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Subjects include: conditions in the Ukraine; countering Bolshevism in Europe and Russia; the future of the Political Intelligence Department; the Baltic States.

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: [Terence] Spike Milligan on his pleasure in meeting AFB; Jasper Ridley on his history of the passive resistance movement; John Grigg [earlier 2nd Lord Altrincham] on establishing the credentials of the Bhavan institute of Indian culture before linking them with the Tilak Memorial Trust (2); Neville Butler, Professor of Child Health, asking if AFB would act as a patron of the International Centre for Child Studies; Dora Russell, enclosing a note "The Soul of Russia and...

Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's speech (5 October 1946, Conservative Party conference, Blackpool) entitled "Every Dog His Day" on subjects including: criticism of the Labour government; the need for a concerted opposition to Communism; foreign policy; the deterioration of relations with the Soviet Union; post war reconstruction; the electoral system; taxation; housing; the coal industry; agriculture; nationalisation; foreign policy and Indian independence; and the need for increased Conservative...

Scope and Contents 1. British Naval Supremacy, 8 Dec 1918 [carbon] 2. The Whole World is at a Standstill, 12 Jan 1919 [carbon] 3. The Foreign Policy of Britain, 22 June 1919 [carbon] 4. Our Armaments after the War, 29 June 1919 [carbon] 5. The Truth About the Navy, 9 Nov 1919 [carbon] 6. Can Labour Govern?, 16 Nov 1919 [carbon] 7. Russia and Germany, 23 Nov 1919 [carbon] 8. America and The Treaty, 30 Nov 1919 [carbon] 9. The Right to Strike, 7 Dec 1919 [carbon] 10. The Red Fever, 25 Jan 1920 [carbon] 11....

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1. "The Red Fever: A Way to Deal with our Bolshevists: Segregate them", Sunday Herald, 25 Jan 1920 [typescript].2. "Monarchy versus Autocracy: The Moral of the "Willy-Nicky" Correspondence", Sunday Herald, 1 Feb 1920 [typescript].3. "Russia - An Enslaved Bedlam"[cutting].4. "The Poison Peril from the East", Evening News, 28 July 1920 [whole newspaper].5. "The Real Kitchener - Fatal Dilemma of his War Administration", Sunday Herald, 25 Apr 1920 [typescript].

Scope and Contents Annotated proofs, copy and press cuttings of the following articles by WSC: "The Truth About Douglas Haig"; on 1st Lord Haig; "Mr Lloyd George" on David Lloyd George; "Boris Savinkov" on his part in the Russian army on the Eastern Front, and fighting against the Bolsheviks; "Lord Ypres" on Sir John French; "B-P" on 1st Lord Baden-Powell; "Trotsky" on Leon Trotsky; "Hindenburg" on Field-Marshal Paul von Hindenburg; "The Tragic Story of Parnell" on Charles Parnell; "Lawrence of Arabia" on T E...

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Annotated proofs and press cuttings of the following articles by WSC: "Hindenburg" on Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg's role in the First World War; "Boris Savinkov" on his role in the Russian army on the Eastern Front, and fighting against the Bolsheviks; "Marshal Foch" on Field Marshal Ferdinand Foch on the Western Front; "Herbert Henry Asquith" on 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith.

Scope and Contents Includes annotated proofs, galley proofs and cuttings from Picture Post for: "What Britain's Policy Should Be", an interview with WSC in which he gives his views on British foreign policy over the preceding years and at that time, advocates co-operation with France, the United States and the Soviet Union against Germany, comments on the Spanish Civil War, the need to form a broader British government and civil defence; "How the War Began" on the build up to World War I, the assassination of...

Scope and Contents Notes from the German section of the Political Intelligence Department, for speeches by Arthur Balfour [Foreign Secretary] on subjects including: a speech by Wilhelm Solf, German Colonial Secretary, on Britain's annexation of German colonies, plans for Belgium and the actions of Romania; the future of Alsace-Lorraine and the views of the German politician Philipp Scheidemann; German peace negotiations; attempts to use Belgium as a pawn; German violations of treaties with Russia; conditions...

Scope and Contents Memoranda from the German section of the Political Intelligence Department on subjects including: the situation in Austria-Hungary, particularly the future of Hungary; a message from Count Mihály Karolyi, Prime Minister of Hungary, on the difficulties Hungary was facing; the future of the foreign press unit at Watergate House; a conversation with Otto Bauer, Austrian Foreign Minister, advising sending a British mission to Vienna with food aid to counter Bolshevik influence; the canalisation...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: "Freddie" [Frederick Guest, Secretary of State for Air] on the transfer of control in Iraq from the War Office to the Air Ministry, and on the risk of having the Air Force broken up (5); Sir Maurice Hankey [Secretary to the Cabinet] on subjects including WSC's views on the cancellation of naval contracts (6); James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; Sir Robert Horne [Chancellor of the Exchequer] on a memorandum by WSC on taxation,...

Scope and Contents Typescript telegrams on various subjects including: affairs in Bulgaria, Russia, Romania, Greece, Italy and Servia [Serbia]; the strength, weaponry and distribution of the Turkish forces; calculations of the Austro-German forces; the Dardanelles campaign; negotiations with [Eleutherios] Venizelos [Prime Minister] of Greece; movements of German and Austrian forces and German submarines; and intelligence reports on the construction progress of a road and railway between Uzun Kopri [Uzunkopru,...

Scope and Contents Cabinet papers on various subjects including: the declaration of London and its effect on Great Britain's "belligerent rights" and neutral shipping; the Russian fishing zone; Japanese affairs including tariff negotiations, the treaty of commerce and navigation, and an alliance with Great Britain; bulletins from [James] Bryce [British ambassador to the United States] on tariff relations between Canada and the United States; budget arrangements in Austria, France, Germany, Italy and the United...

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Cabinet papers providing summaries of foreign affairs including: affairs in Russia including proceedings at the Imperial Duma and the growth of revolutionary elements; affairs in South Eastern Europe including Turkey and increasing animosity between Greece and Bulgaria; affairs in North Western Europe including the trial of Don Francisco Ferrer in Spain; affairs in Austria-Hungary and in Persia [Iran] and a report on the Egyptian law for placing people under police supervision.

Scope and Contents WSC's copies of printed Foreign Office telegrams which include bulletins of events from ambassadors and embassy staff on events around the world including: the management of the Suez canal; railway building and opium production in China; relations between Persia [later Iran] and Russia, between Turkey and Greece, Nicaragua and the United States; affairs in India including the actions of the Dalai Lama; the sovereign rights of the Ottoman empire [Turkey] in Greece; and affairs in Japan,...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Edwin Montagu [Secretary of State for India] on subjects including Constantinople [Istanbul, Turkey] (3); Sir Maurice Hankey [Secretary to the Cabinet] on why WSC was not kept fully informed about the San Remo [Italy] Conference.Also includes: the text of the "National Pact" as printed in the Proceedings of the Turkish Chamber of Deputies; a memorandum on the present causes of high prices by Charles McCurdy [Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Food]; notes on foreign...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Andrew Bonar Law [Lord Privy Seal].Also includes: a memorandum by Edwin Montagu, Secretary of State for India, with a telegram from Sir Percy Cox [High Commissioner in Mesopotamia, later Iraq] on railway policy in Mesopotamia; a draft telegram by [WSC] on preserving freedom of naval action in Singapore; a memorandum on changes in recent Russian trade agreements; memoranda on imperial exchange and currencies by Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Minister of Pensions, Leo...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: 1st Lord Curzon of Kedleston [Foreign Secretary] on WSC's interference in Egyptian affairs (4); Sir Maurice Hankey [Secretary to the Cabinet] (3); Sir Eric Geddes [Minister of Transport] on the use of coal surpluses for private and public purposes (2); William Bridgeman [Secretary of Mines] on coal surpluses (2); David Lloyd George [the Prime Minister] on WSC's interference in foreign affairs, on an alliance with France and on negotiations with Japan and the United...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir Maurice Hankey [Secretary to the Cabinet] (6); 7th Lord Londonderry [earlier Lord Castlereagh] on the need for special constables in Northern Ireland; 1st Lord Curzon of Kedleston [Foreign Secretary] on Egypt; Arthur Balfour [Lord President of the Council] on reacting to Bolshevik attacks against Poland by stopping the visas of Russian Trade Unionists; "F E", (the Lord Chancellor) [1st Lord Birkenhead, earlier F E Smith] urging WSC not to resign over the...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Edwin Montagu [Secretary of State for India] on subjects including the breaking off of negotiations with Ireland and 1st Lord Curzon of Kedleston [Foreign Secretary]'s policy over France's treaty with Turkey (6); Air Marshal Sir Hugh Trenchard on WSC's help in giving a distinct role to the Air Force; Sir Alfred Mond [Minister of Health] on immigration and Palestine; General Sir Charles Harington [General Officer Commanding in Chief, Allied Forces of Occupation in...

Scope and Contents Printed papers by various individuals on various subjects including: the representation of India at the Imperial Conference; press summaries of affairs in various countries including Albania, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary and Russia; Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary] on the declaration of cotton as contraband, dealings with the United States, Portugal and the war, the leaking of information and an agreement with Sweden regarding contraband; Lord Lansdowne on naval and military war...

Scope and Contents Includes: memoranda by Edwin Montagu, Secretary of State for India on peace with Turkey and the Anglo-French Conference on the Turkish settlement; the report by E Forbes-Adam and Robert Vansittart [First Secretary, Foreign Office] on the Anglo-French Conference on the Turkish settlement, between 1st Lord Curzon of Kedleston [Foreign Secretary] and Philippe Berthelot, Chief Secretary for Political and Commercial Affairs at the French Foreign Office; memoranda on the future of Constantinople...

Scope and Contents Correspondents on affairs in Mesopotamia include: Edwin Montagu [Secretary of State for India] (2); [1st Lord] Curzon of Kedleston, Lord President of the Council, on affairs in Palestine, his faith in Feisal and negotiations with France over Syria (5); T E Lawrence ["Lawrence of Arabia" later T E Shaw] on Feisal's claims and his agreement to abandon Syria (1); Sir Alfred Hirtzel [Deputy Under Secretary, India Office] on expenditure and the influence of the High Commissioner, Sir Percy Cox...

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S (Steel and Iron) Various papers including correspondence on demand for steel from France, Italy and Russia; memo by Robert Horne, Director of Materials and Priority on meeting with WSC on supply of steel to the Admiralty; memo by Sir Arthur Duckham on steel production; minute from WSC to Sir Arthur Duckham expressing disquiet about the Steel Department and its organisation; papers on strike by iron ore miners in Cumberland.

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A (Allies) Russia Reports including Report on visit to the Russian Front, Feb-Mar 1917, by Major-General John Headlam, with his impressions of Petrograd, Mar-Apr 1917; Report on Works in Russia, visited by Colonel F Byrne, British Military Section in Russia, Sep 1917.