The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Cuttings from the Times reporting a speech by Oliver Lyttelton, Minister of Production [later 1st Lord Chandos] on Anglo-Soviet week, the German onslaught against the Soviet Union and the need to do more to help; with letter of complaint from William Gallacher [with transcript]; includes filing note.

Telegram from Stalin to WSC denying official endorsement of Pravda article on relations between the Soviet Union and United States. [See CHAR 20/68A/15 for WSC's telegram].

Telegram from WSC to Moscow, Soviet Union, conveying the admiration and gratitude of the peoples of the British Empire on the occasion of the twenty fourth anniversary of the foundation of the Red Army.

Telegram from WSC to Premier Joseph Stalin expressing admiration, gratitude and congratulation on successes of the Soviet Union's armies.

Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt]: comments on the Soviet Union and the importance of not denying her the frontiers she occupied when Germany attacked her; refers in confidence to a possible future effort from Britain to take the weight off the Soviet Union; states that he is keeping Roosevelt informed about India; "The weight of the war is very heavy now, and I must expect it to get steadily worse for some time to come.".

Telegram from WSC to Premier Joseph Stalin: informs him that he has sent a message to the President of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt, urging him to approve the signing of an agreement about the frontiers of the Soviet Union; promises that supplies to the Soviet Union shall not be interrupted or delayed; states that Britain is resuming the heavy air offensive upon Germany; comments on encouragement provided by the continued progress of the Soviet armies.

Telegram from WSC to General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, stating that if he remains on the defensive until July, it will be necessary to consider the movement of 15 air squadrons from Libya to sustain the Soviet left wing in the Caucasus.

Telegram from Joseph Stalin to WSC: expresses appreciation for measures to insure supplies to the Soviet Union and to intensify air attacks on Germany; expresses the conviction that 1942 "will be decisive in the turn of events at the battle front against Hitlerism"; suggests the need for an exchange of views regarding the text of an agreement on the Soviet Union's frontiers.

Telegram from WSC to Premier Joseph Stalin: states that 1st Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Max Aitken] is off to Washington [United States] to "help smooth out the Treaty question" [on confirming the borders of the Soviet Union]; comments on lunch with Ivan Maisky [Soviet Ambassador to Britain] and the implications of the use of poison gas by Germany against the Soviet Union; recommends the new British Ambassador to the Soviet Union [Sir Archibald Kerr, later 1st Lord Inverchapel].

Telegram from WSC to Premier Joseph Stalin regarding chemical weapons: states that he will issue a warning to Germany and Finland about British retaliation for poison gas attacks against the Soviet Union at the beginning of May; asks that Stalin send a specialist to explain Soviet requirements; offers to supply mustard and bleaching materials to the Soviet Union in advance of an expert's report.

Telegram from Sir Archibald Clark Kerr [British Ambassador to the Soviet Union, later 1st Lord Inverchapel] to WSC reciting a message from Joseph Stalin regarding his decision to send Vyacheslav Molotov [Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs] to London.