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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 691 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 07 Jan 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/210/69
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Telegram from Marshal Stalin to WSC marked "Personal and Most Secret" stating that Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder [Deputy Supreme Commander under General Eisenhower] has not yet arrived in Moscow [Soviet Union]; and informing him that the Soviet Union is planning a large-scale offensive along the whole Central Front "not later than the second half of January". Photocopy.

Dates: 07 Jan 1945
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(Untitled), 01 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/213A/101-103
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "Personal and Top Secret" expressing his full confidence in General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army]; emphasising the contribution of British and Imperial forces in the northern advance on Germany; and arguing for targeting Berlin rather than an axis directed on Leipzig and Dresden [all Germany] both on strategic grounds and also in order to prevent the Soviet Union...
Dates: 01 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/213A/104-107
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Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson [Representative of the British Chiefs of Staff in Washington, United States] marked "Personal and Top Secret" requesting that the enclosed message from WSC to President Roosevelt on differences between the British and United States Chiefs of Staff on tactics against Germany [CHAR 20/213A/101-103] is passed on to General George Marshall [Chief of Staff United States Army].

Dates: 01 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/214/33-37
Scope and Contents Telegram from Marshal Stalin to WSC marked "Secret and Personal" asserting that neither Vyacheslav Molotov [Soviet Union Foreign Minister] or he had any intention of defaming anyone in their communications over the negotiations [between representatives of the British and American Armies and the German Army] in Switzerland; emphasising the importance of being able to communicate "frankly" without being considered "offensive"; enclosing a copy of a "Personal and Secret" message from him to...
Dates: 07 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/256/68-71
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Series of photographs of the European Fronts as plotted in the Defence Map Room, with dates from 12 April to 4 May 1945. Reproduced by the Air Ministry Photographic Reproductions Branch.

Dates: 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Sep 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/257/4
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC [on board the Queen Mary returning to Britain from the United States] to Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon] marked "From: Octagon" and "Gunfire 298" and "Personal and Top Secret" referring to [Eden's] "M/44/619" on Marshal Tito [Premier of Yugoslavia, later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia]: suggesting they must give Tito "no excuse to throw himself completely into the hands of [the] Russians",...
Dates: 21 Sep 1944
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Sep 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/257/7
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Telegram from WSC [on board the Queen Mary returning to Britain from the United States] to Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon] marked "From: Octagon" and "Gunfire 295" and "Personal and Top Secret" stating that he should not oppose the Soviet wish to let the Bulgarians fight the Germans "in suitable theatres". [Copy].

Dates: 21 Sep 1944
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Sep 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/257/44-45
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC [Quebec, Canada] to Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon] marked "From: Octagon" and "Gunfire 76" and "Personal and Top Secret" repeating a paraphrase of a telegram from Averell Harriman [United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union] to Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] expressing concern over growing Soviet intransigence giving examples including the Warsaw [Poland] uprising, the increasing influence of...
Dates: 12 Sep 1944
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Jul 1945 - 08 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/222/39
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Telegram from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] to WSC marked "Personal and Private" giving his impressions of the likely attitude of President Harry Truman and the United States representatives at the "Terminal" [Potsdam, Berlin, Germany] conference to disagreements between the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. [Received 8 July].

Dates: 07 Jul 1945 - 08 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Jul 1945 - 13 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/222/40
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Telegram from Prime Minister of Canada [Mackenzie King] to WSC marked "Top Secret and Personal" reporting on information received from the Canadian Ambassador to China [Victor Odlum] concerning China's attitude to negotiations with the Soviet Union over conditions for Soviet entry into the war against Japan. [received 13 July].

Dates: 12 Jul 1945 - 13 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Jul 1945 - 17 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/222/45
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Telegram from Prime Minister of Canada [Mackenzie King] to WSC marked "Top Secret" passing on a message from the Canadian Ambassador to China [Victor Odlum] on Soviet conditions for entry into the war against Japan, and Chinese and Soviet differences over the independence of Mongolia. [Received 17 July].

Dates: 16 Jul 1945 - 17 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Feb 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/223/12-14
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Telegram from WSC [Yalta, Soviet Union] to Deputy Prime Minister [Clement Attlee] for the War Cabinet marked "From: Argonaut", "Jason 221", and "Personal and Top Secret" enclosing the texts of the Soviet proposal and the revised [Allied] proposal on the future Polish frontiers and government.

Dates: 08 Feb 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Feb 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/223/19-21
Scope and Contents Telegram from [John] Martin [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary, Yalta, Soviet Union] to Private Office marked "From: Argonaut", "Jason 321", and "Personal" passing on a message from WSC to Deputy Prime Minister [Clement Attlee] for the War Cabinet: reporting discussions [at the Yalta Conference] on Soviet representation in the United Nations Assembly, Poland, France and General Charles de Gaulle [President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic], and military...
Dates: 10 Feb 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Feb 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/223/28
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Telegram from [John] Martin [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary, Crimea, Soviet Union] to Private Office marked "From: Argonaut" and "Jason No. 551" passing on a message from WSC to Deputy Prime Minister [Clement Attlee] and Chief Whip [James Stuart] suggesting that a House of Commons debate [on the Yalta Conference] is put off until a formal vote of confidence can be tabled and stating that he is pleased with the way the discussions went and with the Soviet attitude.

Dates: 14 Feb 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 07 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/218/24
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Telegram from Marshal Stalin to WSC marked "Personal and Secret" requesting the postponement of the announcement of the German surrender until 9 May because of continued German resistance on the Eastern front. Copy.

Dates: 07 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), [08] [May] [1945]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/218/27
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Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal and Secret" stating that he will not be able to delay his announcement of the German surrender until 9 May, despite continued resistance by certain groups [on the Eastern front]. Copy.

Dates: [08] [May] [1945]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 11 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/218/83
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Telegram from WSC to Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary, San Francisco, United States] marked "Personal and Top Secret" expressing concern at the possible withdrawal of American troops from Europe and British demobilisation, leaving the Soviet Union in the dominant position; and stating that these issues are more important than a "world constitution which may never come into being till it is superseded after a period of appeasement by a third world war".

Dates: 11 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 10 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/218/92
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Telegram from Marshal Stalin to WSC entitled "A message to the Armed Forces and the peoples of Great Britain from the peoples of the Soviet Union" sending his congratulations on victory over Germany; and hoping for "friendly relations" between their two countries in the future. Copy.

Dates: 10 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 12 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/218/109-110
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Telegram from WSC to President Harry Truman marked "Personal and Top Secret" expressing his concern over the future strength of the Soviet Union in Europe and what is going on behind the "iron curtain" of the Soviet Front; and asserting the importance of them coming to an "understanding" with the Soviet Union before they withdraw significant forces from Europe and retire to their zones of occupation.

Dates: 12 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 12 May 1945 - 13 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/218/111-112
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later Lord Avon] (San Francisco [United States]) marked "personal" repeating the text of a message from him to President Harry Truman expressing his concern over the future strength of the Soviet Union in Europe and what is going on behind the "iron curtain" of the Soviet Front; and asserting the importance of them coming to an "understanding" with the Soviet Union before they withdraw significant forces from Europe and retire to their...
Dates: 12 May 1945 - 13 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 14 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/219/44-45
Scope and Contents Telegram from Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] (Washington [United States]) to WSC describing a meeting with President Harry Truman: reporting that Truman will be unable to visit Europe before 1 July for a meeting with Marshal Stalin and WSC; Truman's desire to stand firm over Poland and Venezia Guilia [Italy]; discussions on the British and American armies in Europe remaining in their existing positions, growing difficulties with the Soviet Union, and the San Francisco...
Dates: 14 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 16 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/219/54-55
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] marked "Guard" and "Private and Confidential, Personal and Top Secret" expressing regret at the way Alexander's comments on troop morale have affected the American position in the dispute with Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia] [over Venezia Guilia, Italy]; and asserting the need for...
Dates: 16 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/221/39
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Telegram from President Harry Truman to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" on arrangements for obtaining Chiang Kai Shek's [President of China] approval for Soviet-Chinese agreements.

Dates: 15 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/221/105
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal and Top Secret" hoping they will be able to discuss the Yugoslav situation at the Berlin [Germany] conference [Potsdam Conference]; and assuring him that Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander [later 1st Lord Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] is "well disposed both to Russia and [Marshal] Tito [Premier of Yugoslavia, later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and...
Dates: 25 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Jun 1945 - 28 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/221/112
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Telegram from Prime Minister of Canada [Mackenzie King] to WSC marked "Top Secret and Personal" commenting on information he has received on Soviet conditions for entry into the war with Japan from a Chinese source; and giving the views of the Canadian Ambassador to China, [Victor] Odlum, on Chinese intentions [Despatched on 28 June].

Dates: 27 Jun 1945 - 28 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open