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Foreign policy

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 692 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 02 Jan 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/251/2
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Letter from Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood], Hotel Castell, Zuoz, Switzerland to WSC, thanks for letter on his resignation as Foreign Secretary. Commenting that he was not prepared to risk a European War "with French opinion overwhelmingly opposed to it". Stating that he continued to be worried by the "indifference of the British world to the dangers that you and I foresee only too clearly".

Dates: 02 Jan 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Dec 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/238/121-122
Scope and Contents Letter from Brendan Bracken, 20 Bishopsgate, London EC2 to WSC, commenting on the "political earthquake", a debate in the House of Commons on the "Hoare-Laval-Abyssinian plan. Stating that Stanley Baldwin was "incoherent, and his face a study in misery", "Duff [Cooper, Later Lord Norwich] looked as if he had just had a stroke" and that the only Ministers who looked pleased were "Neville Chamberlain (Samuel Hoare's principal backer in the Cabinet)" and John Simon, who of course was delighted...
Dates: 11 Dec 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Dec 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/238/126-127
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Telegram from Randolph Churchill to WSC, on the political situation. Reporting that the Government were standing firm on the peace proposals, and were bound to get a reasonable majority in debate in the House of Commons. Advising him to remain in Spain and not return for the debate.

Dates: 17 Dec 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Dec 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/238/128-130
Scope and Contents Letter from Randolph Churchill, May Fair Hotel, Berkeley Street, London W1 to WSC, on the political situation. Stating that WSC had made a wise decision to remain in Spain, as the Government would win the debate in the House of Commons "There will be a large number of abstentions, but few Conservatives will go into the Lobby against the Government". Reporting that the authors of this "shameful surrender" Stanley Baldwin, Samuel Hoare (later Lord Templewood) and Sir Robert Vansittart intended...
Dates: 17 Dec 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Dec 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/238/135-138
Scope and Contents Letter from Desmond Morton to WSC, on the political situation, particularly the Hoare-Laval peace terms. Commenting that he had canvassed friends in Government, who agreed that the terms were "sound", the concessions to Italy were within the limits of the original proposals of the Council of Five. "In spite of certain obvious faults we greatly prefer Italians to Ethiopians, who,...are far from being either Christians or civilised." Stating that Baldwin had sacrificed his friend [Hoare], not...
Dates: 20 Dec 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Nov 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/260/59
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Letter from Anthony Eden (later Lord Avon), Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, thanks for speech in House of Commons on 8 Nov WSC spoke on the need for a precise plan in foreign policy.

Dates: 09 Nov 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Nov 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/260/60
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Letter from Joseph Beck, Polish Minister for Foreign Affairs, sending gift of book by the late Marshal Joseph Pilsudsky.

Dates: 09 Nov 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Nov 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/260/65
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Letter from WSC to Lady Houston, thanks for letter on the League of Nations, stating that he had very carefully considered the course he was taking from the view of the "safety of England from the German Nazi menace", and that he shared her regrets for the "misguided policy of the MacDonald-Badwin regime" in defence and external affairs [carbon].

Dates: 09 Nov 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Nov 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/260/68-70
Scope and Contents Letter from Ivan Maisky, Soviet Ambassador to Britain, commenting on WSC's speech in Foreign Affairs debate in the House of Commons, rejecting the claim that the Soviet Union was primarily responsible for the outbreak of civil war in Spain. Stating that the German and Italian governments had set to work to foster anti-republican propaganda, and to prepare military rebellion against the republican Government, and that it would be truer to say that German propaganda and intrigue was largely...
Dates: 10 Nov 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Nov 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/260/81
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Letter from WSC to Sir Guy Fleetwood Wilson, thanks for letter on the international situation, commenting that he was "trying to marshal all the forces I can to prevent this coming war and to strengthen Britain" [carbon].

Dates: 13 Nov 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Nov 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/260/83
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Letter from WSC to Sir Archibald Boyd-Carpenter MP, thanks for letter of congratulation on speech in Defence debate in the House of Commons, commenting that he had never heard "such a squalid confession from a public man" as Stanley Baldwin had offered [Baldwin had been seeking to explain why he had not rearmed more forcefully between the autumn 1933 and summer 1935] [carbon].

Dates: 13 Nov 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Nov 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/260/84
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Letter from Sir Archibald Boyd-Carpenter MP to WSC, congratulations on speech in the Defence debate in the House of Commons. Commenting on the "pathetic effort of SB which makes one feel almost ill" [Stanley Baldwin had been seeking to explain why he had not rearmed more forcefully between the autumn 1933 and summer 1935].

Dates: 13 Nov 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Nov 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/260/94-95
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Letter from Sir Leo Chiozza Money, Bramley, Surrey, to WSC, on the international situation, particularly WSC's speech in the Defence debate in the House of Commons.

Dates: 14 Nov 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Nov 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/260/96
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Letter from Major-General Sir Hugh Tudor to WSC on rearmament, particularly speech in Defence debate in the House of Commons and Stanley Baldwin's reasons for not rearming more forcefully between 1933 and 1935.

Dates: 14 Nov 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Nov 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/260/109-111
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Letter from Eleanor Rathbone MP to WSC, asking for meeting to discuss a campaign in favour of collective security through the League of Nations, enclosing cutting of her letter to the Manchester Guardian on the Government's European Policy.

Dates: 18 Nov 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [Nov] 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/260/113-114
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Letter from Lucy, Lady Houston, Byron Cottage, Hampstead Heath, to WSC, on the international situation particularly his support for the League of Nations and "that awful little ass Mr Eden - who isn't fit to black your shoes".

Dates: [Nov] 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Nov 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/260/115
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Letter from WSC to Lucy, Lady Houston, on the international situation, commenting that if the League of Nations was to be based on weak and disarmed nations he would share her prejudices, but that what was proposed was an association of strong and well armed states to resist an aggressor, and that Britain should be made strong again as fast as possible [carbon].

Dates: 18 Nov 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), Feb 1922 - 19 Nov 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/260/123-126
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Letter from Sir John Chancellor, Hyde Park Square, London W2 to WSC, 19 Nov 1936, enclosing copy of White Paper Cmd 1700 Palestine: Correspondence with the Palestine Arab Delegation and the Zionist Organisation, [Feb-June 1922], published June 1922, commenting that the most important documents were No.5, the Colonial Office's letter to the Zionist Organisation, and its enclosure, WSC's Statement of British Policy in Palestine.

Dates: Feb 1922 - 19 Nov 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Sep 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/171/98
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC (Octagon [second Quebec conference]) to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, later Lord Irwin] marked "Personal and Top Secret" suggesting that he should read the Chancellor of the Exchequer's [Sir John Anderson, later 1st Lord Waverley] letter to Lord Cherwell [earlier Frederick Lindemann] regarding the proposed Joint Committee on lend lease and stating that he should discuss this matter with Lord Cherwell and that a decision will be made following the result of this...
Dates: 18 Sep 1944
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), 08 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/193B/180-181
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Letter from WSC to President Roosevelt regarding the question of material aid for Italy: Expresses belief that they cannot ignore public opinion and must keep in step with what is being done for "those Allies who have been with us through everything"; comments on modifications to the armistice regime [carbon].

Dates: 08 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), 31 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194A/67-69
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Letter from WSC to Clement Attlee [Leader of the Labour Party] marked "private" offering him facilities in the Cabinet Office to see papers on the main developments in foreign affairs and strategy, as well as freedom of map room [carbon].

Dates: 31 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194A/88
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Letter from WSC (10 Downing Street, Whitehall) to Clement Attlee [Leader of the Labour Party] marked "copy" and "most secret" informing him that it now looks as though the Three Power meeting will open in Berlin [Germany, Potsdam Conference] on 15 Jul and stating that he believes Attlee should be present so that, "however the election may go, the voice of Britain is united." [carbon].

Dates: 02 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/197B/126-129
Scope and Contents Letter by Sir Edward Grigg [later Lord Altrincham] (Minister Resident in the Middle East, Cairo [Egypt]) to Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] marked "private and personal" commenting on the British intervention in Syria, his concern about the effects of the subdivision of his constituency [Altrincham, Cheshire], the likely difficulty of tripartite conversations involving the French and the "utterly stupid callousness" of the recent French behaviour towards the Syrians and...
Dates: 02 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Sep 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/117/68
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Copy of a letter from WSC (Home Office) to [Lord] Northcliffe [earlier Sir Alfred Harmsworth] in which he asks him to instruct the Times to cover his speeches at Dundee [Angus, Scotland] and comments on the "grave development" of affairs in Europe.

Dates: 13 Sep 1911
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), 10 Sep 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/118/17-18
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Typescript transcript of a letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, Secretary of State for India, to Grant Duff [Governor of Madras, India] in which he discusses relations with Russia including their activities in Central Asia , the annexation of Afghanistan and his own efforts to reach an agreement with Russia, despite feeling that such an agreement is impossible.

Dates: 10 Sep 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open