Western Europe
Found in 427 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 05 Apr 1945
Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" seeking to explain misunderstandings which have occurred over plans for the final assault on Germany: arguing that the manner in which the Allied advance in the West is developing differs little from the plans agreed at Malta and is being determined by the level of German resistance.
(Untitled), 05 Apr 1945
Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" repeating a message from Marshal Stalin to Roosevelt alleging that Britain and the United States have negotiated an agreement with the Germans permitting them to advance to the East without opposition; and his reply denying any such agreement.
(Untitled), 05 Apr 1945
(Untitled), 05 Apr 1945
Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating his surprise at Marshal Stalin's message to Roosevelt [see CHAR 20/214/5-8]; suggesting that the Soviet leaders are disconcerted by the speed of the Allied advance in the West; emphasising the importance of meeting the Soviet armies "as far to the East as possible" and of taking a "firm and blunt stand" on the matter.
(Untitled), 05 Apr 1945
Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "Personal and Top Secret" repeating the text of his "Personal and Top Secret" message to Marshal Stalin [CHAR 20/214/10-12].
(Untitled), 16 Apr 1945
(Untitled), 16 Apr 1945
Telegram from WSC to Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] (Washington [United States]) marked "Personal and Top Secret" repeating a report of a meeting between Arthur Seyss-Inquart [Reich Commissioner for Occupied Holland] and the Dutch Underground Movement, where Seyss-Inquart offered terms of surrender for German forces in the Netherlands.
(Untitled), 17 Apr 1945
Telegram from Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery [Commander 21st Army Group] to WSC marked "Top Secret" giving details of casualties in the battle for the Rhineland [Germany] and since crossing the Rhine.
(Untitled), 18 Apr 1945 - 19 Apr 1945
Telegram from WSC to Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] (Washington [United States]) marked "Personal and Top Secret" informing him of the latest plans for Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery [Commander 21st Army Group] to take Lubeck [Germany]; the advance to Linz [Austria]; and for the Americans to take the region south of Stuttgart [Germany] where the main German "TA" [Tube Alloy, the atomic bomb] research is concentrated. Despatched on 19 April.
(Untitled), 19 Apr 1945
(Untitled), 19 Apr 1945
Telegram from WSC to General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] marked "Personal and Private" repeating the text of a statement from Dr Pieter Gerbrandy [Prime Minister of the Netherlands] on the food shortages and other problems in Western Holland and indicating the Netherlands Government's attitude towards military action against the Germans; and WSC's reply stating that he is putting the matter into Eisenhower's hands.
(Untitled), 20 Apr 1945
(Untitled), 20 Apr 1945 - 21 Apr 1945
Telegram from Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later Lord Avon] to WSC agreeing with him concerning the importance of the Western Allies taking Lubeck [Germany] and Linz [Austria], and hoping they can take Prague [Czechoslovakia, later Czech Republic and Slovakia]; and reporting conversations with General George Marshall [Chief of Staff United States Army] in which he emphasised the difficulties of attacking the Japanese mainland. Despatched on 21 April. Copy.
(Untitled), 21 Apr 1945
(Untitled), 21 Apr 1945 - 22 Apr 1945
(Untitled), 25 Apr 1945
Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal and Top Secret" repeating the text of a telegram [from the British Minister in Sweden, Sir Victor Mallet] to WSC reporting a meeting between Count Folke Bernadotte [Vice-Chairman of the Swedish Red Cross] and Heinrich Himmler [Head of the SS] in which Himmler offered German surrender in Western Europe while continuing the war against the Soviet Union and asserted that Hitler was "desperately ill".
(Untitled), 03 May 1945
Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery [Commander 21st Army Group] marked "Personal and Secret, also Private" stating his pleasure at Montgomery's advance to Lubeck [Germany] and the news that he is to receive the surrender of General Gunther Blumentritt's Army Group.
(Untitled), 05 May 1945
(Untitled), 06 May 1945
Telegram from Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery [Commander 21st Army Group] to WSC marked "Personal" reporting that the situation in Denmark is calm; detailing troops and equipment he has sent there; and stating that he believes that Admiral Karl Doenitz [Head of the German Government] will very soon "surrender everything to the Allies".
(Untitled), 07 Oct 1944
(Untitled), [07] Oct 1944
Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that he agrees to WSC's proposals for his meetings with Stalin.
(Untitled), 09 Oct 1944
Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of South Africa [Field Marshal Jan Smuts] marked "Top Secret and Personal" stating that he feels no disappointment over Arnhem [Netherlands] and informing him of some details of his visit to Marshal Stalin.
(Untitled), 09 Oct 1944
Telegram from Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] marked "Personal and Secret" stating that there will be no publication of a draft directive for General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] governing post-surrender policy; and that he feels there is no misunderstanding over Eisenhower's control over British armies in their zone of occupation.
(Untitled), 10 Oct 1944
(Untitled), 10 Oct 1944
Telegram from WSC to General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] for General George Marshal [Chief of Staff United States Army] marked "Personal and Top Secret" repeating his message to President Roosevelt stating his opinions on the Italian Front [see CHAR 20/173/19-20].