India (nation)
Found in 7957 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 14 Nov 1933
Letter from Hugh Orr-Ewing, chief organiser of the Indian Defence League (48 Broadway, Westminster, [London]) to WSC (Chartwell) on the date for WSC's speech on India to be broadcast by the International Broadcasting Company.
(Untitled), 08 Nov 1933
Letter from Hugh Orr-Ewing, chief organiser of the Indian Defence League (48 Broadway, Westminster, [London]) to WSC (Chartwell) on his speech on India to be broadcast by the International Broadcasting Company.
(Untitled), 01 Mar 1933
(Untitled), 04 Mar 1933
Letter from Elizabeth Nash, secretary to the Director-General of the BBC [Sir John Reith, later Lord Reith] (Broadcasting House, London) to Violet Pearman stating that the BBC will broadcast three factual statements about the White Paper on India and a series of talks in the autumn giving different points of view, about which WSC will be contacted.
(Untitled), 06 Mar 1933
Letter from [Violet Pearman] to the Director-General of the BBC [Sir John Reith, later Lord Reith] conveying WSC's criticism of the BBC's plan to broadcast three factual statements about the White Paper on India with no chance for an opposing point of view to be expressed until the autumn. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 11 Aug 1933
Cutting from the Islington Gazette [London]: report on the BBC's plan to broadcast a series of political speeches and talks on India from a variety of points of view.
(Untitled), [07] [Sep] [1933]
Press statement by WSC describing how the BBC have continually postponed his chance to broadcast on India, criticising the BBC's decision that the speakers giving the autumn series of political broadcasts will not be allowed to refer to India and asserting that there is a concerted attempt to promote the Government's policy and to suppress its critics. Annotated typescript draft. Carbon copies at CHAR 2/198/47-52 and CHAR 2/198/73-108.
(Untitled), [07] [Sep] [1933]
Carbon copy of CHAR 2/198/41-46.
(Untitled), 12 Sep [1933]
Cutting from the Times: letter to the editor from John Perronet Thompson (Union of Britain and India, 15-16 Caxton House (East), Tothill Street, [London]) asserting that Parliament has agreed to the proposals for Indian constitutional reform which are now before the Joint Select Committee.
(Untitled), 15 Sep 1933
Cutting from the Times: letter to the editor from Joseph Gurney Braithwaite [MP for the Hillsborough Division of Sheffield, Yorkshire] and Alan Todd [MP for the Kingswinford Division of Staffordshire] stating that although they disagree with WSC's stance on India they believe that he should be given the chance to broadcast his opinions.
(Untitled), 19 Oct 1933
Letter from John Whitley [chairman of the BBC] (Broadcasting House, London) to WSC explaining that if the BBC had added WSC to the list of independent speakers invited to give political broadcasts several other names would have to be added as well and arguing that the invitation to WSC to give a talk in the "Whither Britain?" series and to broadcast on India after the Joint Select Committee have reported shows that the BBC are not deliberately excluding him.
(Untitled), 21 Oct 1933
Letter from [WSC] to John Whitley [chairman of the BBC] expressing distress that they have are estranged over the broadcasting issue repeating his regret that he has been denied the chance to broadcast on India. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 25 Oct 1933
Letter from John Whitley [chairman of the BBC] (Broadcasting House, London) to WSC expressing admiration for his public services, explaining that the BBC's Parliamentary Advisory Committee believed that it would be undesirable for broadcasts on India to be given before or during the sitting of the Joint Select Committee and outlining the aim of the "Whither England?" series of broadcasts.
(Untitled), [07] [Sep] [1933]
6 sets of duplicates for CHAR 2/198/41-46. Carbon copies.
(Untitled), 30 Jun 1933
Letter from Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [later 1st Lord Keyes] (39 Lowndes Street, [London]) to WSC enclosing a proof chapter [from his naval memoirs] [not present], expressing the wish to help WSC in the "Indian battle" and reporting the view of "an old general" that India has already been lost.
(Untitled), 07 Aug 1933
Letter from Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [later 1st Lord Keyes] (Tingewick House, Buckinghamshire] discussing Keyes's account of the Dardanelles campaign and suggesting that his brother [Sir Terence Keyes] could supply from India valuable information and suggestions for criticism of the White Paper.
(Untitled), [Jun] [1934]
Telegram from WSC to Sir Henry Page Croft (15 Southwell Gardens, London) congratulating him on a "splendid vote" [on India]. Carbon copy.
(Untitled), 09 Jul 1934
Letter from Francis Livesay (The Brambles, Limpsfield, Surrey) to WSC, criticising Government policy on India, and urging WSC to carry on fighting it.
(Untitled), 26 Oct 1934
Letter from WSC to Sir John Simon, Foreign Office, on the "misleading information" broadcast by British wireless stations "emanating from the Foreign Office", particularly account of resolution on Indian policy passed at Conservative conference in Bristol [carbon].
(Untitled), 01 Nov 1934
Letter from Sir John Simon, Foreign Office to WSC, on report on the British Official Wireless Service dealing with the debate on India at the Conservative Conference in Bristol. Also commenting generally on the service and WSC's claim that the contents were misleading or trivial, enclosing list of the items covered in the week beginning 1 Oct 1934.
(Untitled), 01 Dec 1934
(Untitled), 1934
"The humble Memorial of Ghurkhas settled and domiciled in British India", addressed to Sir Samuel Hoare (later Lord Templewood), Secretary of State for India [printed].
(Untitled), 1934
Notes on the inflationary policy of the Bank of England since the abandonment of the Gold Standard in Sep 1931 [hand-written, on Chartwell notepaper, initialled T.W.].
(Untitled), 31 Mar 1934
Letter from William McWhirter, Sunday Dispatch, London, to WSC, enclosing, at the request of Lord Rothermere, news article on suppression of Lancashire views sent to the Joint Select Committee on the Government of India.
(Untitled), 03 Apr 1934
Letter from Douglas Crawford, Foreign Editor, Daily Mail to WSC, sending documents relating to the suppression of evidence to the Joint Select Committee on the Goverment of India.