Foreign policy
Found in 692 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 02 Jan 1936
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".
(Untitled), 11 Dec 1935
(Untitled), 17 Dec 1935
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.
(Untitled), 17 Dec 1935
(Untitled), 20 Dec 1935
(Untitled), 09 Nov 1936
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.
(Untitled), 09 Nov 1936
Letter from Joseph Beck, Polish Minister for Foreign Affairs, sending gift of book by the late Marshal Joseph Pilsudsky.
(Untitled), 09 Nov 1936
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].
(Untitled), 10 Nov 1936
(Untitled), 13 Nov 1936
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].
(Untitled), 13 Nov 1936
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].
(Untitled), 13 Nov 1936
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].
(Untitled), 14 Nov 1936
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.
(Untitled), 14 Nov 1936
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.
(Untitled), 18 Nov 1936
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.
(Untitled), [Nov] 1936
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".
(Untitled), 18 Nov 1936
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].
(Untitled), Feb 1922 - 19 Nov 1936
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.
(Untitled), 18 Sep 1944
(Untitled), 08 Apr 1945
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].
(Untitled), 31 May 1945
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].
(Untitled), 02 Jun 1945
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].
(Untitled), 02 Jun 1945
(Untitled), 13 Sep 1911
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.
(Untitled), 10 Sep 1885
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.