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South Africa (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3622 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 13 Sep [1899]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/115/36
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Letter from WSC (35A Great Cumberland Place [London]) to J Moore Bayley in which he says that he would like to visit Birmingham "to do something politically", discusses the likelihood of a war in the Transvaal [South Africa] and his agreement with the foreign policy of Mr C [Joseph Chamberlain]. Signed manuscript in the hand of WSC. See CHAR 28/115/17-18.

Dates: 13 Sep [1899]
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), 13 Apr 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/115/60-61
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Photocopy of a letter from WSC (Bloemfontein [South Africa]) to Mr Collins defending his speech about the resolution of affairs in South Africa . He maintains that "mercy and forgiveness" are required, that the Dutch are instrumental to the development of the country and comments "it is my instinct to wish to swim up stream." Signed manuscript in the hand of WSC. Includes a note that the letter was given to WSC in January 1955 by Bryce Nairn.

Dates: 13 Apr 1900
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), 27 Oct 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/114
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Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] marked "Top Secret and Personal" thanking him for the provision of South African Air Force Squadrons for the Mediterranean, Middle East and South East Asia.

Dates: 27 Oct 1944
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), 23 Oct 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/76
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Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] stating that he is sending on his message to President Roosevelt on the final stage of his and Marshal Stalin's Moscow talks [see CHAR 20/173/67-69]; passing on condolences at the death of Colonel Deneys Reitz [High Commissioner for the Union of South Africa].

Dates: 23 Oct 1944
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), 04 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/229C/332
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Letter from [George] Heaton Nicholls [High Commissioner for South Africa in Great Britain] (South Africa House, Trafalgar Square) to WSC passing on a telegraphed message from [Field Marshal Jan] Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] thanking WSC for his telegram on the conduct of South African troops in Italy. [signed and stamped by WSC's Private Office].

Dates: 04 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/229C/333
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Telegram from the Dominions Office to the South African Government passing on a "Top Secret and Personal" message from WSC to acting Prime Minister of South Africa [?Jan Hofmeyr] congratulating him on the conduct of South African troops [throughout the war].

Dates: 30 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 03 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/217/65
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Telegram from acting Prime Minister of South Africa to WSC thanking him for his telegram on the conduct of South African troops [throughout the war].

Dates: 03 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 04 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/217/90
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Telegram from Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] to WSC thanking him for his telegram on the conduct of South African troops in Italy. Copy.

Dates: 04 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 May [1945]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/226/43
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Telegram from Dominions Office to the Dominions Office Section of the UK Delegation, San Francisco [United States], passing on a "Personal" message from WSC to Field Marshal [Jan] Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] thanking him for his "most kind message" and praising him as a "constant source of strength and inspiration".

Dates: 16 May [1945]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [May] [1945]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/226/44
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Draft of telegram from WSC to [Field Marshal Jan] Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] (San Francisco [United States]) thanking him for his "most kind message" and praising him as a "constant source of strength and inspiration".

Dates: [May] [1945]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/226/45-46
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Telegram from [Field Marshal Jan] Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa, San Francisco, United States] to WSC sending greetings on the victory, praising WSC's leadership, and hoping his "civilian appeal" will be even more significant: "The spirit is so much more than the machine".

Dates: 08 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/226/66
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Telegram [from Dominions Office] to South African Government passing on a "Personal" message from WSC to Acting Prime Minister [?Jan Hofmeyr] thanking him for his message and praising the efforts of the South African people.

Dates: 16 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [May] [1945]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/226/67
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Typed draft of telegram from WSC to Acting Prime Minister of South Africa [?Jan Hofmeyr] thanking him for his message and praising the efforts of the South African people.

Dates: [May] [1945]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/226/68
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Telegram from Acting Prime Minister of South Africa [?Jan Hofmeyr] to WSC congratulating WSC on victory [in Europe].

Dates: 08 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 11 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/226/70-72
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Telegram from Acting Prime Minister of South Africa [?Jan Hofmeyr] to WSC thanking him for his praise of South Africa's contribution to the war effort and looking to the future "defeat of Japan and the building up of a new world".

Dates: 11 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/226/73
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Telegram [from Dominions Office] to South African Government passing on a message from WSC to Acting Prime Minister [?Jan Hofmeyr] congratulating him on South Africa's role in the defeat of Germany; and anticipating victory over Japan.

Dates: 08 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/226/74
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Telegram [from Dominions Office] to South African Government passing on a message from WSC to Acting Prime Minister [?Jan Hofmeyr] congratulating him on South Africa's role in the defeat of Germany; and anticipating victory over Japan.

Dates: 08 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [May] [1945]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/226/75-76
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Typed draft of telegram from WSC to Acting Prime Minister of South Africa [?Jan Hofmeyr] congratulating him on South Africa's role in the defeat of Germany; and anticipating victory over Japan. [annotated by Private Secretary ?John Peck and with sections crossed through].

Dates: [May] [1945]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/226/23
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Letter from [Lord] Cranborne [earlier Robert Gascoyne Cecil, later 5th Lord Salisbury, Secretary of State for the Dominions and Leader of the House of Lords] (Dominions Office) to British High Commissioner in South Africa [Sir Evelyn Baring, later 1st Lord Howick] requesting he thank the Mayor of Simonstown [South Africa] on behalf of WSC. [Carbon copy].

Dates: 16 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/218/44
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Telegram from WSC to Acting Prime Minister of South Africa congratulating him on South Africa's role in the defeat of Germany; and anticipating victory over Japan.

Dates: 08 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 14 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/219/22
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] (San Francisco [United States]) marked "Top Secret and Personal" stating that as a South African Division is in Italy he should see WSC's communications with President Harry Truman [on the dispute with Yugoslavia (later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia) over territories in north-east Italy and southern Austria]; and expressing his enthusiasm for Truman's...
Dates: 14 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 23 May 1945 - 24 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/219/118
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Telegram from Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] (San Francisco [United States]) to WSC marked "Top Secret and Personal" agreeing to the use of the 6th South African Armoured Division [in the dispute with Yugoslavia (later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia) over Venezia Guilia, Italy] if necessary. Received on 24 May. Carbon copy.

Dates: 23 May 1945 - 24 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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(Untitled), 26 Sep 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/63/9-10
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Letter from [Albert Edward, Prince of Wales](Mar Lodge, Braemar [Aberdeenshire, Scotland]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he thanks her for copying out a letter by WSC about his escape [from the Boers] which he describes as "most interesting" and says that he hopes that her ankle is better. Envelope present.

Dates: 26 Sep 1898
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), 04 Aug 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/66/70-71
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Letter from James Meek (Kroonstad O R C, South Africa) to Mrs Cornwallis-West [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he congratulates her on receiving the Royal Red Cross, says that he is glad that the hospital ship Maine was mentioned by [1st] Lord Roberts in his despatch and that he hopes to be mentioned by Lord Kitchener, and that he would like to come and collect his medal from her.

Dates: 04 Aug 1902
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), 23 Dec 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/66/114
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Telegram from Consuelo [Duchess of Marlborough, later Consuelo Balsan](Woodstock [London]) to Lady Randolph Churchill wishing her success [with the hospital ship Maine] and a happy new year and expressing pleasure at the news of WSC's [escape from the Boers].

Dates: 23 Dec 1899
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.