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Soviet Union

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 671 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 30 Aug 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/42A/39-41
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Telegram from WSC to Prime Ministers of Australia and New Zealand [Arthur Fadden and Peter Fraser] on favourable situation in Japan following declaration from United States on Pacific, and Soviet commitment.

Dates: 30 Aug 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Sep 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/42A/64-67
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Telegram from Stalin to WSC thanking him for the aircraft but regretting they will be of little use due to German advances at Eastern Front; asks for a second front to be started in Balkans.

Dates: 03 Sep 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Sep 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/42A/68-71
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Telegram from WSC to Stalin: "no possibility of any British action in the West, except Air action" without Turkish help; provision of supplies from United States and Britain via Persian railway.

Dates: 04 Sep 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Sep 1941 - 05 Sep 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/42A/72-80
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Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] enclosing Stalin's message and his reply [see CHAR 20/42A/64-71]; suggests that the Soviet Union may be thinking of separate terms with Germany.

Dates: 03 Sep 1941 - 05 Sep 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 05 Sep 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/42A/86-90
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Telegram from WSC to Sir Stafford Cripps [British Ambassador to the Soviet Union] detailing why it is impossible to divert Germans from Russian front.

Dates: 05 Sep 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Sep 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/42A/97
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Telegram from Sir Stafford Cripps [British Ambassador to the Soviet Union] to WSC thanking him for his pledge for limited help; "I hope very much it will enable them to hold on till next Spring".

Dates: 06 Sep 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Oct 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/43/124
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Telegram from Sir Stafford Cripps [British Ambassador to the Soviet Union] to WSC and 1st Lord Beaverbrook [Minister of Supply, earlier Max Aitken] requesting trained staff, and transportation, to handle goods arriving in Archangel.

Dates: 10 Oct 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Oct 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/43/132
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Telegram from WSC to Stalin promising lorries as requested; also will uphold Soviet interests in Caspian Basin if Soviet divisions are required elsewhere.

Dates: 13 Oct 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Oct 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/44/62-68
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Telegram from WSC to the Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] for Commanders-in- Chief Committee Middle East advising against relying on German engagement in the Soviet Union; feels Whipcord [codename for a British plan for the invasion of Sicily] should proceed immediately relying on superiority of Allied air power, to link up with Mediterranean; Germany will be threatened in Europe and provoke resistance by Spain.

Dates: 25 Oct 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Oct 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/44/71
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Telegram from WSC to [Sir Stafford Cripps, British Ambassador to the Soviet Union] on transportation obstacles to sending British divisions to the Caucasus.

Dates: 25 Oct 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Oct 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/44/87-91
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Telegram from WSC to Sir Stafford Cripps [British Ambassador to the Soviet Union] arguing that the Soviet Union has caused her own predicament, and that help from the Allies can only take the form of supplies as the Soviet Union has no shortage of man-power, annotated by WSC.

Dates: 28 Oct 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Nov 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/45/2-4
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Telegram from Stalin to WSC on need for Anglo-Soviet understandings on war aims and post-war objectives; queries publicity given to Soviet request for declaration of war on Finland, Hungary and Romania; adds that equipment shipments are arriving damaged.

Dates: 13 Nov 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Nov 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/45/56-58
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Telegram from WSC to Stalin agreeing to declare war on Finland if they do not break with the Axis in 2 weeks; if German-Italian Army defeated in desert will send Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon] to discuss progress of war and post-war peace settlement.

Dates: 21 Nov 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1941]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/45/89-91
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Telegram from Stalin to WSC on declaration of war on Finland, Romania and Hungary; welcomes visit by Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon].

Dates: [1941]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Dec 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/46/107
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Telegram from WSC to Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon, in Moscow, Soviet Union] suggesting recent Soviet success may make Stalin willing to declare war on Japan.

Dates: 13 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Dec 1941 - 13 Dec 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/46/112-113
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Telegrams from WSC to Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon, in Moscow, Soviet Union] with [? Chiefs of Staff] views on "whether it would be to our advantage if Russia declared war on Japan"; asking whether Soviet government would lend part of Far Eastern Submarine fleet and crew to sail under British flag.

Dates: 12 Dec 1941 - 13 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Dec 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/46/117-118
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Telegrams from Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon, in Moscow, Soviet Union] to WSC asking opinion on the Soviet Union declaring war on Japan; will explain to Stalin importance of Libyan campaign, Crusader [codename for major British operation in North Africa].

Dates: 13 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Dec 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/46/119
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Telegram from WSC to [Alfred] Duff Cooper [Resident Cabinet Minister at Singapore for Far Eastern affairs, later 1st Lord Norwich] advising that Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall's appointment as Commander-in-Chief, Far East should not yet be announced; transfer of troops to Eastern theatre; German defeat at hands of Soviet Union.

Dates: 14 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Dec 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/47/42-46
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Telegrams from Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon] to WSC on discussions with Stalin who proposed signing secret protocol on post-war frontiers; Eden agreed to pass on details to British and United States governments; German links with Japan; effect of winter on German forces in the Soviet Union.

Dates: 17 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Dec 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/47/62
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Telegram from WSC to Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon] (Moscow, Soviet Union) rejecting discussion with Stalin about post-war frontiers.

Dates: 21 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Dec 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/47/68
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Telegram from Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon] (Moscow [Soviet Union]) to WSC summarising meetings with Stalin.

Dates: 22 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Dec 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/47/72-74
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Telegrams from Government of Australia to WSC requesting drafts of proposed treaties discussed with Stalin during Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon]'s visit to Moscow [Soviet Union]; fears separate Soviet peace settlement if Allies do not agree to post-war frontier proposals.

Dates: 23 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54B/150-163
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to [Franklin Roosevelt] President of the United States, detailing secret military plans, reorganisation of command, and projected course of the war: Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to attack Cyrenaica [Libya], then advance on Tripoli; invasion of Norway has been planned as a cover; reports of German preparation for invasion of Britain over North Sea; seeks introduction of American troops to Northern Ireland; command. structure between the...
Dates: 20 Oct 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Nov 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2B/130-131
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Letter from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin], Foreign Secretary, to WSC on German and Soviet intentions towards Scandinavia.

Dates: 25 Nov 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 17 Jul 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/206/28-29
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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.

Dates: 17 Jul 1934
Conditions Governing Access: Open