Soviet Union
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Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 693 Collections and/or Records:
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Official: Cabinet: Conclusions 48 - 58., 29 Oct 1928 - 19 Dec 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/213
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Includes minutes of Cabinet meetings recording decisions on various subjects including: the illness of King George V and speeches by the King; reparations and Allied debts; foreign affairs including China, the Persian Gulf, the Soviet Union, Iraq and Germany; measures to combat unemployment including emigration; rating reforms; Indian contributions to the home effective charges of the British army; issues in the Irish Free State [later Ireland]; relations with the United States; the naval...
Dates:
29 Oct 1928 - 19 Dec 1928
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Official: Cabinet: Foreign Office: prints., 23 Jan 1928 - 17 Nov 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/223
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Includes printed papers about affairs in the Soviet Union (including economic and agricultural difficulties) by Foreign Office officials including: Reginald Leeper; Sir Ronald Lindsay (8); P Gent (5); Harold Nicolson; Joseph Addison; Alvary Gascoigne (4); Sir Thomas Hohler and Horace Rumbold. Also includes covering letters from Sir Maurice Hankey, Cabinet Secretary, and a paper on the situation in Egypt.
Dates:
23 Jan 1928 - 17 Nov 1928
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Official: Cabinet: Foreign Office prints., 09 Feb 1929 - 21 Mar 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/245
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Includes papers on the significant personalities in Afghanistan; affairs in Turkey and the Soviet Union; and 2 letters from W J Childs on the situation in Turkey.
Dates:
09 Feb 1929 - 21 Mar 1929
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Official: Cabinet: Foreign Office prints., 01 Jan 1926 - 10 Dec 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/146
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: William Peters [Commercial Secretary to the British Mission, Moscow, Soviet Union] on the Communist Party Congress and State control over the Soviet press; Sir Ronald Macleay [British Minister to China] on the conference on Chinese customs tariffs; notes of a meeting between Godfrey Locker- Lampson [Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs] and representatives of the London Chamber of Commerce, on Anglo-Soviet trade;...
Dates:
01 Jan 1926 - 10 Dec 1926
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Official: Cabinet: Foreign Office prints., 10 Jan 1927 - 20 Dec 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/185
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Printed copies of correspondence from: Sir Austen Chamberlain to various representatives of the British Government on subjects including the breakdown of Anglo-Soviet relations (9); Sir Robert Hodgson [British Charge d'Affairs in the Soviet Union] on communism and the Soviet press (3); Sir Ronald Lindsay [British Ambassador to Germany] on subjects including reparations, German finance and communism (5); William Peters [Commercial Secretary to British Mission, Moscow] on affairs in the Soviet...
Dates:
10 Jan 1927 - 20 Dec 1927
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Official: Cabinet: Foreign Office Prints., 17 Nov 1924 - 22 Dec 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/26
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Correspondents include: Austen Chamberlain [Foreign Secretary] on the appointment of Kerjentzev as a counsellor at the Soviet Legation and on the Zinoviev Letter [supposedly from Grigory Zinoviev, President of the Executive Committee of the Communist International, to the Central Committee of the British Communist Party]; a Treasury memorandum on the payment of war reparations; Christian Rakovsky [Soviet Charge d'Affaires in London] on the Zinoviev Letter and Britain's rejection of treaties...
Dates:
17 Nov 1924 - 22 Dec 1924
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Official: Cabinet: Foreign Office prints., 02 Oct 1924 - 19 Dec 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/77
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Includes papers from various individuals on the Soviet Union, including: William Peters [Commercial Secretary to the British Mission, Moscow] on subjects including the Soviet press campaign against Britain, mining concessions, the general economic and political situation, the Soviet attitude to the Locarno treaties and the 14th congress of the Communist party; Cecil Jerram [Assistant Agent, Moscow and Leningrad, later St Petersburg] on the visit of the British Trade Union delegation to the...
Dates:
02 Oct 1924 - 19 Dec 1925
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Official: Cabinet: notes and correspondence., 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/151
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Correspondents include: Stanley Baldwin [Prime Minister] on relations with China and a budget prepared by WSC; [1st Lord] Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith, Secretary of State for India] on the threat to Afghanistan by the Soviet Union; [Sir Maurice] Hankey [Cabinet Secretary]; Sir Austen Chamberlain [Foreign Secretary] on foreign policy; Sir Robert Lynn on the resignation of [1st] Lord Cecil [of Chelwood as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]; and George [1st] Lord Lloyd [of Dolobran].Also...
Dates:
1927
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Official: Cabinet: papers 1 - 19., 16 Jun 1925 - 01 Feb 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/85
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: an extract from a speech by Lord Randolph Churchill on the power of urban landlords; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the supply of coastal defence vessels and submarine mines to the Soviet Union, and on the provisional programme of Board of Trade legislation; Sir Vincent Caillard, director of Vickers Limited, on the supply of arms to...
Dates:
16 Jun 1925 - 01 Feb 1926
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Official: Cabinet: papers 1 - 39., 27 Jul 1923 - 29 Jan 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/28
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Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: draft instructions for the British representative at the 25th session of the governing body of the International Labour Office; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on subjects including the export of arms to the Soviet Union, the Merchant Shipping (International Labour Conventions) Bill, the Anglo-German Treaty and British Seamen, the...
Dates:
27 Jul 1923 - 29 Jan 1925
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Official: Cabinet: papers 1 to 20., Jan 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/152
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Includes: a memorandum by Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame,later Lord Swinton] President of the Board of Trade, Ronald McNeill [later 1st Lord Cushendun, Financial Secretary to the Treasury] and First Lord of the Admiralty [William Bridgeman] on financing lighthouses in the Red Sea; Cunliffe-Lister on imports and exports of leather bags, trade outlook including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade, and the state of industry and company law;...
Dates:
Jan 1927
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Official: Cabinet: papers 20 - 40., 18 Nov 1925 - 05 Feb 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/86
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir Maurice Hankey, Secretary to the Cabinet, on subjects including bills coming before the Home Affairs Committee; Lord Eustace Percy, President of the Board of Education, on reform of the constitution of the University of London; 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], Secretary of State for India and 1st Lord Reading [earlier Rufus Isaacs], Viceroy of India, on Indian immigrants in South Africa; a Ministry of Labour...
Dates:
18 Nov 1925 - 05 Feb 1926
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Official: Cabinet: papers 21 to 30., Jan 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/153
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Includes: a paper by [Sir Maurice] Hankey [Cabinet Secretary] on the parliamentary programme; a paper on the political parties, personalities and ministers in China; [Sir Hugh] Trenchard [Chief of Air Staff] on aircraft in China; [1st] Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] and [Sir Austen Chamberlain] Foreign Secretary on diplomatic relations and communications with the Soviet Union; [4th Lord] Salisbury [earlier Lord Cranborne], Lord Privy Seal, on House of Lords reform; [Sir] Philip...
Dates:
Jan 1927
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Official: Cabinet: papers 31 to 50., Feb 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/154
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: a copy of a speech by King George V on the opening of parliament on relations with foreign powers and civil war in China; [1st Lord] Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] Secretary of State for India, on the Trade Unions disputes bill; [Sir] John Gilmour, Secretary of State for Scotland, on poor relief to miners' dependents and poor law emergency provisions in Scotland; [Sir] Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on the...
Dates:
Feb 1927
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Official: Cabinet: papers 51 to 80., Feb 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/155
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Includes papers on various subjects by various individuals including: control of official histories; Wilfrid Ashley [later 1st Lord Mount Temple] Minister of Transport, and WSC on cross-river traffic in London; [Sir] Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton] President of the Board of Trade on safeguarding industries, the Brussels convention on state owned ships and a forecast of the trade outlook including details of various industries, exports and colonial...
Dates:
Feb 1927
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Official: Cabinet: papers 180 - 200., 30 Jun 1924 - 08 Apr 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/33
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: Lord Eustace Percy, President of the Board of Education, on the teachers' salary awards of [1st] Lord Burnham [Chairman of the Standing Joint Committees of Education Authorities and Teachers], and on Church Schools; a copy of the Burnham Report; a survey by William Strang [1st Secretary, Foreign Office] on the economic situation of the Soviet Union; Sir William Joynson-Hicks, [later 1st Lord Brentford] Home Secretary, on...
Dates:
30 Jun 1924 - 08 Apr 1925
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Official: Cabinet: papers 201 to 220., Jul 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/161
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Includes papers on various subjects by various individuals including: Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the position of the heavy steel industry; the report of a committee on the representation of the British government in the dominions including notes on the situations in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and the Irish Free State [later Ireland]; a report on affairs in the Soviet Union; the Committee of...
Dates:
Jul 1927
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Official: Cabinet: papers 235 - 259., 13 Jul 1924 - 07 Jul 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/96
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on an enquiry into industrial relations in the United States; Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, on the influx of Soviet money and State companies into London; the report of the Legislation Committee on laws concerning trade unions, and trade unionism in the Civil Service; Sir Warren Fisher, Permanent Secretary to the Treasury, on trade...
Dates:
13 Jul 1924 - 07 Jul 1926
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Official: Cabinet: papers 271 - 300., 06 May 1925 - 25 Jun 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/38
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Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: a Foreign Office memorandum on the work of the League of Nations committee on sleeping sickness; Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on German proposals to France for a security pact; the report of the Colonial Office Financial Mission to Iraq; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the position of loyalists in the Irish Free State [later Ireland]; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip...
Dates:
06 May 1925 - 25 Jun 1925
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Official: Cabinet: papers 271 to 300., Nov 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/164
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Includes papers on various subjects by various individuals including: William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War, on the draft treaty with Egypt and the importance of the Suez canal; the Committee of Imperial Defence on operations in the Canton [China] area; Anglo American relations; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the trade outlook and poor...
Dates:
Nov 1927
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Official: Cabinet: papers 301 - 314., 02 Feb 1926 - 13 Aug 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/99
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: the report of the Parliamentary Business Committee; Sir Maurice Hankey, Secretary to the Cabinet; Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on subjects including liquor smuggling; Sir William Tyrrell [Permanent Under- Secretary of State, Foreign Office] on policy towards the Soviet Union and Japan; the report of the sub-committee of the Imperial Conference (Documents) Committee, on the form of treaties; reports of the...
Dates:
02 Feb 1926 - 13 Aug 1926
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Official: Cabinet: papers 302 to 316., Nov 1927 - Dec 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/165
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Includes papers on various subjects by various individuals including: a report of the committee on unemployment in the coal trade; negotiations over a revised treaty with Iraq; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on forest policy, press attitude towards the totalisator; compensation claims in the Irish Free State [later Ireland]; Walter Guinness [later 1st Lord Moyne] Minister of Agriculture on agricultural co-operation; Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on information from a Czech...
Dates:
Nov 1927 - Dec 1927
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Official: Cabinet: Scotland Yard reports on revolutionary organisations in the United Kingdom., 01 Sep 1927 - 22 Dec 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/189
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Typescript reports on Communist organisations including details of meetings, propaganda, the Trade Union Congress and the Workers' delegation to Russia.
Dates:
01 Sep 1927 - 22 Dec 1927
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Official: Cabinet: Scotland Yard reports on revolutionary organisations in the United Kingdom., 05 Jan 1928 - 24 May 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/224
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Typescript reports on Communist organisations including details of meetings, propaganda, affiliations with the Labour Party and affairs in the Soviet Union.
Dates:
05 Jan 1928 - 24 May 1928
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Official: Cabinet: Scotland Yard reports on revolutionary organisations in the United Kingdom., 13 Sep 1928 - 20 Dec 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/226
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Typescript reports on Communist organisations including details of meetings, propaganda, approaches to the unemployed and an organisation called "Friends of Soviet Russia".
Dates:
13 Sep 1928 - 20 Dec 1928
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