Foreign policy
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Found in 692 Collections and/or Records:
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Official: Cabinet: Foreign Office prints., 01 Jan 1926 - 10 Dec 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/146
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: William Peters [Commercial Secretary to the British Mission, Moscow, Soviet Union] on the Communist Party Congress and State control over the Soviet press; Sir Ronald Macleay [British Minister to China] on the conference on Chinese customs tariffs; notes of a meeting between Godfrey Locker- Lampson [Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs] and representatives of the London Chamber of Commerce, on Anglo-Soviet trade;...
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01 Jan 1926 - 10 Dec 1926
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Official: Cabinet: Foreign Office prints., 10 Jan 1927 - 20 Dec 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/185
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Printed copies of correspondence from: Sir Austen Chamberlain to various representatives of the British Government on subjects including the breakdown of Anglo-Soviet relations (9); Sir Robert Hodgson [British Charge d'Affairs in the Soviet Union] on communism and the Soviet press (3); Sir Ronald Lindsay [British Ambassador to Germany] on subjects including reparations, German finance and communism (5); William Peters [Commercial Secretary to British Mission, Moscow] on affairs in the Soviet...
Dates:
10 Jan 1927 - 20 Dec 1927
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Official: Cabinet: Foreign Office: prints., 23 Jan 1928 - 17 Nov 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/223
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Includes printed papers about affairs in the Soviet Union (including economic and agricultural difficulties) by Foreign Office officials including: Reginald Leeper; Sir Ronald Lindsay (8); P Gent (5); Harold Nicolson; Joseph Addison; Alvary Gascoigne (4); Sir Thomas Hohler and Horace Rumbold. Also includes covering letters from Sir Maurice Hankey, Cabinet Secretary, and a paper on the situation in Egypt.
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23 Jan 1928 - 17 Nov 1928
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Official: Cabinet: Foreign Office prints., 02 Oct 1924 - 19 Dec 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/77
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Includes papers from various individuals on the Soviet Union, including: William Peters [Commercial Secretary to the British Mission, Moscow] on subjects including the Soviet press campaign against Britain, mining concessions, the general economic and political situation, the Soviet attitude to the Locarno treaties and the 14th congress of the Communist party; Cecil Jerram [Assistant Agent, Moscow and Leningrad, later St Petersburg] on the visit of the British Trade Union delegation to the...
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02 Oct 1924 - 19 Dec 1925
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Official: Cabinet: Foreign Office prints: China., 10 Jan 1927 - 15 Sep 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/184
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Printed copies of correspondence from: Sir Austen Chamberlain to various representatives of the British Government (11); the Acting Consul General at Canton [China, John Brenan] on the Kuomintang and the effects of communism; Miles Lampson [later 1st Lord Killearn, British Minister to China] on subjects including the Nationalist Party in China and the crisis in Shanghai (7); 1st Lord Crewe [British Ambassador to France] on the response of the French government to China; Sir John Tilley...
Dates:
10 Jan 1927 - 15 Sep 1927
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Official: Cabinet: Foreign Office telegrams., 02 Jun 1909 - 25 Jul 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/16
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WSC's copies of printed Foreign Office telegrams which include bulletins of events from ambassadors and embassy staff on events around the world including: the management of the Suez canal; railway building and opium production in China; relations between Persia [later Iran] and Russia, between Turkey and Greece, Nicaragua and the United States; affairs in India including the actions of the Dalai Lama; the sovereign rights of the Ottoman empire [Turkey] in Greece; and affairs in Japan,...
Dates:
02 Jun 1909 - 25 Jul 1910
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Official: Cabinet: Imperial Conference: notes of meetings 1 - 16., 19 Oct 1926 - 23 Nov 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/136
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Printed notes on the proceedings of the conference, on subjects including: statements on foreign affairs; the position in Egypt; inter-imperial trade; statements on the colonies; the Empire Press Union; imperial naval, military and air defence; imperial air communication.Also includes: printed index.
Dates:
19 Oct 1926 - 23 Nov 1926
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Official: Cabinet: Maritime Belligerent Rights., [1928]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/222
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Includes: 3 copies of a paper [by WSC] covering British naval supremacy, international relations and the Dardanelles campaign; a reply [?by Sir Maurice Hankey]; copies of letters from WSC to Arthur Balfour [Lord President of the Council] and to Stanley Baldwin [Prime Minister] with a suggested response to proposals by the United States; and internal Treasury correspondence including notes from James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to WSC].
Dates:
[1928]
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Official: Cabinet: Maritime Belligerent rights and disarmament., 08 Mar 1929 - 05 Jun 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/244
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Various papers including: a letter from Rupert Howorth; copy letters from Sir Maurice Hankey [Cabinet Secretary]; a committee report on policy regarding disarmament; Cabinet papers by Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, with statements by Hugh Gibson on the position of the United States and [1st Lord Cushendun [earlier Ronald McNeill]; and a Committee of Imperial Defence paper on maritime belligerent rights.
Dates:
08 Mar 1929 - 05 Jun 1929
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Official: Cabinet: Naval programme: notes., 04 Feb 1909 - 05 Nov 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/15
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Includes printed notes by WSC for the Cabinet on the financial position of Germany and its impact on naval building in Germany; on the naval estimates 1909-1910 and the need for protection against German naval armaments. Also includes a paper by Reginald McKenna [First Lord of the Admiralty] arguing for naval expansion and a paper on the Imperial Conference for Defence.
Dates:
04 Feb 1909 - 05 Nov 1909
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Official: Cabinet: Naval programme: printed papers., 01 Dec 1909 - 01 Nov 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/20
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Printed Cabinet papers including: a memorandum by Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary] on naval building in Germany; memoranda by WSC on naval expenditure and the Mediterranean fleet; a memorandum by [Rear-Admiral Alexander] Bethell, [Director of Naval Intelligence] on the Mediterranean Fleet and papers on the establishment of a naval war staff.Also includes printed letters from Sir Edward Grey (4) on negotiations with Germany relating to the exchange of information about naval building and...
Dates:
01 Dec 1909 - 01 Nov 1911
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Official: Cabinet: notes and correspondence., 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/151
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Correspondents include: Stanley Baldwin [Prime Minister] on relations with China and a budget prepared by WSC; [1st Lord] Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith, Secretary of State for India] on the threat to Afghanistan by the Soviet Union; [Sir Maurice] Hankey [Cabinet Secretary]; Sir Austen Chamberlain [Foreign Secretary] on foreign policy; Sir Robert Lynn on the resignation of [1st] Lord Cecil [of Chelwood as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]; and George [1st] Lord Lloyd [of Dolobran].Also...
Dates:
1927
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Official: Cabinet: Papers 1 - 19., 14 Jan 1929 - 30 Jan 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/227
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: [1st] Lord Peel, Secretary of State for India, on Indian contributions to the home effective charges of the British army and the political situation in India; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the trade outlook and economic situation including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade; Sir Samuel Hoare [later 1st Lord...
Dates:
14 Jan 1929 - 30 Jan 1929
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Official: Cabinet: papers 1 to 20., Jan 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/152
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Includes: a memorandum by Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame,later Lord Swinton] President of the Board of Trade, Ronald McNeill [later 1st Lord Cushendun, Financial Secretary to the Treasury] and First Lord of the Admiralty [William Bridgeman] on financing lighthouses in the Red Sea; Cunliffe-Lister on imports and exports of leather bags, trade outlook including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade, and the state of industry and company law;...
Dates:
Jan 1927
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Official: Cabinet: papers 1 to 25., 12 Jan 1928 - 01 Feb 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/191
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood, Secretary of State for Air] on the withdrawal of the Indian infantry division from Iraq; Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later Lord Brentford] Home Secretary on bills for equal franchise and children; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the trade outlook including details of various industries, exports and...
Dates:
12 Jan 1928 - 01 Feb 1928
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Official: Cabinet: papers 20 - 44., 31 Dec 1928 - 21 Feb 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/228
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour on unemployment and on a proposed enquiry into the iron and steel industry; Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, and Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the enquiry into the iron and steel industry; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, on the functions of Dominion ministers, use of the...
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31 Dec 1928 - 21 Feb 1929
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Official: Cabinet: papers 21 to 30., Jan 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/153
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Includes: a paper by [Sir Maurice] Hankey [Cabinet Secretary] on the parliamentary programme; a paper on the political parties, personalities and ministers in China; [Sir Hugh] Trenchard [Chief of Air Staff] on aircraft in China; [1st] Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] and [Sir Austen Chamberlain] Foreign Secretary on diplomatic relations and communications with the Soviet Union; [4th Lord] Salisbury [earlier Lord Cranborne], Lord Privy Seal, on House of Lords reform; [Sir] Philip...
Dates:
Jan 1927
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Official: Cabinet: papers 26 to 49., 02 Feb 1928 - 17 Feb 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/192
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: [1st] Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] Secretary of State for India, on the 'indianisation' of the Indian army and relations with Afghanistan; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on reaction to his taxation scheme, Irish loyalists and railways in Iraq; Neville Chamberlain, Minister of Health, on the local authority emergency provisions act; Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on relations between France and the...
Dates:
02 Feb 1928 - 17 Feb 1928
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Official: Cabinet: papers 31 to 50., Feb 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/154
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: a copy of a speech by King George V on the opening of parliament on relations with foreign powers and civil war in China; [1st Lord] Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] Secretary of State for India, on the Trade Unions disputes bill; [Sir] John Gilmour, Secretary of State for Scotland, on poor relief to miners' dependents and poor law emergency provisions in Scotland; [Sir] Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on the...
Dates:
Feb 1927
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Official: Cabinet: papers 45 - 60., 12 Feb 1929 - 25 Feb 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/229
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, and [Sir] John Gilmour, Secretary of State for Scotland, on Irish immigration; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs, on the Hilton Young commission on East Africa; William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, on Anglo-American arbitration treaties; Wilfrid Ashley [later 1st Lord Mount Temple], Minister of Transport, on road transport;...
Dates:
12 Feb 1929 - 25 Feb 1929
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Official: Cabinet: papers 51 to 79., 16 Feb 1928 - 12 Mar 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/193
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: [1st] Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] Secretary of State for India, on public opinion in India, the 'indianisation' of the Indian army and relations with Afghanistan; [1st] Lord Cave, Lord Chancellor, on salaries for County Court judges; Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on relations between France and the United States and an arbitration treaty; Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home...
Dates:
16 Feb 1928 - 12 Mar 1928
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Official: Cabinet: papers 81 - 100., 18 Feb 1929 - 27 Mar 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/231
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on mining subsidence, petrol and kerosene prices and the trade outlook and economic situation including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade; Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on a Committee of Civil Research report on radium and slum policy; Sir Laming Worthington-Evans,...
Dates:
18 Feb 1929 - 27 Mar 1929
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Official: Cabinet: papers 81 to 100., 10 Mar 1928 - 28 Mar 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/194
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on the League of Nations and disarmament, negotiations with the Nanking [China] government and relations between Canada and Japan; Sir Douglas Hogg [later 1st Lord Hailsham], Attorney-General on the prerogative of the Crown; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, on subjects including a Zionist loan, compensation claims in the Irish Free State [later Ireland], and the...
Dates:
10 Mar 1928 - 28 Mar 1928
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Official: Cabinet: papers 101 - 115., 27 Mar 1929 - 16 Apr 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/232
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the Committee on industry and trade; Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on affairs in Persia [Iran] and naval limitation; Lord Eustace Percy, President of the Board of Education, on education policy; [Sir] William Mitchell-Thomson [later 1st Lord Selsdon] Postmaster General on possible telephone...
Dates:
27 Mar 1929 - 16 Apr 1929
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Official: Cabinet: papers 101-120., 21 Mar 1928 - 11 Apr 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/195
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: [1st] Lord Cushendun [earlier Ronald McNeill], Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on disarmament; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the export of arms and ammunition; Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood, Secretary of State for Air] on air operation in Aden [later Yemen]; [1st] Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] Secretary of State...
Dates:
21 Mar 1928 - 11 Apr 1928
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