Scope and Contents Letters (copies and originals) between Clementine, Lady Churchill and MS on subjects including: MS's visit to Washington [United States] with Randolph Churchill for the unveiling of a statue of Sir Winston Churchill; a proposed statue for Westerham [Kent] by Oscar Nemon; MS's summer in Scotland; the death of Tommy Thompson [Charles Thompson, former personal assistant to Churchill]; difficulties with the public at Chartwell; Clementine's health after a fall; a gift of two of Churchill's...

Scope and Contents Letters, photographs and other items relating to Andrew Smith’s time in Persia.In the summer of 1937 Andrew Smith travelled from England to take up a post at the American Legation in Tehran, as private tutor to the son of the US Consul, Cornelius Van H. Engert. Until April 1938, when he returned to England, Smith wrote regular letters to his mother, largely responding to her family news, together with his accounts of his time in Tehran. As well as attending numerous dinners at...

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Photographs taken by GJ of local scenes in Iran, with a few of GJ’s colleagues.

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Photographs taken by GJ of local scenes in Iran, with a few of GJ’s colleagues.

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Comprises an account of his work and travels in Persia [now Iran], 1919-22, 1933-5 and 1964-5; the United States, 1936-9; Sweden, 1940-5; and Spain, 1945-6.

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: A V Alexander [First Lord of the Admiralty] on criticism of convoy commodores and of the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (3); the Viceroy of India [2nd Lord Linlithgow, earlier Lord Hopetoun] on concerns about the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (2); Sir Walford Selby [former Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Vienna] on uniting the anti-Nazi elements in Austria (2); 1st Lord Sankey; Sir John Anderson [Lord President of the Council,...

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Account of GJ's time as 3rd Secretary at the British legation in Tehran, and of his various journeys in Iran.

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Reports and correspondence.

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Oral questions by MEPs at the European Parliament (EP) Strasbourg, and NK’s responses. Subjects include: illegal immigration to the European Union from Morocco; costs of the Berlaymont Building [Commission headquarters, Brussels, Belgium]; dialogue with Iran over human rights; the creation of an International Criminal Court.

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The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

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Correspondence as Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], including letters to and from Indian princes and chiefs, telegrams from Afghanistan and Persia [Iran], and subject files.

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[?] Papers used in the official naval history of the Second World War.

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Papers from CS's visit for trade talks, May 1975, including: itinerary and programme; briefing notes; records of meetings; notes for CS's speeches in press conferences and at a dinner in Peking [later Beijing].

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Papers from CS's visit to Iran for trade talks, May 1975, including: correspondence between CS and the Iranian Ambassador and Hushang Ansary [Iranian Minister of Finance]; notes for CS's press conference; records of CS's meetings with Ansary and the Iranian Prime Minister, Amir-Abbas Hoveyda.

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Letters sent by GJ while at the British legation in Tehran [Iran] on subjects including a visit to Isfahan and the arrival of Harold Nicolson, the new Counsellor. Includes a photograph of GJ's car getting bogged down in water.

Scope and Contents Letters sent by GJ while at the British legation in Tehran [Iran] on subjects including: British relations with the new Shah; a visit to Shiraz; the Shah's coronation; GJ's difficult relations with the British Minister to Persia [now Iran], Sir Percy Loraine; [?] Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes] turning up with acute malaria; Victoria Nicolson [Vita Sackville-West]'s book "Passenger to Teheran" and Harold Nicolson's book ["Some People"]; the arrival of...

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Letters sent by GJ on subjects including: arrangements for his departure from the British legation in Tehran [Iran]; the possibility of an engagement to Cynthia Noble; Cynthia Jebb's first pregnancy.

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Letters from GJ's former colleagues at the British Embassy in Tehran, including: [Harry] Maurice Eyres; Christopher Warner on subjects including Harold Nicolson's book ["Some People"], how the Minister, Sir Robert Clive, was seen by the Foreign Office, negotiations with Persia [later Iran] over tariffs, Iraq and the ownership of Bahrein; William Fraser, Military Attaché; [James] Thyne Henderson on deteriorating relations with the Persians.

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Includes: reports on Corbett's visits to Egypt and the Western Desert; papers on armoured tactics; intelligence reports; Corbett's proposals for reorganization of Armoured Divisions in the 10th Army; correspondence between Corbett and General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East; analysis of operations at Cyrenaica [Libya]; Corbett's notes on tank operations in Egypt and Palestine; letters and papers on Corbett's departure from the Middle East.

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Broadcast on Ronald Reagan, President of the United States, and "Irangate".

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Includes correspondence with David Astor, Shah Nawaz Bhutto (son of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, former President and Prime Minister of Pakistan), Patrick Cosgrave (Special Adviser to MT), Prime Minister (Morarji) Desai of India, Hugh Trevor Roper, Ian Trethowan, Patrick Wall MP (including report of his trip to Iran and Sri Lanka, April 1975) and Nicholas Wolfers

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Includes correspondence with King Hussein of Jordan, The Shah of Iran, Leslie Huckfield MP, Patrick Edmund Pery (6th Earl of Limerick), Marcus Sieff and Christopher Tugendhat
Also includes briefing note by the Conservative Research Department ahead of MT’s meeting with King Hussein of Jordan on 19 December 1978

Scope and Contents Correspondence and papers on Persia [later Iran], with correspondents including: 2nd Lord Birdwood; [William] David Ormsby-Gore [later 5th Lord Harlech]; Prince Hamid Mirza on the political situation; John Selwyn Lloyd, Minister of State, Foreign Office; Ahmad Qavam-es-Sultaneh, former Prime Minister of Iran; [Christopher] Montague Woodhouse [later 5th Lord Terrington], British Embassy, Tehran; [Reginald] James Bowker, Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office; [Robert] Anthony...

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The papers cover every aspect of Lord Noel-Baker's very full and varied career and include constituency papers, Labour Party material, extensive sections on domestic and international affairs, peace and disarmament, sport, books and articles, speeches and correspondence.