Skip to main content

Asia-Pacific War, 1941-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 670 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

(Untitled), 27 Jan 1942

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/69A/42-44
Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] with details of the replies of the Prime Ministers of Australia and New Zealand, John Curtin and Peter Fraser, to proposals for a Far Eastern Council in London: "I should be glad to know whether in your opinion these observations ... affect the view ... that co-ordination of the views of these two Governments with those of the Governments of Great Britain and the Netherlands should be effected in London".

Dates: 27 Jan 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
 Item

(Untitled), 27 Jan 1942

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/69A/49-50
Scope and Contents

Telegram from the Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] to WSC pressing for the allotment of additional aircraft and giving details of operational strength, adding that Australia is left almost defenceless against its enemies.

Dates: 27 Jan 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
 Item

(Untitled), 28 Jan 1942

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/69A/52-53
Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC to the Prime Minister of New Zealand [Peter Fraser] regarding arrangements for military co-operation within the Anzac [Australian and New Zealand Army Corps] area.

Dates: 28 Jan 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
 Item

(Untitled), 15 Oct 1942

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/81/58-59
Scope and Contents Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander in Chief India] to WSC marked "personal": reports on visit to Eastern Army in north east Assam, Fort Hertz (Burma [later Myanmar]) and Makqpur and refers to high incidence of malaria; reports on visit to Chinese at Ramgarh and proposals to increase force; comments on talks with Wellington Koo [Chinese Ambassador to Britain] and telegram from Chiang-Kai-Shek [President of China]; refers to forthcoming talks with General Joseph Stilwell...
Dates: 15 Oct 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
 Item

(Untitled), 02 Oct 1943

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/94B/141-146
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to Chiang Kai-Shek [President of China] introducing [1st] Lord Mountbatten as his new Supreme Commander of the South East Asia front and Lieutenant General Adrian Carton de Wiart as his personal representative at Chungking [Szechwaw, China] and informing him of the new three fold plan of attack against Japan stating: that they plan to improve and expand the air routes into China aiding the transmission of supplies to General Chennault's Air Fleet and for the Chinese armies in...
Dates: 02 Oct 1943
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
 Item

(Untitled), 20 Jul 1943

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/94A/36-38
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to General Douglas MacArthur [Commander in Chief Philippines; Supreme Commander S W Pacific] marked "Private and secret" stating: that he was pleased to hear from General Richard Henry Dewing of his views about the Pacific situation and wished that they could be in closer contact; that he believes the process of ejecting the Japanese will be long and painful; that at their next meeting he will ask President Roosevelt and his staff to discuss the whole policy of the final...
Dates: 20 Jul 1943
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
 Item

(Untitled), 01 Jul 1943 - 31 Jul 1943

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/104/1
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, July 1943.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; the Chiefs of Staff; senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; "C" [Major General Sir Stewart Menzies, Head of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service].Subjects covered by the minutes...
Dates: 01 Jul 1943 - 31 Jul 1943
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 Item

(Untitled), 01 Aug 1943 - 28 Aug 1943

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/104/2
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, August 1943. Some written by WSC when in Canada and the United States.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers, particularly Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon]; the Chief Whip [James Stuart]; the Chiefs of...
Dates: 01 Aug 1943 - 28 Aug 1943
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 Item

(Untitled), 01 Sep 1943 - 30 Sep 1943

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/104/3
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, September 1943. Some written by WSC when in Canada and the United States.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: senior civil servants, particularly Sir Alexander Cadogan [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; President Roosevelt; Harry Hopkins [Special...
Dates: 01 Sep 1943 - 30 Sep 1943
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 Item

(Untitled), 02 Oct 1943 - 31 Oct 1943

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/104/4
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, October 1943.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: Lord Louis Mountbatten [Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; Colonel Ian Jacob and Major-General Leslie Hollis [Military Assistant Secretaries to the War Cabinet]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff; senior civil servants, including...
Dates: 02 Oct 1943 - 31 Oct 1943
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
 Item

(Untitled), 01 Nov 1943 - 31 Dec 1943

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/104/5
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, November and December 1943. Some written by WSC when in the Middle East [and Carthage, Tunisia, and Marrakesh, Morocco].Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; the Chiefs of Staff; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; Sir Alexander Cadogan [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]; Desmond Morton [Prime Minister's...
Dates: 01 Nov 1943 - 31 Dec 1943
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
 Item

(Untitled), 22 Dec 1941

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/96B/158
Scope and Contents Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes (Tingewick House, Buckingham) [Conservative MP for Portsmouth] to A V Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Hillsborough, 1st Lord of the Admiralty] recommending that he urge Clement Attlee to take note of the advice given in Keyes' minutes to the War Cabinet and WSC. He states that locking up 5 fast transports at Sierra Leone was deplorable; that the Japanese are demonstrating the proper use of amphibious power; that the War Cabinet, due to...
Dates: 22 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
 Item

(Untitled), 26 Aug 1941

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/27/107-108
Scope and Contents

Letter from Robert Morgan to WSC querying his intentions towards China following a broadcast [? 24 August, on the Atlantic Charter] which Morgan feels implies the United States' policy towards Japan was one of appeasement; with reply suggesting events in the Far East have taken a "favourable turn".

Dates: 26 Aug 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
 Item

(Untitled), Sep 1941 - Oct 1941

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/27/109-112
Scope and Contents

Letters from Robert Morgan to WSC on British policy towards China; asks whether arms could be given to aid against Japan; with reply by WSC that aid from the United States has been released for use in China.

Dates: Sep 1941 - Oct 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
 Item

(Untitled), 25 Oct 1941

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/44/61
Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC to the Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] advising that evacuation of Tobruk [Libya] has begun; doubts that Japan will attack until the Soviet Union falls; will send new battleship Prince of Wales to join Repulse in Indian Ocean.

Dates: 25 Oct 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
 Item

(Untitled), 02 Nov 1941

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/44/114
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to WSC on Japanese preparations to attack China at Kunming; suggests once China has been defeated Japan will turn attention to the West so British and United States air force help now would decisively frustrate Japanese aggression.

Dates: 02 Nov 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
 Item

(Untitled), 05 Nov 1941

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/44/117
Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] and General Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] on Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's plea for air support; suggests a joint ultimatum to Japan, but asks advice.

Dates: 05 Nov 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
 Item

(Untitled), 05 Nov 1941

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/44/119
Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC to the Prime Minister of Canada [Mackenzie King] on sending of Prince of Wales to join Repulse in the Indian Ocean, to contain Tirpitz.

Dates: 05 Nov 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
 Item

(Untitled), 07 Nov 1941

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/44/126-127
Scope and Contents

Telegram from General Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] to WSC favouring aid for China against Japan, as this may encourage the United States into the war.

Dates: 07 Nov 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
 Item

(Untitled), 09 Nov 1941

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/44/134-135
Scope and Contents

Telegram from the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] to WSC on Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's appeal for support; does not believe Japan will attack but will try to increase Lend-Lease assistance to China.

Dates: 09 Nov 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
 Item

(Untitled), 11 Nov 1941

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/44/139
Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek on provision of 3 squadrons under Major-General Claire Chennault [Commander of the United States Army Air Force Units in China] for China.

Dates: 11 Nov 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
 Item

(Untitled), 18 Nov 1941

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/45/31
Scope and Contents

Telegram from General Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] to WSC on talks with Admiral Sir Tom Phillips [Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet]; expresses doubts about capability of 2 separate fleets to combat superior Japanese fleet.

Dates: 18 Nov 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
 Item

(Untitled), 21 May 1941

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/5
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Chiang Kai-shek [President of China] to WSC thanking him for his goodwill towards China, wishing him success in frustrating aggression in Europe, and expressing his admiration.

Dates: 21 May 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
 Item

(Untitled), 24 May 1941

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/23
Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC to Chiang Kai-Shek [President of China] thanking him for his message, expressing admiration, and ending: "The cause which inspires both our nations is just. We need not fear the outcome".

Dates: 24 May 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
 Item

(Untitled), 05 Dec 1941

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/46/25
Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] advising that action has been authorised at Kra Isthmus [Siam, later Thailand] to aid Dutch.

Dates: 05 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open