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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 380 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 10 Aug 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/87/17
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Telegram from WSC [Cairo, Egypt] to First Sea Lord [Admiral Dudley Pound] marked "most secret and personal" asking him for early information about "Pedestal" [Codename for major British convoy to Malta] if it can safely be sent to Moscow [Soviet Union], but requesting that it not be sent to Teheran [Iran].

Dates: 10 Aug 1942
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), 13 Aug 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/87/22
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Telegram from WSC [Moscow, Soviet Union] to Deputy Prime Minister [Clement Attlee] regarding his need to mention the PQ convoys to Northern Russia, and asking for reassurance about the ability to send at least sixty ships in Sep.

Dates: 13 Aug 1942
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), 14 Aug 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/87/24
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Telegram from WSC [Moscow, Soviet Union] to First Sea Lord [Admiral Dudley Pound] thanking him for his message regarding the convoy to Malta, and asking for a fuller account of the operation as soon as possible Annotated.

Dates: 14 Aug 1942
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), 15 Aug 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/87/34
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Telegram from WSC [Moscow, Soviet Union] to First Sea Lord [Admiral Dudley Pound] thanking him for his telegram [regarding the convoy to Malta] and stating that the "Prolongation of life of Malta was worth the heavy cost.".

Dates: 15 Aug 1942
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), 17 Aug 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/87/47
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC [Cairo, Egypt] to First Lord of the Admiralty [Albert Alexander, later Lord Alexander of Hillsborough] and First Sea Lord [Admiral Dudley Pound] asking them to convey his compliments to Admiral Neville Syfret, Admiral Harold Burrough, Admiral Lumley Lyster and all officers and men engaged "in the magnificent crash through of supplies to Malta", and commenting on the reports in the papers regarding the number of enemy aircraft shot down which do not take account of those...
Dates: 17 Aug 1942
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), 21 Aug 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/87/71
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Telegram from WSC [Cairo, Egypt] to First Sea Lord [Admiral Dudley Pound] marked "most secret and personal" asking him to cable the latest news of the progress of the ships carrying the Sherman tanks Annotated, probably during writing of WSC's "The Second World War" c1948-1954.

Dates: 21 Aug 1942
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), 9 Apr 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/109/102
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, later Lord Irwin, British Ambassador in the United States] marked 'personal and secret' with a message for [Harry] Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] in which he confirms his understanding that the US will ship seven million tons to Britain by the end of November 1943 and that this is the limit of the US undertaking, but asks for allowance to be made for sinkings because the seven million tons...
Dates: 9 Apr 1943
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Apr 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/109/107
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked 'most secret and personal' in which he reports that 375 Hurricanes and 285 Airocobras and Kittyhawks for Russia were in the cancelled convoys (JW 54 and 55); discusses the practical difficulties in arranging for the aircraft and accompanying spare parts to be transported to Russia; offers a maximum of 60 Hurricane IID airoplanes, discussing their advantages and successes against Rommel's tanks in Tunisia; and reassures Stalin that he is determined...
Dates: 10 Apr 1943
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Apr 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/109/116
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked 'personal and most secret' reporting that the Nazi-Fascist forces are falling back to Enfidaville [Enfida, Tunisia], that the Eighth Army is pushing northwards, that over 200,000 of the enemy are "in the net", 25,000 prisoners taken and 5-10,000 killed; on successful air raids on Duisberg and Frankfurt [Germany] of which he has sent a film and photographs to please the Russian soldiers; and his hopes to push some fast ships to the Persian Gulf...
Dates: 11 Apr 1943
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Jul 1943 - 31 Jul 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/104/1
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, July 1943.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; the Chiefs of Staff; senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; "C" [Major General Sir Stewart Menzies, Head of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service].Subjects covered by the minutes...
Dates: 01 Jul 1943 - 31 Jul 1943
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Oct 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/43/94-96
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Telegram from the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] to WSC on threat to legislation posed by armed United States transports being used for British troop movement: suggests crew should be British, flying British flag.

Dates: 08 Oct 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Oct 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/39/2
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Telegram from Admiralty to Various Intelligence Officers, reporting that experience of the first two months of war showed that no increase in loss of merchant shipping was incurred by keeping trade routes open, and stressing the importance of keeping trade going. Initialled by Edward Heaton-Ellis [Assistant Director of Intelligence Division], Richard Webb [Director of Trade Division] and Vice- Admiral Sir [Frederick] Doveton Sturdee [Chief of Staff]. [Carbon].

Dates: 16 Oct 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Feb 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/44/37-39
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Letter from Andrew Bonar Law [Leader of the Conservative Party] (Pembroke Lodge, Edwardes Square, Kensington [London]) to WSC, [First Lord of the Admiralty], on a complaint that the Admiralty were making inefficient use of merchant ships commandeered for war services.

Dates: 12 Feb 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Feb 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/47/117
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Admiralty minute asking the press not to publish the loss of British merchant shipping as a result of enemy activity, unless the losses had already been reported by the Admiralty.

Dates: 26 Feb 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Feb 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/47/3
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Admiralty intercepted message, giving a German official communique declaring the waters around Great Britain and Ireland a war region, and warning that hostile merchant ships and possibly neutrals would be attacked.

Dates: 04 Feb 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Feb 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/47/4
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Intercepted wireless message from the German Embassy, on reports in newspapers that British merchant ships were to use a neutral flag, stating that this was an admission that Britain was unable to protect its merchant fleet. [Duplicate typescript].

Dates: 04 Feb 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Mar 1915 - 05 Apr 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/49/83-87
Scope and Contents Letter from Colonel Sir Matthew Nathan [Under-Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland] to Edward Marsh [Private Secretary to WSC], sending a copy of a letter from F L Heyn, of the Ulster Steamship Company Limited, asking for the release of steamers requisitioned by the Admiralty, in order to ship flax from Russia. Nathan suggests that in view of the poverty in Belfast [Northern Ireland], one steamer might be released. Also includes note between Marsh and Graeme Thomson, Director of...
Dates: 31 Mar 1915 - 05 Apr 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Sep 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/191/21
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Letter from Lord Lloyd [earlier Sir George Lloyd] (30 Portman Square, London) to WSC urging him to accept an invitation from the Navy League to speak at Gravesend [Kent] on the naval and shipping situation.

Dates: 19 Sep 1933
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), 01 Mar 1941 - 31 Mar 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/36/3
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, March 1941.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff; senior civil servants including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet], Sir Horace Wilson [Permanent Secretary of HM Treasury and official Head of HM Civil Service], and Sir Alexander Cadogan...
Dates: 01 Mar 1941 - 31 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Apr 1941 - 30 Apr 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/36/4
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, April 1941.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; F A Lindemann [later 1st Lord Cherwell] and Desmond Morton [Prime Minister's Personal Assistants]; Sir Alexander Cadogan [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]; the Chiefs of Staff; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; Sir Edward Bridges...
Dates: 01 Apr 1941 - 30 Apr 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Aug 1941 - 31 Aug 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/36/8
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, August 1941.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; the Chiefs of Staff.Subjects covered by the minutes include: United States shipping provision; civil service appointments; naval matters, including the design of warships and a...
Dates: 01 Aug 1941 - 31 Aug 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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(Untitled), 01 Apr 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/37/6
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Telegram from General [Sir Archibald] Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, to WSC advising that shipping at Massawa will be dropped now Asmara [Eritrea] has been surrendered and commenting on other aspects of the conflict in northern Africa.

Dates: 01 Apr 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Apr 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/37/59
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Telegram from "Former Naval Person" [WSC] to President [Franklin] Roosevelt on the danger of [Admiral Jean] Darlan [Vice-Premier of Vichy France] transferring French ships from African ports to French ports in danger of German occupation, and on the escort of convoys.

Dates: 06 Apr 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Apr 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/37/81-82
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Telegram from Government of Canada to Dominions Office sending on a message to WSC on Canadian anti-submarine protection of shipping which they claim has not been recognised by UK military advisers.

Dates: 10 Apr 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Apr 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/37/113-115
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Telegram from President [Franklin Roosevelt] to the Former Naval Person [WSC] on the United States' change of policy in the Atlantic: to include the extension of the security zone to whole of North Atlantic west of longitude 25 degrees; informing the United Kingdom of the position of aggressor ships; escorting of British convoys. [see also CHAR 20/37/97].

Dates: 11 Apr 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open