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Asia-Pacific War, 1941-1945

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 670 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 12 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/219/31-32
Scope and Contents Telegram from Lieutenant General Charles Gairdner [Liaison Officer at General MacArthur's Headquarters] to WSC marked "Personal" stating that he is sending a photograph of General Douglas MacArthur [Commander in Chief Philippines, Supreme Commander South West Pacific] to WSC; giving details of operations in North Borneo [part of Malaysia]; and reporting MacArthur's views on reorganising South West Pacific Command, the recapture of Singapore, and the role of Australian forces in the assault...
Dates: 12 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 14 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/219/41-43
Scope and Contents Telegram from Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] (Washington [United States]) reporting a talk with Henry Stimson [Secretary of War, United States] on a "special subject" [the atomic bomb]; and with Stimson, General George Marshall [Chief of Staff United States Army] and John McCloy [Assistant Secretary of War] on the withdrawal of United States forces from Europe, Marshall emphasising the limited nature of such withdrawal in the next few months; the retreat of Anglo-American...
Dates: 14 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 15 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/227A/64
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Message from WSC to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek [President of China] thanking him for his VE-Day message, praising China's stand against Japan, and commenting on Britain's resolve in the war in the East. [Carbon].

Dates: 15 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 May [1945]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/227A/65
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Draft message from WSC to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek [President of China] thanking him for his VE-Day message, praising China's stand against Japan, and commenting on Britain's resolve in the war in the East. [draft initialled by WSC].

Dates: 15 May [1945]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/227A/66
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Telegram from WSC to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek [President of China] thanking him for his VE-Day message, praising China's stand against Japan, and commenting on Britain's resolve in the war in the East. [Carbon copy].

Dates: 16 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/227A/67-69
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Telegram from Chiang Kai-Shek [President of China] to WSC congratulating him on the capitulation of Germany and Britain's stand in the early days of the war. [annotated by John Peck, Prime Minister's Private Secretary].

Dates: 08 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/221/90
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Telegram from President Harry Truman to WSC marked "Personal and Secret" appreciating WSC's message of congratulation at victory in Okinawa [Japan]. [Carbon copy].

Dates: 22 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Jun 1945 - 28 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/221/112
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Telegram from Prime Minister of Canada [Mackenzie King] to WSC marked "Top Secret and Personal" commenting on information he has received on Soviet conditions for entry into the war with Japan from a Chinese source; and giving the views of the Canadian Ambassador to China, [Victor] Odlum, on Chinese intentions [Despatched on 28 June].

Dates: 27 Jun 1945 - 28 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/222/19
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Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] marked "Top Secret and Personal" requesting Australian participation in the British Commonwealth land, sea and air forces against the Japanese main islands, and giving details of proposed changes in the South West Pacific Area command.

Dates: 04 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/222/20
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Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of New Zealand [Peter Fraser] marked "Top Secret and Personal" requesting New Zealand participation in the British Commonwealth land, sea and air forces against the Japanese main islands, and giving details of proposed changes in the South West Pacific Area command.

Dates: 04 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Jul 1945 - 05 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/222/21
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Telegram from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] to WSC and Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon] marked "Secret" stating that Joseph Davies will spend 24 hours in London on the way to the [Berlin, Germany] meeting; giving details of other United States representatives attending; and commenting on Marshal Stalin's possible attitude to Japan. [received 5 July; carbon copy].

Dates: 04 Jul 1945 - 05 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 05 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/222/22-24
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Telegram from WSC to the Prime Ministers or Acting Prime Ministers of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa marked "Top Secret and Personal" informing them of the position concerning Soviet conditions for entry into the war against Japan and their impact on China.

Dates: 05 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 05 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/222/25
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Telegram from WSC to the Prime Minister of Canada [Mackenzie King] marked "Top Secret and Personal" explaining the position concerning some of the Soviet conditions for entry into the war against Japan, in relation to information obtained by the Canadian Ambassador to China [Victor Odlum].

Dates: 05 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 05 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/200/58
Scope and Contents Letter from Richard Stokes [Labour MP for Ipswich, Suffolk] (32, Victoria Street, London, SW1) to WSC stating that he has been told "on good authority" of the intention of the Combined Staffs in Washington to use gas on the Japanese as soon as the war with Germany is over, protesting against this as, "Apart from the principle involved, many hundreds of people in Ipswich lost relatives at Singapore; it would seem quite probable that those of them who are in Japanese hands will be murdered if...
Dates: 05 Apr 1945
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.
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(Untitled), Nov 1943 - Dec 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/134/1
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Printed papers and minutes of the meetings of the Sextant [Cairo Conference November 1943] and Eureka [Teheran Conference, November-December 1943] Conferences. Indexed. Published by the Office, United States Secretary and Office of the Combined Chiefs of Staff, in 1943.

Dates: Nov 1943 - Dec 1943
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 03 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/195B/186
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Telegram from Chiang-Kai-shek [President of China] to WSC offering the heartiest congratulations of the Chinese Nation on the occasion of the triumphant entry of Allied troops into Berlin [Germany]: expresses conviction that the "heroic efforts of your armed forces will be attended with equally brilliant successes in the Far East in their struggle with the Japanese aggressors" [copy].

Dates: 03 May 1945
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.
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(Untitled), 03 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/195B/187
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Proposed text of telegram from WSC to Chiang-Kai-shek [President of China] to WSC thanking him for his telegram of congratulations on the occasion of the triumphant entry of Allied troops into Berlin [Germany], and confirming that: "our endeavours will not slacken until Tokio [Tokyo, Japan] has been entered as well as Berlin." [copy, see also CHAR 20/195B/189 & 193].

Dates: 03 May 1945
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.
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(Untitled), 03 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/195B/189
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Draft of telegram from WSC to Chiank-Kai-Shek [President of China] thanking him for his message of congratulations on the occasion of the entry of Allied troops into Berlin [Germany] and confirming that: "our endeavours in the joint cause will not slacken until Tokio [Tokyo, Japan] has been entered as well as Berlin." [typescript] Annotated and initialled by WSC in red [see CHAR 20/195B/193 for final version].

Dates: 03 May 1945
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.
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(Untitled), 03 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/195B/190
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Telegram from Chiank-Kai-Shek [President of China] to WSC conveying congratulations of the entire Chinese Nation on the occasion of the entry of Allied troops into Berlin [Germany] and expressing the conviction that: "the heroic efforts of your Armed Forces will be attended with equally brilliant successes in the Far East in their struggle with the Japanese aggressors".

Dates: 03 May 1945
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.
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(Untitled), 04 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/195B/193
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Telegram from WSC to Chiang-Kai-Shek [President of China] thanking him for his telegram of congratulations on the occasion of the entry of "our Soviet Allies" into Berlin [Germany]; commenting on the victory gained by Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean Theatre] in Italy; expressing conviction that "our endeavours in the joint cause will not slacken until the last enemy has been beaten down".

Dates: 04 May 1945
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.