United States (nation)
Found in 1689 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 01 Mar 1941 - 31 Mar 1941
(Untitled), 01 May 1941 - 31 May 1941
(Untitled), 01 Jun 1941 - 30 Jun 1941
(Untitled), 01 Jul 1941 - 30 Jul 1941
(Untitled), 01 Aug 1941 - 31 Aug 1941
(Untitled), 02 Apr 1941
Telegram [from WSC] to [Sir Stafford Cripps, British Ambassador to the Soviet Union] (Moscow) with a message for Yosuke Matsuoka [Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs] of "sincerity and goodwill": warning him of the possible consequences if Japan and the combined British and American "naval superiority" should come into conflict.
(Untitled), 06 Apr 1941
Telegram from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] (Washington) to WSC asking if United States Government approval of Allied intervention in Ethiopia [Abyssinia] would be beneficial.
(Untitled), 06 Apr 1941
Telegram from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] (Washington) to WSC on a request from Putnams for a brief message for the Annual Banquet of the American Book Sellers Association. [see CHAR 20/38/71 for the message].
(Untitled), 21 Oct 1941 - 04 Nov 1941
Letter from Eric Seal [former Principal Private Secretary to WSC], member of British Supply Council in Washington [and Deputy Secretary of the Admiralty, United States] to WSC with observations on American attitudes to the war, and on the leadership of Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States; with letter from John Martin [Private Secretary to WSC] to Clifford Jarrett [Principal Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty] requesting telegram of thanks be sent.
(Untitled), 10 Aug 1941 - 26 Sep 1941
Letter from Josiah Wedgwood to WSC, enclosing a letter from Harold Ickes, United States Secretary of the Interior, to Wedgwood discussing oil supplies to the Soviet Union and Britain; also includes note by Anthony Bevir [Private Secretary to WSC] on forwarding the letter to the Foreign Secretary, and copy of a reply to Wedgwood by John Colville [Private Secretary to WSC].
(Untitled), 11 Mar 1941 - 12 Mar 1941
Telegram from Edward [the Duke of Windsor, earlier Edward, Prince of Wales and King Edward VIII, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bahamas] to [1st] Lord Moyne [earlier Walter Guinness, Secretary of State for the Colonies] on his plans to visit the United States. Despatched on 11 March; received on 12 March. Copy.
(Untitled), 15 Mar 1941
Telegram from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] (Washington) [?to WSC] on the implications of the Duke of Windsor's [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales and King Edward VIII, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bahamas] proposed US visit; suggests contact with the pro-German [Swedish] financier [Axel] Wenner-Gren should be discouraged. Copy.
(Untitled), 11 Mar 1941 - 16 Mar 1941
Note from "J M" [John Martin, Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to WSC attaching a press summary of the article appearing in Liberty magazine dated 11 March: "The Duke of Windsor [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales and King Edward VIII, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bahamas] talks of War and Peace".
(Untitled), 16 Mar 1941
Newspaper cutting from the Sunday Dispatch reporting the Duke of Windsor's [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales and King Edward VIII, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bahamas] interview in Liberty magazine.
(Untitled), 17 Mar 1941
Telegram from Secretary of States for the Colonies [1st Lord Moyne, earlier Walter Guinness] to the Duke of Windsor [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales, and King Edward VIII, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bahamas] passing on a message from WSC advising against a trip to the United States, use of [Axel] Wenner-Gren's [Swedish financier] yacht, and spontaneous public statements which are open to misinterpretation. Copy and WSC's typed draft.
(Untitled), 19 Mar 1941
Telegram from Edward [the Duke of Windsor, earlier Edward, Prince of Wales, and King Edward VIII], Governor [and Commander in Chief] of the Bahamas, to [1st] Lord Moyne [earlier Walter Guinness, Secretary of States for the Colonies] for WSC advising that the "yacht in question" is owned by Alfred Sloane, head of General Motors; complaining about American journalists and offering to resign if he is impeding Anglo-American relations. Copy.
(Untitled), 20 Mar 1941
Minute from WSC (10 Downing Street) to the Private Office enclosing a draft message from him to the Duke of Windsor [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales, and King Edward VIII, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bahamas] on matters including Anglo-American relations and Windsor's comments in Liberty magazine not being HM Government policy. Typescripts annotated by WSC.
(Untitled), 20 Mar 1941
(Untitled), 20 Mar 1941 - 21 Mar 1941
Telegram from Secretary of States for the Colonies [1st Lord Moyne, earlier Walter Guinness] to the Duke of Windsor [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales, and King Edward VIII, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bahamas] passing on a message from WSC on matters including Anglo-American relations and Windsor's comments in Liberty magazine not being HM Government policy. Copy with complements slip.
(Untitled), 19 Mar 1941 - 22 Mar 1941
Telegram from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] (Washington) to the Foreign Office giving extracts from the Duke of Windsor's [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales, and King Edward VIII, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bahamas] interview [with Fulton Ousler] in Liberty magazine. Copy preceded by Foreign Office request.
(Untitled), 27 Mar 1941 - 28 Mar 1941
(Untitled), 31 Mar 1941
Minute from "M" [1st Lord Moyne, earlier Walter Guinness, Secretary of State for the Colonies] to WSC on approaching [Colin] Davidson [Clerk to the House of Lords] to become the Duke of Windsor's [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales and King Edward VIII, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bahamas] Press representative and giving details of Sir Edward Peacock, the Duke's financial adviser. Typescript, annotated by WSC.
(Untitled), 17 Apr 1941 - 27 May 1941
Letter from Reginald Baxter (170, Eastcote Road, Ruislip, Middlesex), Resident Partner of Frazier Jelke and Company, to WSC sending on a letter from Jelke dated 17 April, who dined with the Duke and Duchess [of Windsor, earlier Edward, Prince of Wales and King Edward VIII, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bahamas, and Wallis Simpson] in Nassau [Bahamas] and reports them advising Americans not to enter the war. Signed typescripts, preceded by file note.
(Untitled), 22 Apr 1941
Letter from [Christopher] Eastwood [Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Colonies] (Colonial Office) to [John] Colville [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] enclosing newspaper cuttings on the Duke of Windsor's [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales, and King Edward VIII, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bahamas] visit to Miami [United States]. Signed typescript preceded by file note and followed by the cuttings.