Foreign policy
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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 692 Collections and/or Records:
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Official: War Cabinet: Foreign Office cables., 02 Oct 1917 - 05 Oct 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/26
Scope and Contents
Includes copies of telegrams from Foreign Office representatives including: Sir Walter Townley [Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Queen of the Netherlands] on subjects including items in the press and Germany's violation of Dutch air space (21); [Herbert] Cummins [British representative to Mexico] (4); Sir George Buchanan [British Ambassador to Russia] on subjects including the council led by [Alexander] Kerensky (2); [1st] Lord Bertie [British Ambassador to France]...
Dates:
02 Oct 1917 - 05 Oct 1917
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Cabinet: Foreign Office cables., 06 Oct 1917 - 03 Dec 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/27
Scope and Contents
Includes copies of telegrams from Foreign Office representatives including: Sir George Barclay [British Minister in Romania] (4); Sir Francis Stronge [Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Chile]; Sir [Arthur] Peel [Minister Plenipotentiary in Brazil]; Sir Reginald Wingate [High Commissioner of Egypt]; Sir Cecil Spring-Rice [British Ambassador to the United States] on trade between the United States and Japan (3); Sir Walter Townley [Envoy Extraordinary and Minister...
Dates:
06 Oct 1917 - 03 Dec 1917
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Cabinet: Foreign Office prints, 03 Jun 1918 - 23 Dec 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/55
Scope and Contents
Includes printed copies of correspondence and papers from various representatives of the British government on the effects of war in various parts of the world including: [17th] Lord Derby [earlier Edward Stanley, British Ambassador to France] (5); Sir Horace Rumbold [British Minister in Switzerland] (5); [3rd] Lord Granville [earlier Granville Gower, British Minister in Greece at Athens] (2); Sir Rennell Rodd [later 1st Lord Rennell, British Ambassador to Italy] (5); Sir Arthur Hardinge...
Dates:
03 Jun 1918 - 23 Dec 1918
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Cabinet: Imperial War Cabinet and Imperial Conference., 19 Jun 1918 - 24 Jul 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/54
Scope and Contents
Includes 2 letters from Leo Amery [Assistant Secretary War Cabinet and Imperial War Cabinet] and papers by him on war aims and military policy, the Imperial Cabinet and representation of the Dominions, channels of communication and imperial relations.Also includes minutes of the Imperial War Conference recording statements by Walter Long, Secretary of State for the Colonies, Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada, William Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia, William Massey, Prime Minister...
Dates:
19 Jun 1918 - 24 Jul 1918
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Cabinet: Supreme War Council and Allied Conversations., 01 Dec 1917 - 03 Dec 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/53
Scope and Contents
Includes minutes of meetings of the Supreme War Council at Versailles [France]. French representatives include [Georges] Clemenceau [Prime Minister of France], General [Ferdinand] Foch, Chief of Staff, Major-General [Maxime] Weygand. British representatives include David Lloyd George [Prime Minister], Arthur Balfour [Foreign Secretary], Sir Eric Geddes [First Lord of the Admiralty], [1st] Lord Milner, General Sir William Robertson [Chief of Imperial General Staff until 1918], General Sir...
Dates:
01 Dec 1917 - 03 Dec 1918
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Cabinet: various papers., 06 Nov 1917 - 28 Nov 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/3
Scope and Contents
Includes papers on various subjects by various individuals including: WSC, Minister of Munitions, on duplication and waste of effort and military labour; Arthur Balfour [Foreign Secretary] on the war; Sir Edmund Wyldbore-Smith on foreign contracts and manpower; Sir Auckland Geddes, Minister of National Service, on the recruitment of women for occupations of national importance, foreign contracts and manpower and the maintenance of the armed forces; Sir Reginald Brade [Secretary, War Office]...
Dates:
06 Nov 1917 - 28 Nov 1917
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Cabinet: various papers., 01 Dec 1917 - 29 Dec 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/4
Scope and Contents
Includes papers on various subjects by various individuals including: [17th] Lord Derby [earlier Edward Stanley] Secretary of State for War, on increased recruitment; Sir Auckland Geddes, Minister of National Service, on analysis of the armed services; Sir David Henderson [Director-General of Military Aeronautics] on staffing for the air force; WSC, Minister of Munitions, on the importance of a loyal Russian force and on manpower; Charles Rye, Director General of the National Labour Supply,...
Dates:
01 Dec 1917 - 29 Dec 1917
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Cabinet: Weekly Intelligence Reports: Eastern., 19 Sep 1917 - 26 Sep 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/30
Scope and Contents
Includes printed summaries of affairs in various countries including Russia and Egypt with notes by William Ormsby-Gore [later 4th Lord Harlech, Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet].Subjects covered include: T E Lawrence [later T E Shaw, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia"] and the Arab movement in Syria; affairs in Russia including [Alexander] Kerensky's ministerial crisis and the surrender of General Korniloff; the political and religious situation in Sudan and East Africa; and enemy...
Dates:
19 Sep 1917 - 26 Sep 1917
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Cabinet: Weekly Intelligence Reports: Eastern., 04 Oct 1917 - 27 Dec 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/31
Scope and Contents
Includes printed summaries of affairs in various countries including Russia, Egypt and Armenia with notes by William Ormsby-Gore [later 4th Lord Harlech, Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet].Subjects covered include: the arrest of Bolo Pasha; British diplomacy in Turkey; unrest in Russia; the blockade of the Red Sea and Zionism.
Dates:
04 Oct 1917 - 27 Dec 1917
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Cabinet: Weekly Intelligence Reports: Western and General., 18 Jul 1917 - 26 Sep 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/28
Scope and Contents
Includes printed summaries of affairs throughout the British empire and Africa and other parts of the world with notes by Leo Amery [Secretary of State for the Colonies and for the Dominions].Subjects covered include: financial negotiations with the United States; opinions among Labour movements in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa of conscription and war; peace discussions with Germany; shipping; and inter-imperial exchange.
Dates:
18 Jul 1917 - 26 Sep 1917
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Cabinet: Weekly Intelligence Reports: Western and General., 03 Oct 1917 - 27 Dec 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/29
Scope and Contents
Includes printed summaries of affairs throughout the British empire and Africa and other parts of the world with notes by Leo Amery [Secretary of State for the Colonies and for the Dominions].Subjects covered include: shipping; peace discussions; Germany's attitude towards a post-war trade war; the Allied war conference; enemy agents in Italy; and affairs in Germany.
Dates:
03 Oct 1917 - 27 Dec 1917
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Papers and correspondence relating to Liberal policy on East-West relations and foreign affairs, 1977 - 1985
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLAD 1/5/13
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The material at Churchill Archives Centre begins with Lord Gladwyn's school and college notebooks, and runs to his final articles, but with the exception of his personal and family correspondence, was chiefly created after Lord Gladwyn's retirement from the Diplomatic Service. A large proportion of the papers consists of notes, reports, articles, speeches and correspondence amassed from Lord Gladwyn's work as the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords and Liberal spokesman...
Dates:
1977 - 1985
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Papers and reports of the Foreign Affairs Research Institute (1), May 1979-December 1980, 1979-05 - 1980-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/2/70
Scope and Contents
Part 1, 1979
Part 2, 1980
Dates:
1979-05 - 1980-12
Conditions Governing Access:
Part 1 opened in February 2010, part 2 opened in March 2011
It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Papers: Asia and Africa, 1877 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ESHR 13
Scope and Contents
Includes: Foreign Office and Cabinet papers on India, Central Asia and Egypt; letters from General Charles Gordon and Lord George Binning on the Sudan; India Office and Committee of Imperial Defence papers on defence, army reform and Indian political representation.
Dates:
1877 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Papers on the Balfour Declaration, 1917-07 - 1962-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/52
Scope and Contents
Papers on the declaration by Arthur Balfour, Foreign Secretary, on the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine, including: proclamations of martial law in Jerusalem, by Field Marshal Sir Edmund Allenby; print of a Journal of Commonwealth Political Studies paper on the genesis of the declaration; War Cabinet copy of letters between 2nd Lord Rothschild and Balfour, on a formula which he could present to the Zionist Federation; alternative declaration by 1st Lord...
Dates:
1917-07 - 1962-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Fonds
Papers regarding the Treaty of Succession and Barrier
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6574
Scope and Contents
A series of papers dealing with the Treaty of Succession and Barrier between Great Britain and the Netherlands, 1713, written in four hands, 37 folios: (fo. 1) 1st hand, United Provinces Council of State: Ordinance, 31 October 1710, English translation; (fo. 3) 2nd hand, in Latin, Treaty of Succession and Barrier: separate article concluded 19 January 1713, printed; (fo. 50) 3rd hand, in English, Adriaan van der Hooghe van Brossele: 'Remarks on the Project of the Treaty of Succession and...
Dates:
1710-1713
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Papers relating to foreign affairs, November 1979-June 1982, 1979-11 - 1982-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/2/69
Scope and Contents
Part 1, 1979: includes note for MT from Ian Gow MP (her Parliamentary Private Secretary), "BBC external services- 3 hour debate on Tuesday 13 November", 9 November 1979; and copy of the annual report of the British group, Inter-Parliamentary Union, 1979
Part 2, 1980: includes guest list for PM's reception for the Trilateral Commission, 24 March 1980
Part 3, 1981: includes note for 6th Lord (Peter) Carrington (Foreign Secretary) from Professor John Hutchinson relating to...
Dates:
1979-11 - 1982-06
Conditions Governing Access:
Part 1 opened in February 2010; part 2 in March 2011; part 3 in March 2012; and part 4 in March 2013
It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Photographs and ephemera from international conferences, 1920 - 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MISC 76
Scope and Contents
File 1: Conference passes and passport, 1920-51; list of delegates for Genoa International Economic Conference [Italy], 1921.
File 2: Loose press photographs from the Hague Conference [Netherlands], 1929-30 and the London Naval Conference, January 1930; press cuttings from the Hague Conference, the London Naval Conference and the Lausanne Conference [Switzerland], June 1932.
File 3: Album of personal photographs from Genoa, while at International Economic Conference, 1921.
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Dates:
1920 - 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Some material within the collection is closed to researchers.
Series
Policy: Foreign affairs, 1983 - 1994
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 10
Scope and Contents
Includes: papers, briefings and correspondence on general foreign policy issues, such as Central America, NK's involvement in various human rights cases relating to the Soviet Union, sanctions against South Africa and meetings with African leaders; papers on the Gulf War, 1990-91.
Dates:
1983 - 1994
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Neil Kinnock
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Policy proposals, 1985-10 - 1986-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/1/77
Scope and Contents
Reports by members of the Shadow Cabinet on policy proposals and their projected costs, including: Denzil Davies on defence; [Giles Radice] on education; Stan Orme on energy; John Prescott on employment; Michael Meacher on social security; [George Foulkes] on foreign affairs; Roy Hattersley on home affairs; Robert Hughes on transport; John Smith on trade and industry; Donald Dewar on Scotland; Barry Jones on Wales; Peter Archer on Northern Ireland; Patricia Hewitt [Press and Broadcasting...
Dates:
1985-10 - 1986-09
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Political: Constituency: Epping [Essex], 1924 - 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7
Scope and Contents
This class of papers covers that part of WSC's time as Conservative MP for Epping contained in the Chartwell papers (up to 26 July 1945). The remainder of his time as MP (for Woodford) can be found in the post-1945 Churchill papers at CHUR 3.The papers contain correspondence between WSC's office and local officials, particularly the Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association, Sir James Hawkey, discussing standard constituency business (such as WSC's support for various local...
Dates:
1924 - 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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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]., 26 Oct 1938 - 16 Dec 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/52
Scope and Contents
Includes a press cutting on Colin Thornton-Kemsley's criticism of WSC entitled "Mr Churchill's Insurrection: should he remain a Conservative?" and two copies of an unused statement by WSC on foreign affairs and the prospect of war with Germany.
Dates:
26 Oct 1938 - 16 Dec 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence., Feb 1938 - Mar 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/51
Scope and Contents
Includes various constituents supporting WSC's stance on foreign affairs, regretting the resignation of Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon] as Foreign Secretary, and supporting the Spanish Government and the League of Nations.Also includes: correspondence from Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (2) and material on the Cadman Committee on Civil Aviation.
Dates:
Feb 1938 - Mar 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence A-B., Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/25
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (8); Vyvyan Adams [MP for West Leeds, Yorkshire] on speaking in WSC's constituency; Katharine, Duchess of Atholl, on Indian and German affairs; E R Broadridge on medical treatment for her daughter (5); Sir Kingsley Wood [Minister of Health] on the Broadridge case.Other subjects include: the abdication crisis; pacifism; local housing and environmental matters; pension and employment queries...
Dates:
Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence C-D., Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/26
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Clifford Heyworth, Clerk to Chingford [Essex] Council (4); H Harrison, Accountant to Chingford Council (5); Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (3); Gwendoline Colvin on the death of her husband, Sir Richard Colvin [Lord Lieutenant of Essex]; A Rutledge Crouch on a copy of his painting of the Coronation Chair (5); Patrick Donner [MP for North-West Hampshire] on speaking in WSC's constituency.Other subjects include: tax...
Dates:
Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.