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(Untitled), 19 Sep 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/16/20-24
Scope and Contents "Weekly Intelligence Commentary no. 57" from the War Office General Staff. Covers 12 to 19 September 1940 and divided into sections on: 1. Germany: a) invasion of the United Kingdom; b) re-organisation of the German Army; c) artificial smoke screen in invasion; d) the attack on Waalhaven, Rotterdam [Netherlands] (from a German Air Force Journal); e) mobile troops in the Battle of France (from the German press); f) distribution of German divisions; 2. Italy and Italian possessions; 3. Balkan...
Dates: 19 Sep 1940
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), 26 Sep 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/16/25-31
Scope and Contents "Weekly Intelligence Commentary no. 58" from the War Office General Staff. Covers 19 to 26 September 1940 and divided into sections on: 1. Germany: a) invasion of the United Kingdom; b) activities in South-East Europe; c) "German sentiments towards this country"; d) "Changes in the art of war" (from the German press); e) fortifications 696, 678 and 699 (from the German press), "A Report on how the Engineers broke through the Maginot Line"; f) distribution of German divisions; 2. Italy and...
Dates: 26 Sep 1940
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 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/22B/112-113
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Letter from WSC to the Prime Minister of Norway [Johan Nygaardsvold] asking him to reconsider a decision to withdraw Captain Rocher-Lund from Stockholm [Sweden] since he is very useful to the British Intelligence Services.

Dates: 10 Sep 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 May 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/27/2
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Note from Desmond Morton [Personal Assistant to WSC] (War Office, Whitehall [London]) to WSC informing him that Lieutenant J M Langley is employed as a liaison officer between MI6 and the War Office and co-ordinates escapes by prisoners of war. Typescript signed with initials.

Dates: 22 May 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 26 May 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/27/3
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Note from WSC to Desmond Morton [Personal Assistant to WSC] informing him that [Lieutenant J M Langley] has been expressing "exceedingly defeatist views". Typescript signed with initials.

Dates: 26 May 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 29 May 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/27/4-5
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Note from Desmond Morton [Personal Assistant to WSC] to WSC concerning "undesirable" opinions expressed by J M Langley. He informs WSC that "C" [Major-General Sir Stewart Menzies, Head of the Secret Intelligence Service, MI6] will not employ Langley abroad although Langley will continue with secret service work. Signed typescript annotated with a note by WSC "Why not give him a hint".

Dates: 29 May 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Nov 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/45/71-72
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Telegrams from WSC to Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] sharing confidence in outcome of battle; message of encouragement for troops; warning about letting secret information fall into enemy hands.

Dates: 23 Nov 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Feb 1942-09 Feb 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/52/19-21
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Letter from WSC to "C" [Major-General Sir Stewart Menzies, Head of the Secret Intelligence Service, MI6] on memorandum [CHAR 20/52/17-18]; notes that the United States has British cipher machines.

Dates: 08 Feb 1942-09 Feb 1942
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Jul 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54A/38
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Letter from WSC to 3rd Lord Selborne [Minister of Economic Warfare, earlier Lord Wolmer] thanking him for the Quarterly Progress Report of SOE [Special Operations Executive] activities.

Dates: 25 Jul 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Nov 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54C/235
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Letter from WSC to 3rd Lord Selborne [Minister of Economic Warfare, earlier Lord Wolmer] on reprisals against SOE [Special Operations Executive] to be discussed with the Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon].

Dates: 23 Nov 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [Nov] [1939]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2A/101
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Copy of first page of a letter from WSC to Maurice [?Hankey] reporting on an interview with [Sir Stewart] Menzies [Head of the Secret Intelligence Service, MI6] and discussing an enquiry into the Secret Service. Unsigned carbon.

Dates: [Nov] [1939]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 19 Nov 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2A/102-107
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Letter from WSC to Sir Alexander Cadogan [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs] on replacing Sir Hugh Sinclair as Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service with Captain [Gerald] Muirhead-Gould RN; also the need to improve Admiralty intelligence services, with note to Private Secretary on distribution. [carbon and draft].

Dates: 19 Nov 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 09 Nov 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2B/112-113
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Letter from Sir Alexander Cadogan [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs] to Sir Archibald Carter [Permanent Secretary of Admiralty] asking for nominations from WSC and [Admiral of the Fleet Sir] Dudley Pound [1st Sea Lord] for Admiral [Sir Hugh] Sinclair's replacement as Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service.

Dates: 09 Nov 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 21 Nov 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2B/120-124
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Letter from [1st] Lord Vansittart [Chief Diplomatic Adviser to Foreign Secretary] to WSC, enclosing copy of letter to Sir Kingsley Wood, Secretary of State for Air, containing information from a private source on German air and naval capabilities; with letter of thanks from WSC to Vansittart.

Dates: 21 Nov 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 01 Nov 1939 - 30 Nov 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/3/3
Scope and Contents First Lord of the Admiralty's printed minutes, November 1939.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (sometimes annotated with additional printed information) to: Deputy Chief of Naval Staff [Rear-Admiral Tom Phillips]; [Permanent] Secretary [Sir Archibald Carter]; the Sea Lords, particularly [3rd Sea Lord and] Controller [Rear-Admiral Bruce Fraser] and 1st Sea Lord [Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound]; various naval directors; Professor [F A] Lindemann [later 1st Lord Cherwell] and Major...
Dates: 01 Nov 1939 - 30 Nov 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Oct 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/7/86-87
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Letter from J M B Butt [War Cabinet Office] to John Peck [Assistant Private Secretary to WSC] on inventions sent to WSC by an E Yeoman Robinson; refers to letter [carbon enclosed] from F A Lindemann [later 1st Lord Cherwell] to Brigadier [?] Arthur Harker of MI5 asking him to look into Robinson's activities as "he describes in considerable detail methods of the highest secrecy which have been used or are about to be used".

Dates: 10 Oct 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Oct 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/8/67
Scope and Contents Letter from "Van" [Sir Robert Vansittart, Chief Diplomatic Adviser to Foreign Secretary] (Foreign Office [London]) to Brendan Bracken [Parliamentary Private Secretary to WSC] marked "private and confidential" concerning access to WSC by Freeman and Fockeu. He asks Bracken to "head off" any future contact with WSC as the 2 individuals are associated with "certain necessary but not to be mentioned organisations" which must not have any traceable connection with the Prime Minister. Signed...
Dates: 23 Oct 1940
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Apr 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/19/77-78
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Letter from Vice-Admiral Lewis Bayly [Commander, 3rd Battle Squadron] (68 Ebury Street, [London]) to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on German intelligence in Britain.

Dates: 20 Apr 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Dec 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/28/64-67
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [1st Sea Lord] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on his meeting with an Italian officer, recently in Berlin [Germany], who reported that the Germans were planning a series of raids on the coast, similar to the raid on Scarborough [Yorkshire]. Fisher also comments on the escape of the German cruiser Dresden following the Battle of the Falkland Islands. [Hand-written, with typescript copy].

Dates: 19 Dec 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Sep 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/29/151
Scope and Contents Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], to the Secretary [Sir (William) Graham Greene] and the Director of the Intelligence Division [Captain (William) Reginald Hall], on the searchlight on the roof of Sir Arthur Bignold's house overlooking a fleet anchorage. WSC asks for a report on Bignold, his guests, friends and servants, and rumours of aircraft activity in the area. [Carbon; Bignold had houses at Loch Rosque castle, Ross-shire, Scotland, Strathbran Lodge, Dingwall, Ross and...
Dates: 19 Sep 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Nov 1914 - 30 Nov 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/30/22
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Report by Hugh Miller, paymaster of HMS Arethusa, on information obtained from a German officer on the action off Heligoland [Germany]: sent on by Commodore Reginald Tyrwhitt. [Printed for circulation to the Cabinet, Dec 1914].

Dates: 27 Nov 1914 - 30 Nov 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Sep 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/27B/46
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Report from Lieutenant-Commander Aubrey Tillard (HMS Larne) to Captain (D), 2nd Destroyer Flotilla, reporting a conversation between Sub-Lieutenant C N Pulford and Mr Duncan, Dockmaster at Aberdeen [Scotland], stating Duncan's opinion that the Germans had a store of mines in Iceland, and that German trawlers were manned by naval crews and engaged in minelaying. [Carbon copy].

Dates: 25 Sep 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Dec 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/35/39
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Telegram from Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleets [Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe], to Admiralty, on his suspicions of a German base in either the Hebrides or Skye [Inverness-shire, Scotland]: Jellicoe requests a thorough search, reporting that he had given orders that no telegrams detailing movements of ships be accepted.

Dates: 19 Dec 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Sep 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/35/49
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Telegram from British Naval Attache (Petrograd), to Admiralty, reporting that the Russian Admiralty had acquired several German signal books and cyphers: he suggests that a British cruiser or destroyer be sent to Russia to collect copies; includes Admiralty responses. [Carbon].

Dates: 06 Sep 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Jan 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/16/5-6
Scope and Contents Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] offering congratulations on his "splendid memorandum", which was "Napoleonic in its audacity and Cromwellian in its thoroughness". Fisher advises WSC not to spend money on major repairs to ships, as they went out of date so quickly, but to build new; he states that he once told the German Naval Attache that he could arrange for him to steal plans for ships more than a year old, and alleges that the Attache...
Dates: 10 Jan 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open