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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1689 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 25 Feb 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/52/17-18
Scope and Contents Copy of a letter from WSC to President [Roosevelt] referring to a late night discussion on the importance of co-operation between UK and US "cipher people". He says that although naval ciphers are frankly discussed between the two Intelligence Services, the UK appears to lack information about the US diplomatic and military ciphers and that he had ordered intelligence work on US ciphers to cease once the two countries became allies. He asks the President to handle the issue personally and...
Dates: 25 Feb 1942
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Apr 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/52/27-29
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Letter from Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States, to WSC with message on visit by Harry Hopkins [Special adviser and assistant to Roosevelt] and General George Marshall [Chief of Staff, United States Army], pledging joint offensive in Western European theatre.

Dates: 03 Apr 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Apr 1942 - 04 May 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/52/30-73
Scope and Contents Secret memorandum "Operations in Western Europe" from the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] via Harry Hopkins [Special adviser and assistant to Roosevelt] to WSC proposing joint policy and invasion plans for 1942; circulated to Sir James Grigg, [Secretary of State for War], Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs [Lord Cranborne, later 5th Lord Salisbury], Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon], First Lord of the Admiralty [A V Alexander], and Secretary of...
Dates: 11 Apr 1942 - 04 May 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Jun 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53C/284-286
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Letter from WSC to [Franklin Roosevelt], President of the United States, thanking him for the gifts from the people of the United States but emphasizing that the shipping lanes are required for military purposes.

Dates: 14 Jun 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Jun 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53C/299
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Letter from WSC to Henry Stimson, United States Secretary of War, thanking him and General George Marshall [Chief of the United States General Staff] and General Robert Eichelberger for presenting him to the troops during his visit to the United States.

Dates: 25 Jun 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54B/122
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Letter from WSC to [William] Averell Harriman [United States representative in London of Combined Shipping Adjustment Board] thanking him for the figures on number and type of merchant ships completed in the United States in September.

Dates: 07 Oct 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54B/150-163
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to [Franklin Roosevelt] President of the United States, detailing secret military plans, reorganisation of command, and projected course of the war: Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to attack Cyrenaica [Libya], then advance on Tripoli; invasion of Norway has been planned as a cover; reports of German preparation for invasion of Britain over North Sea; seeks introduction of American troops to Northern Ireland; command. structure between the...
Dates: 20 Oct 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Nov 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54C/236-238
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Letter from WSC to Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States, challenging the decision by the United States to withdraw Lend-Lease funding for operations Bolero [codename for preparations for the invasion of Normandy, France] and Roundup [codename for the Allied invasion of North West Europe] in favour of Torch [codename for Allied invasion of North West Africa].

Dates: 24 Nov 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Dec 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2C/274-276
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Letter from WSC to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain reporting success against magnetic mines, expressing concern about American isolationism and possible German interests in Scandinavia. [carbon, with manuscript annotations by WSC].

Dates: 25 Dec 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 25 Dec 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/4/38
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Printed memorandum from WSC on "The American Zionist Organisation and His Majesty's Government's Policy in Palestine".

Dates: 25 Dec 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Nov 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/3/19-20
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Copy of a minute from WSC to Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance] on war reparations and the payment of war debts to the United States. WSC feels that there is a good prospect of obtaining reparations from Europe, including 25 million pounds a year from Germany, and that they should wait for proposals from France and Italy. He advocates an open statement that all previous offers have lapsed.

Dates: 25 Nov 1924
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Jan 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/12A/8
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Copy of a memorandum from WSC to Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance, Treasury] asking him about the impact of the return to the Gold Standard on the United States "Shall we not be relieving them from the consequences of their selfish and extortionate policy?" and suggesting that [Ralph] Hawtrey [Director of Financial Enquiries, Treasury] should draft a paper about the subject.Carbon typescript. Unsigned.

Dates: 02 Jan 1925
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Feb 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/12A/96-99
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Minute from WSC to Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance] marked "private and confidential" querying statements made by Niemeyer about the gap between Britain and the United States, bank rates and the 1.25 million unemployed, remarking "while that unemployment exists, no one is entitled to plume himself on the financial or credit policy which we have pursued".Carbon typescript.

Dates: 22 Feb 1925
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1918-Feb 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/40/68-74
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Memorandum from Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance, Treasury] to WSC enclosing newspaper cuttings and an extract from the Cunliffe Committee report as background information about [Reginald] McKenna's Federal Reserve theory and summarising the reasons for his opposition to the proposals.Typescript signed with initials

Dates: 1918-Feb 1927
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Sep 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/75/167-173
Scope and Contents Copy of a memorandum from WSC to Sir Warren Fisher [Permanent Secretary] "and others concerned" on: the possibility of shortening the occupation of Germany if Germany makes improvements in payment of reparations; the economic impact of the early return of troops; disarmament and the need for France to retain a strong army to uphold the Locarno treaty; repayment of United States debt and the need to pass on costs to Germany; the need for the Treasury to adopt am attitude of "extreme reserve...
Dates: 14 Sep 1928
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Dec 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/2B/155
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Letter from WSC to Sir Auckland Geddes [former British Ambassador to the United States] on the death of 11th Lord Lothian [late British Ambassador to the United States, earlier Philip Kerr]. [Carbon].

Dates: 15 Dec 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 May 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/2A/3
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Letter from WSC to A V Alexander [First Lord of the Admiralty] on exchange of technical information with the United States. [Carbon].

Dates: 21 May 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Dec 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/2B/175
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Letter from WSC to 1st Lord McGowan on his suggested appointment of [? Arthur] Purvis as British Ambassador to the United States, and the actual appointment of Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin]. [Carbon].

Dates: 26 Dec 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Jun 1940 - 16 Jul 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/5/68-70
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Letter from John Peck [Assistant Private Secretary to WSC] to Frank Wood [Assistant Principal, Air Ministry] returning the Secretary of State for Air's letter from Harold Ickes [United States Secretary of the Interior] and enclosing a similar letter from Ickes received by WSC; Ickes acknowledges the task of defending modern civilisation which is being undertaken by the British people and WSC in particular. [Carbon].

Dates: 17 Jun 1940 - 16 Jul 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Aug 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/4B/127
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Letter from Neville Chamberlain [Lord President of the Council] to WSC on a paper by Sir Kingsley Wood [Chancellor of the Exchequer] on gold and dollars, and the coming election in the United States. [Manuscript].

Dates: 21 Aug 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Sep 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/4B/134-135
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Letter from WSC to Sir Walter Citrine [General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress and President of the International Federation of Trade Unions] proposing that his visit to the United States be delayed until after the Presidential Elections. [Carbon].

Dates: 06 Sep 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Jun 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/4B/190-192
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Personal letter from Emerald, Lady Cunard to WSC on attitudes to the war and the Allies in the United States; forwarded with WSC's autograph to [Alfred] Duff Cooper [Minister of Information, later 1st Lord Norwich]; also includes filing note. [Copy].

Dates: 10 Jun 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Aug 1940 - 04 Sep 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/7/55-62
Scope and Contents Correspondence concerning the visit of Sir George Paish to the United States to deliver a lecture tour at the request of the Carnegie Peace Foundation; justification by American Division of the Ministry of Information for granting him a visa; note by "H" [Lord Halifax, Foreign Secretary, earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin] to WSC, letter from Martin Russell, [Private Secretary to the Minister of Information to John Martin [Private Secretary to WSC], notes by Martin and letters from 11th Lord...
Dates: 28 Aug 1940 - 04 Sep 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 1920 - 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/200/10
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Diagram of the collapse of the real medium of exchange showing changes in the composition of the medium of exchange in the United States.

Dates: 1920 - 1932
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), 18 Jul 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/86
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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, Bar Harbour Malvern Hotel, Maine, to WSC, on Lord and Lady Randolph's visit to the United States and Canada, and on WSC's proposed visit to Germany.

Dates: 18 Jul 1894
Conditions Governing Access: Open