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Soviet Union

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 693 Collections and/or Records:

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“A Diplomat Remembers Stalin”, 1988-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ROBT 13/14
Scope and Contents

Transcript of an interview with FR.

Dates: 1988-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Aid to Russia Fund, 1900, 1941 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 3/37
Scope and Contents Correspondence and memoranda about the Red Cross Aid to Russia Fund, which was chaired by Clementine, including a letter sent by Churchill from an army camp near Val Krantz, Natal [South Africa], February 1900, to a well-wisher in Romania, offered as a donation to the Fund, and letters of thanks from Clementine to contributors. Other correspondents include: Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery; Hewlett Johnson, Dean of Canterbury (2); Eleanor Rathbone, asking Clementine to raise the subject...
Dates: 1900; 1941 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: With the exception of the staff wages books in CSCT 9/1, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Album of images from the Soviet Union, 1963-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 10/74
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Photographs of JA, on subjects including his Second World War mission to Albania (some used in his book "Sons of the Eagle"), and official visits and ministerial photographs, particularly of JA as Secretary of State for Air, Minister of Aviation and Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Dates: 1963-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1960 - 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ROBT 10
Scope and Contents

Mainly photographs from official and social events.

Dates: 1960 - 1963
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Articles, The majority of folios date from 1965.

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/FEBR 3/4
Scope and Contents Correspondence on and drafts and final texts of articles by AFB sent to overseas newspapers and journals, mostly from the African and Asian press. Subjects of the articles include: revisiting Lincoln prison; Southern Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe]; AFB's visit to the Soviet Union, 1965 [see also FEBR 2/10]; the Bou Saada project to grow crops in the Algerian desert [see also FEBR 2/10, 3/1 and 7/9]; the Vietnam War; the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation; the responsibilities of the...
Dates: The majority of folios date from 1965.
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Articles, 1972 - 1979

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ROBT 13/4
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: the roles and responsibilities of multinational companies; the relevance of NATO; Soviet policies under Stalin and Khrushchev.

Dates: 1972 - 1979
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Articles and broadcasts , 1968 - 1977

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ROBT 13/2
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Pamphlets, conference papers, articles and correspondence with historians on subjects including: the effect of the German-Soviet Treaty of 1970; Germany's Ostpolitik; Stalin; 20 years of NATO; the Anglo-Portuguese alliance; the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia; Britain's entry into the European Economic Community.

Dates: 1968 - 1977
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Articles and lectures, 1969 - 1979

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ROBT 13/1
Scope and Contents Includes: text of lecture given by FR at the Wilton Park Conference, 1979, on Europe's position between the Super Powers; account by Admiral Sir Angus Cunninghame Graham of taking FR to Murmansk [Soviet Union] aboard HMS Kent with [Robert] Anthony Eden, Foreign Secretary [later 1st Lord Avon] and Ivan Maisky, the Soviet Ambassador to Britain, in 1941; correspondence with Francis Harrison on FR's memories of Sir Archibald Nye, High Commissioner for the UK in India, 1948-52; review by FR of...
Dates: 1969 - 1979
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Articles and lectures, 1979 - 1992

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ROBT 13/3
Scope and Contents Pamphlets, conference papers, articles and correspondence with historians on subjects including: the memoirs of Henry Kissinger; FR's piece on 1st Lord Strang for the Dictionary of National Biography; the political and economic state of Britain, particularly regarding Europe; Anglo-Soviet relations; NATO and European defence; America and Europe, partners or rivals; FR's memories of [William] Averell Harriman; the Cold War; Winston Churchill and the possible reunification of Germany in 1953;...
Dates: 1979 - 1992
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Articles, lectures and correspondence with historians, 1973 - 1995

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ROBT 13/5
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Moscow [Soviet Union], 1945, particularly relating to VE Day; the Pax Atlantica; encounters with Khrushchev; NATO over 40 years; FR's life and career; the post-war transformation of Anglo-German relations; the Berlin crises, 1948-9 and 1959-61; Germany and the community of nations; the Yalta Conference, 1945; Anglo-Polish relations during the war.

Dates: 1973 - 1995
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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British Minister in Moscow , The majority of items date from 1945-47

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ROBT 4
Scope and Contents

Photographs, mainly press images of social events.

Dates: The majority of items date from 1945-47
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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"Cabinet: Note on Tube Alloys, 1954", 14 Dec 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/217/15
Scope and Contents

Top secret Cabinet Paper by WSC on nuclear deterrents; the nuclear power of the United States and Soviet Union and considerations about the likelihood of them using nuclear weapons; the importance of NATO's position and nuclear strength; and communication of information and policy to the Soviet Union. He ends "The next two or three years may well be the safest the world will see for a long time. We should remain calm and firm."Printed pamphlet.

Dates: 14 Dec 1954
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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"Clementine Churchill": Aid to Russia Fund, 1945, 1968-08 - 1998-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 5/1/122
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Includes: copies of reports on the fund by the Joint War Organization; extracts from an account by CSC of her visit to the Soviet Union; article by Grace Hamblin, former secretary to CSC, on the visit.

Dates: 1968-08 - 1998-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Colour slides, mainly of overseas visits by Harold Macmillan, 1957-03 - 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/NRBK 2/1
Scope and Contents Includes: a guard of honour at the Bermuda Conference, 1957; the Commonwealth tour by [Maurice] Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister [later 1st Lord Stockton], Jan-Feb 1958, including India, particularly Delhi, and the Khyber Pass, a guard of honour at Singapore, New Zealand, including Dunedin and Christchurch and Australia, including Queensland and Sydney; Macmillan's visit to the Soviet Union, Feb 1959, including Moscow, Kiev and Leningrad, and an image of Macmillan and John Selwyn Lloyd,...
Dates: 1957-03 - 1960
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Conservative Research Department: reports, 1952-04 - 1954-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/2/97
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: old age pensions; the Transport Bill; the convertibility of sterling; foreign affairs, particularly Germany, the Soviet Union and Korea [North Korea and South Korea]; the Colonial Development Corporation; the political situation in Nigeria; the Economic Survey, 1953; housing; the Finance Bill, 1952; the Empire Settlement Bill, 1952; the Government's first six months in office.

Dates: 1952-04 - 1954-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Copy of a telegram to the Foreign Office from 'Sutherland [Sir Iain Sutherland, UK Ambassador to the Soviet Union]', on a conversation he had had with Soviet President (Mikhail) Gorbachev on 9 May 1985, 11 May 1985, 1985-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/10/91
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With note on top page for MT from 'C.D.P. [Charles Powell, her Private Secretary for Overseas Affairs]'

Dates: 1985-05
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in October 2015 It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Correspondence, 1961-08 - 1996-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 9/9
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Clementine, Lady Churchill on subjects including the death of CS's father, Arthur Soames, Sir Winston Churchill's decision not to stand as an MP in the next General Election, 1963 and the tribute to Churchill from the House of Commons, 1964 (5); [Maurice] Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton] on subjects including thanking CS for his support, regretting that he had not been accepted as Parliamentary candidate for South Kensington [London] and sympathising on his...
Dates: 1961-08 - 1996-12
Conditions Governing Access: Closed for review.
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Correspondence and papers on Yalta , 1985 - 1995

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ROBT 13/10
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Correspondence and papers by FR and others on the Yalta Conference.

Dates: 1985 - 1995
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence between [David] Ben-Gurion (Prime Minister of Israel) and WSC, and between WSC and Harold Macmillan (Prime Minister) regarding the letter from Ben-Gurion, 3-28 Sep 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/2/2/32/5-13
Scope and Contents Comprising a long letter from Ben-Gurion (Jerusalem) to WSC, WSC's reply and correspondence with Macmillan about the letter (including sending the letter for Macmillan to read). Ben-Gurion's letter is on subjects including WSC's invitation to meet in the South of France and Ben-Gurion's regret that they were not able to meet as he had already left; upcoming meetings [between United States President Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Khrushchev during Krushchev's visit to the United...
Dates: 3-28 Sep 1959
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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Correspondence on memoirs with the Foreign Office Library and European Commission archives, 1980-09 - 1985-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 10/7
Scope and Contents Includes: notes by Martin Meredith on copies of records needed by CS from the Foreign Office archives; a chronology of CS's time as British Ambassador to France; letter from Sir Michael Franklin, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, on his memories of CS and Britain's entry into the Common Agricultural Policy, with a copy of a note of a meeting between CS, as Minister of Agriculture, and Alexei Kosygin, First Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Minister of the...
Dates: 1980-09 - 1985-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence with and on George Kennan [former American Ambassador to the Soviet Union], 1958 - 1994

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ROBT 13/6
Scope and Contents

Correspondence on subjects including Svetlana Alliluyeva, Stalin's daughter and George Kennan himself.

Also includes: transcripts of interviews with FR on his friendship with Kennan; article on FR's despatches from Moscow [Soviet Union], March 1946; paper on Kennan's and FR's work in building up the 'Special Relationship' while in Moscow, 1944-46.

Dates: 1958 - 1994
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Debate on the Address, 03 Nov 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/52A/1-44
Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's speech (House of Commons) for the debate on the address, on subjects including: the forthcoming royal tour of the Commonwealth and Empire; the timing of the next General Election and the general length of Parliaments; constructive and non-partisan politics; housing policy, including new building and repair of existing property; reducing restrictions and controls on agriculture, increasing food production and retaining food subsidies; changes in the international...
Dates: 03 Nov 1953
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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"Defence", 16 Mar 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/33B/217-272
Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's speech (House of Commons) on subjects including: ministerial appointments in defence; the need for greater openness with the House of Commons; retaining a reformed National Service scheme; recruitment for the regular army; the defence of Western Europe, particularly West Germany [later part of Germany], against the Soviet Union and its satellites; reducing the Royal Navy; the threat from Soviet submarines and the need to develop aircraft carriers and anti-submarine...
Dates: 16 Mar 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open