Soviet Union
Found in 693 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 29 Sep 1924
Cutting from the "Toronto Daily Star" [Canada]: report of the speech in Toronto by the Labour MP Alexander Haycock, including marked passage vehemently attacking WSC's policies towards Russia. Sent with CHAR 2/135/79.
(Untitled), [04] [Nov] [1924]
Letter from J R MacDonald (Conservative Club, St James's Street, [London]) to WSC arguing that the growing support for Bolshevism among the working classes in Britain should be combatted by a film showing the evils which that creed has produced in Russia. Sent with CHAR 2/136/14.
(Untitled), 20 Dec 1924
Letter from Leonora de Karatieff, the English wife of a Russian nobleman (10 Hubert Road, St Julian's Avenue, Newport, Monmouthshire, [Wales]) to [WSC] enclosing CHAR 2/136/112-117, referring to the sufferings of her relations in Russia at the hands of the Bolsheviks and stating that she would be glad if WSC "could devise some means to get rid of the Bolshies.".
(Untitled), [20] [Dec] [1924]
(Untitled), Apr 1926
Pamphlet: "Can we trust the Soviets? Being twelve reasons against credits for the Soviet Government." With an introduction by 1st Lord Sydenham. Issued by the Association of British Creditors of Russia.
(Untitled), c 1925
Pamphlet: "Justice or plunder: the facts about the Soviet confiscation and dishonesty: Soviet Oil Scandal". Issued by the Association of British Creditors of Russia.
(Untitled), 29 Jan 1925
Printed weekly notes for speakers on policy towards Russia issued by the Independent Labour Party Information Committee. Sent with CHAR 2/141/35.
(Untitled), [Jan] [1925]
Notes [by Charles Watney] countering the claim by the Independent Labour Party that Russia and tropical Africa offer the best potential for the expansion of British trade. Sent with CHAR 2/141/35.
(Untitled), [1927]
Statement by Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later Lord Brentford] on the discovery by the Government of documents showing that the Russian trade delegation has been used as a cover for subversive activities in Britain by Soviet agents. Another copy at CHAR 2/152/66-71. Another version at CHAR 2/152/72-82.
(Untitled), 17 Jul 1934
Letter from Arthur Cummings, Political Editor, News Chronicle, to WSC, on meeting with Nicolas Mayorski, the newly arrived London correspondent of the Russian newspaper "Pravda". Stating that Mayorski was one of the "ablest, most interesting and broadly intelligent Bolshies" he had met, and that he was particularly interested in meeting WSC, to "tell him why the post-War interventionist policy in Russia failed", attaching Mayorski's business card.
(Untitled), [Dec] [1927]
Newspaper cutting: report on the danger of a confrontation between Britain and the Soviet Union in the Middle East.
(Untitled), c 1927
Letter from "T E S" to ? praising WSC's ["The World Crisis"] and considering the possibility that Russia may soon make an attempt to dominate Europe. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), 30 Apr 1935
Pamphlet - Volkerbund - The Journal of the German Association for League of Nations Questions - on "The Red Army".
(Untitled), 1924
Pamphlet: "The destruction of the British Empire as planned by the Communist International". Published by the Russian National Students' Association.
(Untitled), 16 Nov 1926
Letter from WSC to Sir James Hawkey blaming trade union extremists and Russian Bolshevik influences for the recent severe industrial unrest, including the General Strike, and expressing the Government's determination to defeat these forces. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 22 Feb 1927
Letter from Frances Helen Pumfrey (Portway, Wantage, Berkshire) to WSC on: "the Chancellor's Fund"; relations with China, Japan and Russia; the conviction of Peter Wright for libel on William Gladstone, who was godfather to Pumfrey's nephew.
(Untitled), 07 Mar 1927
Letter from [WSC] to Robert Boothby [later Lord Boothby] advising him not to take any notice of the accusation by Philip Snowden [later Lord Snowden] that he has been inconsistent in his attitude to Russia as a result of WSC's influence]. Typescript carbon copy.
(Untitled), 04 Mar 1927
Letter from Robert Boothby [later Lord Boothby] to WSC explaining that the speech he made [in the House of Commons] on the previous day was part of an anti-Russian campaign he has been fighting in the north of Scotland and denying the charge by Philip Snowden [later Lord Snowden] that he had changed his views on Russia to suit those of WSC in the hope of becoming an under-secretary.
(Untitled), 02 Jun 1932
Letter from Katharine, Duchess of Atholl (98 Elm Park Gardens, [London]) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/187/177-188 and arguing that the dumping of exports in Britain by the Soviet Union is an important cause of the fall of wholesale commodity prices and that it would be in the interests of the United States if Britain put an end to this dumping.
(Untitled), 23 Apr 1932
Letter from [WSC] to Major-General Sir Alfred Knox hoping that he is keeping his attention fixed on Russia and noting that Lord Lloyd [earlier Sir George Lloyd] has initiated a good debate in the House of Lords. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 20 Jun 1943
Telegram from WSC to Marshal Joseph Stalin explaining the risks of attempting an invasion of Western Europe too soon, and pointing out how Allied success in Tunisia has affected Axis forces in the whole of the Mediterranean, therefore diverting German supplies from the Russian Front. WSC also asks for Stalin's view of the situation on the Russian Front and urges a meeting with himself and [Franklin Roosevelt], President of the United States.