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Soviet Union

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 694 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 01 May 1944 - 31 May 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/152/5
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, May 1944.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: the Chiefs of Staff; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers, particularly Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon]; Major-General Leslie Hollis [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet]; senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the...
Dates: 01 May 1944 - 31 May 1944
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Oct 1944 - 31 Oct 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/153/4
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, October 1944.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; Air Chief Marshal Arthur Harris [Commander in Chief Bomber Command]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers, particularly Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon]; the...
Dates: 01 Oct 1944 - 31 Oct 1944
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 09 May 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/75/7
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Telegram from WSC to Premier Joseph Stalin regarding convoys to the Soviet Union: outlines difficulties of sailing convoys to the Soviet Union; lists measures required from the Soviet Union to help protect convoys; states that he will be making the broadcast warning of British retaliation to German gas attacks upon Soviet Armies tomorrow.

Dates: 09 May 1942
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 27 May 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/75/83
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Telegram from WSC to Premier Joseph Stalin thanking him for meeting "our difficulties in the Treaty" [Treaty of Alliance between the Soviet Union and Britain], expressing pleasure that Vyacheslav Molotov [Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs] will be returning to London, commenting on the progress of a convoy to the Soviet Union and conveying his sincere good wishes and confidence of victory. Initialled.

Dates: 27 May 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 27 May 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/75/84-85
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] marked "personal and secret": reports on the signing of a treaty [of alliance between Britain and the Soviet Union]; comments on Vyacheslav Molotov [Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs] and asks for Roosevelt's impressions; states that all has gone well with the Northern convoy but that the next two days will be serious; comments on talks with General Henry Arnold [Chief of United States Army Air Force] and Towers...
Dates: 27 May 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Mar 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/71B/171
Scope and Contents Telegram from Field Marshal Sir John Dill [Head of British Joint Staff Mission, Washington, United States] to WSC replying to comments by WSC [see CHAR 20/71B/165] on war strategy: comments on the security of Great Britain and the United States, the development of the American Pacific Fleet, the importance of the southern Soviet Union and Middle East theatres, the ineffectiveness of an air offensive against Germany from Britain and the impracticality of a land offensive in Europe; concludes...
Dates: 16 Mar 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Mar 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/71B/175
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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.

Dates: 17 Mar 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Mar 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/71B/177
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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.

Dates: 15 Mar 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Mar 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/72/44-45
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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].

Dates: 20 Mar 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Apr 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/74/10
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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.

Dates: 22 Apr 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Apr 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/74/13
Scope and Contents Telegram from Sir Archibald Clark Kerr [British Ambassador to the Soviet Union, later 1st Lord Inverchapel] to WSC reciting a message from Joseph Stalin of 22 April regarding chemical weapons: thanks WSC for his willingness to issue a warning against the use of poison gases by Germany and Finland; details quantities of hypochloride of calcium, chloramine and liquid chlorine required by the Soviet Union; proposes to send Andrei Georgiyevich Kasatkin (Deputy Peoples Commissar of Chemical...
Dates: 23 Apr 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Apr 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/74/28-29
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Telegram from Harry Hopkins [Special adviser and assistant to the President of the United States] to WSC regarding accumulations of shipping for the Soviet Union and asking if more ships can be carried in the next convoys in order to clear this up.

Dates: 25 Apr 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Apr 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/74/46-47
Scope and Contents Telegram from the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] to WSC expressing his concern over plans to limit shipments of supplies to the Soviet Union: asks WSC to review the size of immediate convoys; hopes that Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon] will avoid giving the Soviet Ambassador [Ivan Maisky] any flat statement about the limit to the number of ships that can be convoyed; "It seems to me that any word reaching [Joseph] Stalin at this time that our...
Dates: 27 Apr 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 28 May 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/75/102
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Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt, with minutes of a meeting held at 10 Downing Street at 11am on Friday 22 May between representatives of the British Government and Vyacheslav Molotov [Soviet Commissar for Foreign] and his advisers concerning the opening of a second front in Europe by Britain and the United States.

Dates: 28 May 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Jun 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/75/126-127
Scope and Contents Telegram from the President of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt, to WSC marked "secret" regarding his discussions with Vyacheslav Molotov [Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs]: thanks WSC for the gift of his books; confirms that he has sent invitations to Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] and John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia]; comments on the precarious nature of the Soviet position; comments on his anxiety to proceed with "Bolero" [codename for build-up...
Dates: 01 Jun 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Jun 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/76/52
Scope and Contents Telegram from Franklin Roosevelt [President of the United States] to WSC: states that he has delivered the Joint Protocol of supplies for July 1942 to June 1943 to Vyacheslav Molotov [Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs] and that copies have been given to the appropriate British representatives in Washington [United States]; comments on Molotov's visit to the United States; expresses concern about the Russian Front and states that he will be sending WSC a specific proposal; comments on the...
Dates: 07 Jun 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Jun 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/76/68-69
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Telegram from the Minister of State in the Middle East [Richard Casey] to WSC marked "most secret" regarding the need for co-ordination of plans with the Soviet Union against the possibility of a German attack through the Caucasus in the autumn and suggesting ways in which the political obstacles might be overcome.

Dates: 09 Jun 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Jun 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/76/74-76
Scope and Contents CHAR 20/76/75: telegram from WSC to the Minister of State in the Middle East [Richard Casey] marked "personal" regarding military co-ordination with the Soviet Union against the possibility of a German attack through the Caucasus and stating that it was "not possible to come to grips with the Russians" on the points mentioned by Casey but that relations have become more intimate and that he believes that the Germans will not have a smooth or rapid advance into the Caucasus.CHAR 20/76/74 and...
Dates: 11 Jun 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Jun 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/93B/174
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to Jean Maisky [Soviet Union Ambassador in London] thanking him for sending an aide memoire of his impression of their recent talks and stating that as he is anxious to avoid any misunderstandings he has sent a corrected version of the meeting [not present] which he hopes will be passed on to the Soviet Union Government and stressing that he considers the conversation to have been made in secret and would greatly regret the United States to hear of and take offence to...
Dates: 13 Jun 1943
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Jul 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/77/117-118
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to the governments of Australia and New Zealand marked "personal and most secret" reporting on the battle in the Middle East: comments on Australian and New Zealand Divisions in the Middle East; comments on the present situation and gives details of the reinforcements of troops , tanks , guns, and aircraft that have been sent to Egypt; comments on preparations to defend the Nile Delta; comments on heavy losses of convoys to Soviet Union and on aid given to Middle East by...
Dates: 12 Jul 1942
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), 14 Jul 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/77/127-128
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and secret" regarding the northern shipping convoys to the Soviet Union: reports on the heavy losses sustained by PQ 17 [June convoy]; advises against running PQ 18 [July convoy]; comments on the future prospects of supplying Russia by this northern route; states that allied shipping losses for week ending July 13 were 400,000 tons, " a rate unexampled in either this war or the last".

Dates: 14 Jul 1942
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), 14 Jul 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/77/130-132
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "most secret and personal" reciting draft text of telegram from WSC to Premier Stalin: comments on convoys to north Russia since 1941 and the change in German strategy which has led to the heavy losses of PQ 17 [Jun convoy]; comments on the dangers and difficulties and reports decision to cancel further convoys to north Russia; outlines alternative measures to get supplies to the Soviet Union; comments on the importance of combined...
Dates: 14 Jul 1942
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), 16 Jun 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/76/123
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Telegram from WSC to Premier Joseph Stalin marked "immediate, personal and secret" suggesting that the Germans may be contemplating an attack on Murmansk [Soviet Union], asking for his opinion on joint operations in the area and asking whether Stalin wishes for the six squadrons of the RAF mentioned in his aide-memoire to Vyacheslav Molotov [Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs].

Dates: 16 Jun 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Jun 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/76/139
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Telegram from Foreign Office to Moscow reciting the text of a message of support from WSC to Premier Joseph Stalin, to be conveyed to Stalin on 22 June on the occasion of the first anniversary of the Soviet Union entering the war.

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

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/76/140
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Telegram from Premier Joseph Stalin to WSC marked "personal and secret" commenting on the desirability of joint operations to repel a German invasion of the Soviet Union from northern Norway and Finland, asking about participation by British naval and land forces, and inquiring when the six British squadrons will arrive in the Murmansk [Soviet Union] area.

Dates: 20 Jun 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open