Foreign policy
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Found in 692 Collections and/or Records:
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Preparations for 1978 manifesto: papers relating to the draft of the section for foreign affairs, March 1978, 1978-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/7/1/13
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From the Series:
See also THCR 1/11 for similar material in Lady Thatcher's "personal filing"
Dates:
1978-03
Conditions Governing Access:
Opened in November 2003
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Series
Public and political: British Council, 1938 - 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLLD 20
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Diaries from Lloyd's tours for the Council, with correspondence and other papers.
Dates:
1938 - 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please cite as Churchill Archives Centre, The Papers of George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd of Dolobran, GLLD
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Public and political: Early subject files, 1896 - 1919
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLLD 16
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Files on home politics, colonial affairs and foreign policy, particularly relating to the Middle East.
Dates:
1896 - 1919
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please cite as Churchill Archives Centre, The Papers of George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd of Dolobran, GLLD
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Public and Political: General: Committee to promote Hapsburg claims., May 1931 - Sep 1932
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/588
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Correspondents on the claims of the Hapsburg family (the Royal family of Austria-Hungary) to lands in Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia] include: [1st Lord] Southborough [earlier Francis Hopwood] on subjects including arrangements for WSC to meet members of the Hapsburg family (5); E Rechnitzer on subjects including the claims of the family and his contacts with Prince Max Hohenlohe (27); E Dalby, Private Secretary to Rechnitzer (4); "Van", Sir Robert Vansittart, Under...
Dates:
May 1931 - Sep 1932
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence., 19 Jul 1939 - 31 Aug 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/361A-B
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Correspondents include: [Luke] William Teeling, [Editor, British News Letter] and Conservative candidate for Bury, Lancashire; Harry Becker on his support for WSC; Brian Roberts (2); Edwyn Hole, British Consul-General, Salonica [Greece] on a prediction of WSC's assassination; Sydney Wilkinson, [Private Secretary to the Minister of Health] on emergency medical services and blood transfusion; Desmond Flower on using a Spanish expert on blood transfusion in Britain; Ian Harvey; Geoffrey...
Dates:
19 Jul 1939 - 31 Aug 1939
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence., 05 Oct 1937 - 31 Mar 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/328
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Correspondents include: 1st Lord Rothermere [earlier Sir Harold Harmsworth] on the French financial capability for war; Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon]; 1st Lord Craigavon [earlier Sir James Craig], Prime Minister of Northern Ireland; Samuel Hood [Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for India]; Lord Ednam [later 4th Lord Dudley], President, Eton Political Society (2); Brigadier-General Sir Henry Page Croft on a meeting of the Friends of Spain group,...
Dates:
05 Oct 1937 - 31 Mar 1938
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence., 01 Apr 1938 - 31 May 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/329
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Correspondents include: [Henry] Wickham Steed on subjects including Germany's campaign against Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia], alleged tensions between the German Army and Nazi Party, and a speech by Baron Richard von Kuhlmann on Germany's economic position (2); Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Sandford [former British Consul in Addis Ababa, Abyssinia, later Ethiopia] on subjects including the position of Haile Selassie, Emperor of Abyssinia, on the Anglo-Italian negotiations on...
Dates:
01 Apr 1938 - 31 May 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence., 01 Aug 1938 - 30 Sep 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/331
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Correspondents, mainly on Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia] and the Munich Crisis, include: Lord Halifax ("E") [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin], Foreign Secretary (4); Admiral Sir William Goodenough on WSC's part in raising naval morale; Neville Chamberlain [Prime Minister]; Sir John Haslam; Robert Boothby on subjects including announcing negotiations with France and the Soviet Union to deter Hitler from invading Czechoslovakia, the leak of his and WSC's idea to use a...
Dates:
01 Aug 1938 - 30 Sep 1938
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence., 10 May 1938 - 31 Oct 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/332
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Correspondents, mainly on Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia] and the Munich Pact, include: [David] Graham Hutton; Roy Harrod on subjects including the general support for WSC's views on foreign policy, and a suggested electoral pact between WSC and the Labour Party (3); Lady Violet Bonham-Carter [earlier Violet Asquith and Violet, Lady Bonham Carter, later Lady Asquith of Yarnbury] on subjects including WSC's speech on the Munich Pact (5 October) (2); Neville Chamberlain,...
Dates:
10 May 1938 - 31 Oct 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence., 31 Oct 1938 - 06 Dec 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/333
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Correspondents include: [Richard] Eric Long on his differences with WSC over the Munich Pact; Walter Elliot [Minister of Health]; Ramsay Muir [Vice-President, Liberal Party Organisation]; Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi [President, Pan-European Union] (2); Josiah Wedgwood; 1st Lord Cecil of Chelwood [earlier Lord Robert Cecil], on the supporting the candidature of Eduard Benes [former President of Czechoslovakia (later Czech Republic and Slovakia)] for the Nobel Peace Prize; "Charley" [7th...
Dates:
31 Oct 1938 - 06 Dec 1938
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence., 16 Oct 1938 - 31 Dec 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/334
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Correspondents include: Thomas Magnay; Robert Boothby; "Eddie" [6th Lord Winterton, earlier Lord Turnour]; Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] (? 2); Lewis Namier; Neville Chamberlain [Prime Minister]; [Henry] Wickham Steed on a proposition for an international union by Clarence Streit; Alan Lennox-Boyd [later 1st Lord Boyd of Merton]; Roy Harrod on the faults of national government; [Lauchlan] MacNeill Weir; Edward Heath, President, Oxford Union Society; Sir Roger Keyes (2); Josiah Wedgwood;...
Dates:
16 Oct 1938 - 31 Dec 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence., 01 May 1939 - 30 Jun 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/359
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Correspondents include: "Harold R" [1st Lord Rothermere, earlier Sir Harold Harmsworth] on the German submarine programme (2); Oliver Locker-Lampson; Sir Hubert Gough; Evelyn Walkden; Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Muirhead [63rd (Oxfordshire Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment] on finding positions in the Yeomanry for William Deakin and WSC's nephews [John G Churchill and Peregrine Churchill]; Thomas Horabin on public feeling about the Government's proposals for conscription (2); A P Herbert [Alan...
Dates:
01 May 1939 - 30 Jun 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence., 12 Jun 1939 - 31 Jul 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/360
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Correspondents include: Marshal of the RAF 1st Lord Trenchard, on sending a joint letter to the Times on Government policy towards Germany; Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso] on keeping Parliament in session during times of crisis; Thomas Horabin, Liberal candidate for North Cornwall, on support for WSC among his electorate (3); Sir Philip Gibbs; "George L" [1st Lord Lloyd, Chairman], British Council; 1st Lord Rothermere [earlier Sir Harold Harmsworth] on subjects including the...
Dates:
12 Jun 1939 - 31 Jul 1939
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Public and Political: General: correspondence and papers, mainly on books concerning WSC and Christmas wishes from international figures., Jan 1942 - Dec 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/439
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Correspondents include: Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz] on his book "A Democratic Manifesto" (4); [Alan] Hodge [Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of Information] (3), Lovat Dickson [Director] of MacMillan and Company (2), Cicely Andrews (Rebecca West), and [William] Collins, [Chairman and Managing Director] Collins Publishers, on subjects including books on WSC and President [Franklin] Roosevelt in the series "Britain in Pictures", possibly to be written by West or Compton...
Dates:
Jan 1942 - Dec 1942
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Public and Political: General: correspondence from the general public abroad, mainly from the United States, on the Munich Crisis, Germany, Czechoslovakia, and other aspects of the international situation; mostly supporting WSC's stance, praising his speeches and broadcasts., 14 Sep 1938 - 18 Oct 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/608A-C
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Correspondents include: James Witherow (4); James Harvey criticising the "monied interests" running Britain (3); Oswald Veblen; [Herbert] Swope; Frederic Wile.Also includes: reprints and cuttings from papers, mainly US, including an article by Drew Pearson and Robert Allen; papers entitled "The Fallacies of Fascism" by Aurel Kolnai and "There's Always the Aftermath . . . Mr Chamberlain" by William Seers; Belgian pamphlet on Czechoslovakia [Czech Republic and Slovakia].
Dates:
14 Sep 1938 - 18 Oct 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: correspondence from the general public in Britain and abroad on the Munich Crisis, Germany and Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia]; mostly supporting WSC and his fellow critics of Neville Chamberlain's policy towards Adolf Hitler., 02 Oct 1938 - 07 Nov 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/607A-C
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Correspondents include: Brigadier [Leonard] Smithers on arming the nation; Oliver Stewart on standing by France; [William] Adam; Eliot Slater; [Thomas Skeffington-]Lodge; [Rhys] Hopkin Morris on WSC's use of language; Reverend J Ingram Bryan on supplies going to Japan; [James] Leishman; Brigadier Sir Walter Ludlow sending a proof of an article by him on national military training.Other subjects include: congratulations on WSC's speeches and broadcasts on the matter; offers to assist WSC's...
Dates:
02 Oct 1938 - 07 Nov 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: correspondence from the general public in Britain and abroad on the Munich Crisis, Germany and Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia]; mostly supporting WSC's stance and criticising the policies of Neville Chamberlain's government, some offering their services., 16 Sep 1938 - 01 Oct 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/606A-C
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Correspondents include: Miles de Montmorency; Kenneth Hogg; Lancelot Spicer; Dorothy Charques [earlier Dorothy Taylor, later Mrs S A G Emms]; James Leishman on Sudeten German claims; Rutland Boughton; ?[Edna] Lady [Clarke] Hall; Colonel [Charles] Duff; [Arthur] Knighton-Hammond; Cecil Walsh; Dr Hugh Gordon; Rennie Smith; Guy Sixsmith and [Christopher] Shawcross on getting information to the German populace; [Sir] Francis Palmer; Frank Beswick.Other subjects include: France's role;...
Dates:
16 Sep 1938 - 01 Oct 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: correspondence from the general public in Britain and abroad on the Munich Crisis, mostly supporting WSC's stance., 01 Oct 1938 - 06 Oct 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/603A-B
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Correspondents include: Rennie Smith (2); David Garland; Nathan Laski; Arthur Bateman; Hervey de Montmorency; Gerald Sington; Ellison Hawks; Henry Ferns. Subjects covered by the file include: the fate of Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia]; Adolf Hitler and Germany; criticism of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and his government; WSC's House of Commons speech of 5 October.Also includes: various cuttings; protest letter from the Arts Peace Campaign with typed signatures of...
Dates:
01 Oct 1938 - 06 Oct 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: correspondence from the general public in Britain and abroad on the Munich Crisis, mostly supporting WSC's stance, some offering their services., 07 Oct 1938 - 24 Oct 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/604A-B
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Correspondents include: Harry Rayner (2) sending a poem and commenting on Japan; [Herbert] Swope; D [?J] MacDonald [a Dundee Liberal]; "R F H" [Roy Harrod] on a portrait of Neville Chamberlain in the Oxford Carlton Club; "Alec" [Alexander] Dickson on the situation in Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia]; Sir James Berry; George Bailey on modernising dry docks; Lynn Ungoed-Thomas.Subjects covered by the file include: WSC's House of Commons speech of 5 October; matters concerning...
Dates:
07 Oct 1938 - 24 Oct 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: correspondence from the general public mainly abroad, particularly the United States, on the Munich Crisis, Germany, Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia], Anglo-American relations and other international affairs; mostly supporting WSC's stance, praising his broadcasts and articles, some making appeals concerning personal matters., 19 Oct 1938 - 05 Dec 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/609A-B
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Correspondents include: N Lidall sending copies of 5 letters from him concerning his dismissal from a consular post; Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Smith; Lindsay Rogers; [Lionel] Miles Mander; James Woods (4); Raymond Swing on broadcasting; Oswald Garrison Villard sending a published open letter to WSC entitled "Issues and Men".Other subjects include: William Randolph Hearst's attitude.Also includes: cuttings, mainly US, including articles by Walter Lippman and Douglas Jerrold; file note by WSC's...
Dates:
19 Oct 1938 - 05 Dec 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: correspondence from the general public on the Munich Crisis, Germany and Czechoslovakia; mostly supporting WSC's stance, some offering their services., Sep 1938 - Oct 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/602A-B
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Correspondents include: Maurice Ernest on setting up a Ministry of Propaganda; [Charles] Cahn; Kenneth Moore on forming a new "Constitutional" Party; [Frederick] Bellenger commenting on a visit to Germany; Gerald Brenan; Glanville Brown; Brigadier-General Lionel Milman; [John] Woodthorpe; Edward Hutton; Richard Acland.Other subjects include: introducing proportional representation for local elections.Also includes: letters from Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic and Slovakia] and France;...
Dates:
Sep 1938 - Oct 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: correspondence mainly with representatives of the League of Nations Union at a national and local level., Feb 1939 - Aug 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/378
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Correspondents include: 2nd Lord Lytton, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the League of Nations Union (4); Sir Douglas Hacking, Chairman of the Conservative and Unionist Party.Subjects include: WSC's role as a Vice-President; requests for WSC to speak at Union meetings; a draft resolution on the export of raw materials to Germany, Italy, and Japan; a Conservative Party circular criticising the Union.Also includes: meeting papers for an Executive Committee meeting on 23 February...
Dates:
Feb 1939 - Aug 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: correspondence, mostly on the Munich Crisis, from the general public in Britain and abroad, mostly supporting WSC's stance., Oct 1938 - Jan 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/605A-B
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Correspondents include: Major-General Sir Guy Beatty, Sir Albert Howard, Sir Robert Bird, Sir Michael Sadler, and [John] Eric Allden on WSC's broadcast to the United States of 16 October; George Bailey on modernising dry docks; [John Warren] MacAlpine on getting information into Germany and Italy; Sir Leonard Hill of the St John Clinic and Institute of Physical Medicine on birth rates; A H Richards [General Organising Secretary of the Anti-Nazi Council] (5) on organising meetings and support...
Dates:
Oct 1938 - Jan 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Defence of Freedom and Peace Union: correspondence mainly with A H Richards [General Organising Secretary of the Anti-Nazi Council]., Dec 1938 - Sep 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/376
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Subjects include: discussion of those potentially attending various luncheons and meetings organised by Richards, including the United States Ambassador [Joseph Kennedy], the Soviet Ambassador [Ivan] Maisky, Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, Foreign Secretary], John Marchbank [General Secretary, National Union of Railwaymen], [Henry] Wickham Steed, and Dr Edward Benes [former President of the Czechoslovak Republic, later Czech Republic and Slovakia]; communist influence in a...
Dates:
Dec 1938 - Sep 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Foreign policy: Germany: Memoranda., 01 Jan 1939 - 27 May 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/373
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Memoranda and correspondence on foreign policy, mainly towards Germany, including: Duncan Sandys, Honorary Secretary, Policy Study Group, on the formation and meetings of the Group (3); memorandum by Mark Patrick [former Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary] on foreign affairs, including the Munich Crisis, Government inertia on rearmament following Munich, shifts in the balance of Europe, the weakening of the League of Nations, the dangers of a 4-Power system, advantages for...
Dates:
01 Jan 1939 - 27 May 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
Open