finance Ministers in Paris [France], concerning reparations: correspondence and memoranda., 01 Dec 1924 - 07 Apr 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/21
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Correspondents include: Peter Larkin [Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom] (2); Colonel Charles Watney; Austen Chamberlain [Foreign Secretary]; Aime Fleuriau [French Ambassador to the United Kingdom]; Etienne Clemental [French Minister of Finance] requesting a French loan on the London market; Sir William Tyrrell [Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office].Also includes: a memorandum by WSC on reparations and inter-allied debt; a cable giving Canadian views; an Independent...
Dates:
01 Dec 1924 - 07 Apr 1925
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Official: Treasury: correspondence., 08 Nov 1924 - 28 Dec 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/1
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Correspondents include: 1st Lord Stamfordham [earlier Sir Arthur Bigge, Private Secretary to King George V]; John Maynard Keynes on socialism; Sir Warren Fisher [Permanent Secretary, Treasury] (2) including one on coal and transportation; 1st Lord Cecil of Chelwood [earlier Lord Robert Cecil, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster] (3) including one on the Saar [later Germany]; James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; 8th Duke of Northumberland inviting WSC...
Dates:
08 Nov 1924 - 28 Dec 1924
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Official: Treasury: correspondence., 08 Jan 1925 - 26 Jun 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/8
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Correspondents include: Major-General Sir Fabian Ware (2); 1st Lord Cecil of Chelwood [earlier Lord Robert Cecil, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster] on European disarmament (2); Lord Eustace Percy [President of the Board of Education]; Leo Amery [Secretary of State for the Colonies] on colonial trade matters (4); Frederick Leith-Ross [British representative on Finance Board] of the Reparation Commission; J Coudurier de Chassaigne (2); 1st Lord Midleton; Wilfrid Ashley [later 1st Lord...
Dates:
08 Jan 1925 - 26 Jun 1925
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Official: Treasury: correspondence., 19 Jun 1926 - 31 Dec 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/28
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Correspondents include: Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton, President of the Board of Trade] on the level of trade; Abe [Bailey]; Admiral Sir Roger Keyes (6) on subjects including his tax position, the naval officers' marriage allowance, and Admiralty matters; Stanley Baldwin [Prime Minister]; 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith, Secretary of State for India] (2) including one on Indian financial matters; Walter Runciman; Frederick Guest;...
Dates:
19 Jun 1926 - 31 Dec 1926
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Official: Treasury: WSC's minutes., 19 Jan 1927 - 30 Jun 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/45A-B
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Includes carbon copies of minutes and letters from WSC to various individuals, mainly Treasury officials, including: Sir Richard Hopkins [Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue]; Sir Horace Hamilton [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise]; Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance]; Sir George Barstow [Controller of Supply Services]; Alfred Hurst; James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; Sir Laming Worthington-Evans [Secretary of State for War]; Sir...
Dates:
19 Jan 1927 - 30 Jun 1927
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Official: Treasury: WSC's minutes., 28 Jan 1929 - 23 May 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/103
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Includes carbon copies of minutes from WSC to various individuals, mainly Treasury officials, including: Sir Richard Hopkins [Controller of Finance and Supply Services]; Gilbert Upcott [Deputy Controller]; Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise]; James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; Sir Warren Fisher [Permanent Secretary]; Donald Fergusson [Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; Frederick Leith-Ross [Deputy Controller...
Dates:
28 Jan 1929 - 23 May 1929
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Official: War and Air: correspondence for WSC and Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso, Personal Military Secretary to the Secretary State for War]., 04 Mar 1920 - 30 Apr 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/46
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Correspondents include: Edward Marsh [WSC's Private Secretary] (3); Edwin Montagu [Secretary of State for India] (4); General Sir Henry Wilson [Chief of Imperial General Staff] (4); Austen Chamberlain [Chancellor of the Exchequer] (4); [Adjutant-General, Lieutenant-General Sir George Macdonogh]; Walter Long [First Lord of the Admiralty] (4); Sir Maurice Hankey [Secretary to the Cabinet]; David Lloyd George; 1st Lord Curzon [Foreign Secretary]; General Sir Herbert Plumer, Commander-in-Chief,...
Dates:
04 Mar 1920 - 30 Apr 1920
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Official: War and Air: correspondence for WSC and Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso, Personal Military Secretary to the Secretary State for War]., 04 Nov 1920 - 30 Dec 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/50
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Correspondents include: Major-General J Bagratouni [Chief of the Armenian Delegation at the Paris Peace Conference]; 1st Lord Curzon [Foreign Secretary] (4); Major-General George Jeffreys; Austen Chamberlain [Chancellor of the Exchequer]; Aneurin Williams MP; Major Patrick Malone; Edwin Montagu [Secretary of State for India] (3); Sir Maurice Hankey [Secretary to the Cabinet]; Philip Kerr [later 11th Lord Lothian, Secretary to the Prime Minister]; General Sir Henry Wilson [Chief of Imperial...
Dates:
04 Nov 1920 - 30 Dec 1920
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Official: War and Air: correspondence from Brigadier-General Edward Spears and the British Military Mission in Paris [France] to Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso, Personal Military Secretary to the Secretary State for War] and War Office officials., 02 Sep 1919 - 31 Oct 1919
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/40
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Also includes notes from Sinclair to WSC.Subjects covered by the file include: matters concerning the Russian Civil War, including figures such as Gregori Alexinsky, Vladimir Bourtsev, Piotr Rutenberg, Simon Petliura, General Anton Denikin, Sergei Sazonov, General Nikolai Youdenitch, Prince Lvov, and Carol Yaroshinsky, the situation in the Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Bessarabia [Moldova and parts of Ukraine], north Russia, Petrograd [later Leningrad and St Petersburg], Siberia, and Poland,...
Dates:
02 Sep 1919 - 31 Oct 1919
Conditions Governing Access:
Open