International tensions
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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 194 Collections and/or Records:
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Official: Prime Minister: correspondence mainly relating to change of administration., 24 Aug 1953 - 31 Mar 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 6/4
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Correspondents include: Gordon Wilson and Paul Beards (Private Secretaries, War Office) on South African war graves; Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] (6); R A Butler [Chancellor of the Exchequer] (2); Harold Macmillan [later Lord Stockton, Minister of Housing and Local Government]; Duncan Sandys [Minister of Supply] (2); Christopher Soames [Parliamentary Private Secretary to Prime Minister]; John Colville [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary] on subjects...
Dates:
24 Aug 1953 - 31 Mar 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Prime Minister: "Terminal": record of the proceedings of the [Potsdam] Berlin Conference [Germany], 17 July to 1 August, 1945., Jul 1945 - Aug 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/236
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[marked "box 119/12" by Denis Kelly, WSC's literary assistant, ?at the time of the production of WSC's "Second World War"].
Dates:
Jul 1945 - Aug 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War and Air: intelligence reports., 28 Mar-23 Dec 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/61
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Includes secret intelligence reports, intercepted documents and notes of interviews on various subjects including: a copy of the constitution of the Irish Republication Brotherhood; affairs in Poland including opposition to Bolshevism; Savinkoff [Boris Savinkov], [Pyotr] Wrangel, Balahovitch and counter-revolutionaries; the People's Voluntary Army and Russian Political Committee; an approach by [Vladimir] Lenin to [Guglielmo] Marconi to assist with the reorganisation of Russian wireless;...
Dates:
28 Mar-23 Dec 1920
Conditions Governing Access:
Opened June 2013 except for folios 76-89 which are available in sanitised form on Cabinet Office instructions under S23 of the Freedom of Information Act. Review date 1 January 2032.
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Official: War and Air: intelligence reports, including material from the K K Series., 13 Oct 1920-18 Feb 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/62
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Includes secret intelligence reports, intercepted documents and notes of interviews on various subjects including: issues and affairs in Soviet Russia including policy towards Persia [later Iran], speech by [Lev] Kamenev, negotiations with Great Britain on the Anglo-Russian trade agreement and war debts, conditions in Russia, food shortages, low morale in the Red Army, counter-revolutionaries, arrests of scientists, White Russia, Bolshevik forces in Persia and Mesopotamia [later Iraq],...
Dates:
13 Oct 1920-18 Feb 1921
Conditions Governing Access:
Opened on Cabinet Office instructions, June 2013, apart from folio 150 which remains closed under S 23 of the Freedom of Information Act. Review date 1 January 2032.
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Official: War and Air: intelligence reports, including material from the K K Series and others., 27 Dec 1920-5 Jan 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/74
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Includes secret intelligence reports and intercepted documents from and about the Soviet Union, Greece, India and Japan on various subjects including: Soviet and Bolshevik issues such as Anglo-Russian trade, Soviet government telegrams to the Daily Herald, orders to Soviet troops and dissatisfaction in the Red Army, and the anti-Bolshevik (White Russian) movement; Sylvia Pankhurst and Communist publications; security of cyphers; affairs in Turkey including the anti-American movement and...
Dates:
27 Dec 1920-5 Jan 1921
Conditions Governing Access:
Opened on instructions from the Cabinet Office, June 2013.
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"Perils abroad and at home", 09 Oct 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/21A/1-68
Scope and Contents
Speech notes for WSC's speech (Annual Conservative Party Conference, Llandudno, Wales) entitled "Perils abroad and at home" on subjects including: the recovery of the Conservative Party since 1945; the part played by Wales in British affairs; relations with the Soviet Union and the likelihood of a third world war; the degeneration of the United Nations; the importance of nuclear weapons belonging to the United States in countering the threat posed by the Soviet Union; the importance of...
Dates:
09 Oct 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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"Principles", 24 Jul 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/105/2-9
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Statement (marked "confidential") of the Conservative Party's "General Principles" on domestic and international affairs. Subjects include: free society and socialist states; the power of the state; duty of government; the welfare state; need for housing; economic policy including taxation; international relations including the increasing power of Russia, the Korean war and the British empire.Typescript. Includes covering letter from R A Butler.
Dates:
24 Jul 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Patronage: Correspondence, P-Q., [Mar] [1941] - Mar 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/560A-B
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Includes correspondence from various organisations and individuals informing WSC of tributes paid to him or requesting his support for various projects. Correspondents include: D Routhwaite of the Commonwealth Relations Office regarding a centenary message from WSC to the Pioneer newspaper (3); Sir Frank Francis, Director and Principal Librarian of the British Museum; Charles Jervis, Editor-in-Chief, Press Association; Henry Boyne regarding the Parliamentary Press Gallery Trust; various...
Dates:
[Mar] [1941] - Mar 1965
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Patronage: Westminster College, Fulton [Missouri, United States]., Mar [1946] - Jan 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/566A-C
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Includes correspondence from various individuals on a memorial to WSC's speech "The Sinews of Peace". The memorial consisted of the church of St Mary Aldermanbury, City of London, which was rebuilt at Westminster College. Correspondents include: Christopher Everett and Robert Ford of the Foreign Office; representatives of Westminster College including Robert Davidson, President (19) and Joseph Staples, Administrative Assistant (3); Joyce Hall of Hallmark cards (5); Patrick Horsbrugh (7);...
Dates:
Mar [1946] - Jan 1965
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence A-B., May 1948 - Feb 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/80
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Correspondents include: Abdullah [ibn Hussein], King of Jordan [earlier Transjordan], (2) and Edward Tomkins (Foreign Office) on a visit to the United Kingdom by Abdullah; Dean Acheson [Secretary of State, United States] on WSC's visit to the United States; Sir Richard Acland and Donald Bruce [later Lord Bruce of Donnington, Parliamentary Private Secretary to Minister of Health] forewarning WSC of criticism in the House of Commons; Konrad Adenauer [Federal Chancellor of Germany] on WSC's...
Dates:
May 1948 - Feb 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence A-C., Jun 1947 - Dec 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/67A-B
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Correspondents include: Vyvyan Adams (4); Reginald Maudling; 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (3); Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe] (3); James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] (7); Garry Allighan; Leo Amery (6); John Andrews; Michael Astor; Henry Hopkinson [later 1st Lord Colyton, Head of Conservative Parliamentary Secretariat and Joint Director, Conservative Research...
Dates:
Jun 1947 - Dec 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folios 166-7 which have been removed on grounds of data protection due to presence of sensitive personal information about living individuals until 1 January 2024.
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence A-C., Jun 1950 - Oct 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/113A-B
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Correspondents include: Sir Richard Acland on the "Churchill Arch" in the House of Commons; Commander Peter Agnew withdrawing his candidacy at Ormskirk [Lancashire]; Patrick Kinna (Foreign Office); representatives of the Conservative Research Department including [Richard] Michael Fraser [later Lord Fraser of Kilmorack] (4); Garry Allighan on his expulsion from the House of Commons; Cuthbert Alport; Leo Amery on Persian [Iranian] oil; 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman,...
Dates:
Jun 1950 - Oct 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence A-C., Oct 1951 - Jul 1962
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/127A-B
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Correspondents include: William Reid, Lord Provost of Aberdeen [Scotland] on WSC's visit there in 1952; David Pitblado [Principal Private Secretary to Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden] (3); Frank Glaves-Smith [Principal Private Secretary to President of the Board of Trade]; Konrad Adenauer [Federal Chancellor of Germany]; Sir Frederick Hoyer Millar [later 1st Lord Inchrya, British Ambassador to West Germany, later part of Germany]; John Perrin, [Principal] Private Secretary to Minister of...
Dates:
Oct 1951 - Jul 1962
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence and papers, mainly from Field Marshal [1st Lord] Montgomery of Alamein [Chief of Imperial General Staff]., Feb 1948 - May 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/31
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Includes copies of: various notes and memoranda by Montgomery for the War Office or Chiefs of Staff Committee on the British Army, Western European defence, and his 1948 visits to France and Austria; addresses by him to the "Ecole Superieur de Guerre" and senior officers of the Brussels Treaty Powers, Fontainebleau [France].Other correspondents include: Leslie Hore-Belisha sending on notes of his conversation with the Spanish High Commissioner [to Morocco] General Valera and a translation of...
Dates:
Feb 1948 - May 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence and papers on a number of immediate post-war issues (includes copies of wartime documents)., Jan 1940 - Oct 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/3
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Correspondents include: Prime Minister Clement Attlee (15) on subjects including questions in Parliament about raw materials for atomic weapons and secret agreements with Belgium, Holland and Brazil, and also on decorations for wartime service ; Sir John Anderson [later 1st Lord Waverley] (2); Norman Tucker [Private Secretary to Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh Dalton]; Robert Brand [Representative of HM Treasury in Washington, United States] (2); Leslie Rowan [Principal Private Secretary to...
Dates:
Jan 1940 - Oct 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence and papers on defence, atomic weapons and energy., Nov 1945 - Apr 1954
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/28
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Correspondents include: Prime Minister Clement Attlee (6); Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] on the strength of the army and RAF; [1st] Lord Cherwell [earlier F A Lindemann] (3); President Harry Truman (2); Walter Gifford, United States Ambassador to Great Britain. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from WSC's secretaries "N S" [Jo Sturdee, later Lady Onslow], "J P" [Jane Portal, later Lady Williams of Elvel], "L M M" [Lettice Marston, later Lettice Shillingford], and "C G"...
Dates:
Nov 1945 - Apr 1954
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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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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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence and papers on Germany., Jun 1946 - Feb 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/40A-B
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Correspondents include: Terence Garvey (Foreign Office); Robert Kempner, Deputy United States Chief of Counsel, International Military Trials, Nuremberg [Germany] on war crimes; Alexander Spearman; Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton; 1st Lord Layton on talks with Konrad Adenauer [Federal Chancellor] and Kurt Schumacher [Socialist Leader]. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretary Chips Gemmell and William Deakin [WSC's literary assistant].Subjects covered by the file...
Dates:
Jun 1946 - Feb 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence and papers on Palestine., Aug 1946 - Oct 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/46A-B
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Correspondents include: Henry Hopkinson [later 1st Lord Colyton, Head of Conservative Parliamentary Secretariat and Joint Director, Conservative Research Department] (3); Paul Beards [Assistant Private Secretary to Prime Minister Clement Attlee]; Clement Attlee; John Addis [Junior Private Secretary to Attlee]; Major Henry Legge-Bourke; Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip] (2); Marcus Sieff (8); James de Rothschild; Duncan Sandys; Walter Elliot (2); Leo...
Dates:
Aug 1946 - Oct 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence and papers on the Conservative attitude towards and WSC meeting supporters of Atlantic Union [advocates of increased collaboration between the UK, Canada and the United States]., Dec 1950 - Jul 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/106
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Correspondents include: Owen Roberts, President of the Atlantic Union Committee (2); Herbert Agar; Duncan Sandys; Charles Mott-Radclyffe; Edwin Leather (2); "Bobbety", 5th Lord Salisbury [earlier Robert Gascoyne Cecil and Lord Cranborne]; Clarence Streit (2); Canadian Senators L Gouin and W Euler; US Senator Guy Gillette (2). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from: secretaries Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel] and Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford]; CSC.Also...
Dates:
Dec 1950 - Jul 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence and papers on the dispute between Britain and Persia (Iran) over the nationalisation of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and its oilfields and refinery at Abadan., May 1951 - Oct 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/126
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Correspondents include: Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon]; 1st Lord Simon [of Stackpole Elidor] (7); Geoffrey Geoffrey-Lloyd; "Bobbety", 5th Lord Salisbury [earlier Robert Gascoyne Cecil and Lord Cranborne]; Herbert Morrison [Foreign Secretary]; Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip]; "R S C", Randolph Churchill; Aga Khan (III). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel], Lettice Marston...
Dates:
May 1951 - Oct 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence and papers on the movement towards a United Europe, A-B., Feb 1949 - May 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/24
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Correspondents include: John Wallace, Vice-President of the Chase National Bank; Barbara Blamey [Duncan Sandys' secretary] (9); Major Edward Beddington-Behrens, Vice President of the European League for Economic Co-ordination (7); Robert Boothby on Council of Europe matters (3); Duncan Sandys on Boothby visiting the United States. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Vanda...
Dates:
Feb 1949 - May 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence and papers on the movement towards a United Europe, H-Z., Aug 1948 - Sep 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/27
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Correspondents include: [William] Stephen King-Hall, Chairman, the Hansard Society for Parliamentary Government (2); (administrative) representatives of the United Europe Movement (8); Dr Robert Borel, Director-General of the International Committee for the Study of European Questions (4); Barbara Blamey (14) and Freda Smith (4) [Duncan Sandy's secretaries]; Duncan Sandys (2); Don Salvador de Madariaga on Spain; Stanislaw Mikolajczyk [former Prime Minister of Poland] on Polish reporting of...
Dates:
Aug 1948 - Sep 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence and papers on the movement towards a United Europe, S-Z., Sep 1946 - Dec 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/23
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Correspondents include: "Bobbety" [5th Lord Salisbury, earlier Robert Gascoyne Cecil and Lord Cranborne] advocating a "Western Pact"; Freda Smith [Duncan Sandys' secretary] (4); Duncan Sandys (9); Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi on a Geneva [Switzerland] Congress in 1947; Victor Gollancz on the repatriation of German POWs; Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso] (3) including (1) on his family trust and (2) on his involvement with United Europe; Gaston Riou and Pierre Passani of the French...
Dates:
Sep 1946 - Dec 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence and papers on the naval command in the Atlantic., Feb 1951 - May 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/35
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party]; James Stuart [Chief Opposition Whip]; Vice-Admiral Brian Schofield; [George] Gordon Allen (2); Matthew Drysdale, Chairman of Lloyd's; Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fraser [of North Cape, 1st Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff]; 1st Lord Swinton [earlier Philip Lloyd Greame and Philip Cunliffe Lister]; Commander Harry Pursey; Admiral Sir Percy Noble (3); Admiral Sir Sydney...
Dates:
Feb 1951 - May 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence and papers on trade with the Soviet Union and its satellite countries., Jul 1950 - Feb 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/110
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: J R Greenwood of Craven Brothers (Manchester) Limited (10); James Blackshaw, Assistant Secretary (Ministry of Supply); Martin Lindsay; Norman Hulbert; William Craven-Ellis, Director, Craven Brothers; Antony Head; Sir Alfred Herbert; Cuthbert Alport; Sir John Greaves, Managing Director, Davey, Paxman and Company Limited. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Elizabeth Gilliatt, Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel], Jo Sturdee ("N S")...
Dates:
Jul 1950 - Feb 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folios 7-10 which have been removed on grounds of data protection due to presence of sensitive personal information about a living individual until 1 January 2026.