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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1182 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 19 Feb 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/70/83-88
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Telegram from the Government of New Zealand to WSC listing specific resources required by air force, army and navy in order to defend New Zealand against a Japanese invasion force.

Dates: 19 Feb 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Personal telegrams.
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(Untitled), 24 Feb 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/70/124
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Telegram from the Government of New Zealand to WSC proposing to move Walter Nash [Minister of New Zealand in the United States] from Washington to London to become Resident Minister on the War Cabinet and on the Pacific War Council; asks whether there is any possibility of the Pacific War Council moving to Washington.

Dates: 24 Feb 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Personal telegrams.
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(Untitled), 27 Feb 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/71A/5-8
Scope and Contents Telegram from [Peter Fraser, Prime Minister of New Zealand] to WSC expressing alarm at a report of the Joint Planning Commission's estimate for the possible scale of the Japanese attack on New Zealand: encloses text of telegram from the Chief of the New Zealand General Staff [Major-General Edward Puttick] to the New Zealand Liaison Officer in London [Brigadier Park] containing observations on the likely scale of the Japanese attack. Annotated by Francis Brown [Assistant Private Secretary to...
Dates: 27 Feb 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Personal telegrams.
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(Untitled), 18 Aug 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/22A/165-166
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Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the naval defence of New Zealand. [Carbon copy].

Dates: 18 Aug 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Correspondence and First Lord's Minutes. [Carbon copies].
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(Untitled), 04 Apr 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/22A/30-35
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Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to James Allen [Minister of Defence, New Zealand] on the naval defence of New Zealand.

Dates: 04 Apr 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Correspondence and First Lord's Minutes. [Carbon copies].
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(Untitled), 25 Aug 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/22B/177-182
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Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to James Allen [Minister of Defence, New Zealand], on the naval defence of New Zealand. [Carbon copy].

Dates: 25 Aug 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Correspondence and First Lord's Minutes. [Carbon copies].
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(Untitled), 02 Aug 1914 - 08 Aug 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/41/57-60
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Telegram from 2nd Lord Liverpool [earlier Arthur Savile- Foljambe], Governor of New Zealand, to the Secretary of State for the Colonies [Lewis Harcourt] asking if it was desirable to form a New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Includes copies of telegrams between the Colonial Office, [?] Rear-Admiral Arthur Leveson, Vice-Admiral Sir (Frederick) Doveton Sturdee, Chief of Staff, Prince Louis of Battenberg [later 1st Lord Milford Haven, 1st Sea Lord], Admiral Henry Jackson and WSC. [Carbon].

Dates: 02 Aug 1914 - 08 Aug 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Telegrams.
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(Untitled), 19 Sep 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/41/73-74
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Minute by Admiral Sir Henry Jackson on the defence of a New Zealand troop convoy. [Carbon].

Dates: 19 Sep 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Telegrams.
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(Untitled), 31 Jan 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/69B/79-80
Scope and Contents Telegram from the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] to WSC: looks forward to receiving message from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Supreme Commander, South West Pacific] regarding "our man" [Admiral Thomas Hart, United States Admiral in the Pacific], and suggests the "Dutch man" [Vice-Admiral Conrad Helfrich, Commander-in- Chief, Netherlands Naval Forces in the East] as a replacement to command ABDA [Australian, British, Dutch and Australasian] naval forces; suggests...
Dates: 31 Jan 1942
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Personal telegrams.
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(Untitled), 03 May 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/38/57-58
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Telegram from WSC to Peter Fraser [Prime Minister of New Zealand] reassuring him about the defence of Crete [Greece].

Dates: 03 May 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Personal Telegrams.
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(Untitled), 07 May 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/38/79
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Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] with message for General Bernard Freyberg [Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces in Crete] congratulating New Zealand troops.

Dates: 07 May 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Personal Telegrams.
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(Untitled), 26 Nov 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/9/38
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Letter from Charles F. Lawson to WSC, on support for the free trade movement in New Zealand.

Dates: 26 Nov 1903
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Public and political: general / Public and Political: General: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 12 Jan 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/15/29-30
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Letter from P.J. O'Regan, Member New Zealand General Assembly, to WSC, support for free trade campaign, listing probable effects of Chamberlain's reforms on N.Z. trade, enclosing cutting from the Wellington Evening News, 20 Oct 1902, with account of election meeting.

Dates: 12 Jan 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Public and political: general / Public and Political: General: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), [Jan] [1912]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/8/55
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to Sir Joseph Ward, Prime Minister of New Zealand, stating that if there were further increases to the German Naval Building Programme, the Admiralty wished to transfer the battle cruiser HMS New Zealand from the China Station to the Home Fleet for service in the North Sea, and that if the New Zealand Government approved, the armoured cruiser Defence would be sent to the China Station, and HMS Zew Zealand would have a three month visit to the...
Dates: [Jan] [1912]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Correspondence and Memoranda.
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(Untitled), 01 Feb 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/8/56
Scope and Contents Letter from Lewis Harcourt, Colonial Office, to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, admitting the desirability of transferring the battle cruiser "New Zealand" from the China Station to the Home Fleet, for service in the Home Fleet, but requesting that the matter be brought before the Cabinet, because of opposition from the New Zealand Government, and possible adverse press publicity, with manuscript note by WSC, that he did not feel it worthwhile to start a long Cabinet discussion, and that...
Dates: 01 Feb 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Correspondence and Memoranda.
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(Untitled), 02 Jan 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/8/57
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Letter from Sir William White [former Director of Naval Construction] (Cedarcroft, Putney Heath [London]) to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, suggesting meeting.

Dates: 02 Jan 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Correspondence and Memoranda.
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(Untitled), 05 Feb 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/8/58
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Letter from 1st Lord Haldane (28 Queen Anne's Gate, [War Office]) to WSC, asking for details of Britain's shipbuilding programme, and a note of additional ships and money that would be required if the new German Naval Law was adopted, and asking if Britain could have any reasonable objections to the new German Squadron in full commission.

Dates: 05 Feb 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Correspondence and Memoranda.
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(Untitled), Apr 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/18/4
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Admiralty memorandum on the naval position of New Zealand. [Printed].

Dates: Apr 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Canadian and New Zealand Contribution [to the Royal Navy]: Prints.
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(Untitled), 24 Apr 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/18/5
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Letter from James Allen [Minister of Defence, New Zealand] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on New Zealand's naval policy. [Printed].

Dates: 24 Apr 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Canadian and New Zealand Contribution [to the Royal Navy]: Prints.
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(Untitled), 31 Jul 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/18/6
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Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to James Allen [Minister of Defence, New Zealand] on New Zealand's naval policy. [Printed].

Dates: 31 Jul 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Canadian and New Zealand Contribution [to the Royal Navy]: Prints.
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(Untitled), 13 Feb 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/18/8
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Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] and the Chief of Staff [Sir Henry Jackson], asking them to discuss New Zealand's naval policy with James Allen [Minister of Defence, New Zealand]. [Typescript, initialled].

Dates: 13 Feb 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Canadian and New Zealand Contribution [to the Royal Navy]: Prints.
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(Untitled), 21 Feb 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/19/23-24
Scope and Contents Letter from Sir William Graham Greene [Secretary of the Admiralty] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], reporting a meeting between himself, the 2nd Sea Lord [Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe] and the Chairman of the Headmasters' Conference, on public school entry to the Navy. Greene also comments on a meeting with James Allen [Minister of Defence, New Zealand], Prince Louis of Battenberg [1st Sea Lord, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] and [?] Sir Henry Jackson [Chief of Staff, Admiralty] on...
Dates: 21 Feb 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Correspondence and memoranda.
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(Untitled), 27 Feb 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/19/28-37
Scope and Contents Letter from Sir William Graham Greene [Secretary of the Admiralty] to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on subjects including: the post of Director of Naval Engineering and schemes for ship inspections; official procedure for meetings between WSC and Heads of Department; the Admiralty War Staff and the impracticality of transferring the War Office system to the Admiralty; New Zealand policy and a memorandum on the adequacy of New Zealand's coastal defences; and the Indian contribution to the...
Dates: 27 Feb 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Correspondence and memoranda.
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(Untitled), [Dec] [1913]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/22B/277-284
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Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the naval defence of New Zealand and Australia, including the British attitude to Japan. [Carbon copy].

Dates: [Dec] [1913]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Correspondence and First Lord's Minutes. [Carbon copies].
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(Untitled), [1913]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/22B/285
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Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] and the Chief of Staff, Admiralty [Admiral Sir Henry Jackson], on the naval defence of New Zealand and the necessity of keeping in touch with James Allen [Minister of Defence, New Zealand]. [Carbon copy].

Dates: [1913]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Correspondence and First Lord's Minutes. [Carbon copies].

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