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Printed, manuscript and annotated draft articles by LSA for publications including the Times, British Economic Association and Manchester Guardian, on subjects including: Turkey; the situation in Macedonia [later North Macedonia]; the internal crisis in Austria-Hungary; Serbia; events in Syria; Franz Josef I, Emperor of Austria; Austro-Hungarian financial relations; Bulgaria.

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Subjects include: LSA's posting to the Balkans; his time in Athens [Greece], Serbia and Romania, collecting information on the Danube; the importance of Greek support to the success of the Dardanelles expedition; rumours of Bulgaria's entry into the war; doubts as to the intentions of Russia; the effect of Italy's entry into the war; LSA's feeling that he would soon be returning to political work.

Scope and Contents Subjects include: LSA's view of Sir Henry Bax-Ironside [Minister Plenipotentiary to Bulgaria]; the muddle made of diplomacy between Serbia and Bulgaria; LSA's surprise that Winston Churchill was staying in the British Government in a lower position [as Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster], following his resignation as First Lord of the Admiralty; LSA's view of his own journalistic skills, compared with those of John Buchan [later 1st Lord Tweedsmuir]; the political stalemate in the Balkans;...

Scope and Contents Memoranda, reports and notes on LSA's intelligence work while in the Balkans, including: notes on the Serbian army, railways, navigable rivers and roads, and on Austrian positions and Russian naval forces in the area; journal kept by LSA during his time in the Balkans; maps, notes and navigation information on the river Danube; notes on relations with Greece; annotated print of LSA's military report on Serbia; telegrams and letters from LSA to [? Major-General Charles Callwell, Director of...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.