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Economic conditions

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 1267 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 31 Jul 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/33/2
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Letter from "Jack" [John S Churchill] (4 Moorgate Street [London]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he discusses the collapse of the "whole financial system" and says that the Stock Exchange has closed. He advises her to be careful with her finances.

Dates: 31 Jul 1913
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), [1945]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/229C/214
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Galley proof of an article by [Sir] George Paish entitled "The Parting of the Ways", for the Free Trader, on economic co-operation between nations. [annotated by Paish].

Dates: [1945]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Feb 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/223/22
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Telegram from WSC [Yalta, Soviet Union] to Deputy Prime Minister [Clement Attlee], Chancellor of the Exchequer [Sir John Anderson, later 1st Lord Waverley], and others concerned marked "From: Argonaut" and "Jason 337" sending on the text of a letter from President Franklin Roosevelt on resuming high level discussion on the Lend-Lease Agreement.

Dates: 11 Feb 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/224/2
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Telegram from [Leslie] Rowan [Prime Minister's Private Secretary, Potsdam, Berlin, Germany] to Private Office marked "From: Terminal" and "Target No. 65" passing on a message from WSC to Chancellor of the Exchequer [Sir John Anderson, later 1st Lord Waverley] requesting his comments on President Harry Truman's memorandum of that date on Lend-Lease and connected subjects.

Dates: 17 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Dec 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/116/1-14
Scope and Contents Statement of events surrounding the resignation of Lord Randolph Churchill [by Sir Henry Drummond Wolff]. Includes details of the occasions on which he met Lord Randolph, including the 22 December, when he is described as "very gay and cheery..no one would have said that any great event had occurred". He relates a conversation with Lord Randolph about W H Smith, [Secretary of State for War] about the army estimates; the acceptance of Lord Randolph's resignation by [Robert, 3rd] Lord...
Dates: 31 Dec 1886
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 Sep 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/117/7-8
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Copy of a letter from WSC (Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland [Scotland]) to [Alfred] Harmsworth [later Lord Northcliffe] marked private in which he predicts that the [Conservative] Government will be defeated by a landslide; discusses the treatment of the issue of taxation of manufactured goods [in the Daily Mail]; suggests that he should consider the Free Trade arguments and that a "great central Government neither Protectionist nor Pro-Boer" might be established.

Dates: 01 Sep 1903
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), 04 Aug 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/94A/82
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to [1st] Lord Marchwood [earlier Sir Frederick Penny, Honorary Treasurer of the Conservative Party] in reply to his letter regarding the meaning of the word "lend-lease" stating: that its true meaning is not sufficiently known; that it started as a means by which the United States, as a neutral country, gave Britain arms as it deemed its defence vital to their own; that during the war it has developed into one aspect of the general principle of pooling resources so that...
Dates: 04 Aug 1943
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 31 Jul 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/94A/65
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Letter from WSC to Sir John Wardlaw-Milne [Unionist MP for Kidderminster, Worcestershire] enclosing a reply prepared by the Minister of Production and the Minister of Fuel and Power in answer to his secret memorandum from the select committee on national expenditure, dealing with the coal, gas and electricity industries [not present] Signed.

Dates: 31 Jul 1943
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 23 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/81/92-94
Scope and Contents Telegram from Minister of State in the Middle East [Richard Casey] to WSC marked "personal" reporting on his recent eight day visit to Iraq and Persia [now Iran] and commenting on: the difficulties facing General Sir Henry Wilson [Commander in Chief Persia and Iraq] ; his discussions with General Wladyslaw Anders [Commander Polish Forces in Iran and Palestine], including the question of a further approach to Stalin regarding the release of the 60,000 Poles still believed to be in Russia; the...
Dates: 23 Oct 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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Visit to United States, 1994-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 19/2/138
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Schedule and briefings for NK’s visit, including source material for and annotated text of NK’s Weinstock Memorial Lecture at Berkeley, "Beyond Free Trade to Fair Trade" on the new World Trade Organisation.

Dates: 1994-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Wales Labour Party conference, Llandudno, 1991-05-17

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/164
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NK's speech to the conference, on subjects including: Labour's success in the previous day's Monmouth by-election; Labour gains in the local elections, particularly in Wales; the Government's record on unemployment and the economy; inflation; the state of industry; the need for community support; Labour's plans for taxation and public spending; Conservative tax rises.

Dates: 1991-05-17
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Access copies available.
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War Cabinet Paper, 08 Dec 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 23/4/11
Scope and Contents Printed copy of a letter from WSC to President Roosevelt setting out the prospects for 1941 covering various subjects including: shared interests between Great Britain and the United States; the importance of sea and air power against Germany; reassurance about not requesting a large expeditionary army from the United States; the crucial importance of shipping to feed people and transport munitions and armies; shipping losses; battleship strength; the dangers posed by the Vichy French...
Dates: 08 Dec 1940
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Washington Loan Agreement, 1944-11 - 1947-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/7/33
Scope and Contents Papers on the 1945 loan to Britain from the United States, including: rough notes by LSA; reports of the Federation of British Industries on the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, 1944-45; pamphlet by LSA on an economic policy for Britain and the Empire; statement by the Empire Industries Association on the agreement; texts and speech notes of speeches and articles by LSA; print of the agreement, annotated by LSA; material from the American Information Service, including...
Dates: 1944-11 - 1947-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Washington Loan Agreement: correspondence, 1945-08 - 1947-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/7/34
Scope and Contents Correspondents on the 1945 loan to Britain from the United States include: Sir William Larke; 2nd Lord Barnby [earlier Francis Willey]; Robert Boothby on subjects including differences between Britain and the United States over the agreement, the sterility of the Conservative leadership and concerns about the views of Oliver Lyttelton [later 1st Lord Chandos] (4); Thomas Balogh [Oxford University Institute of Statistics]; Charles Fay, Cambridge University Reader in Economic History; James...
Dates: 1945-08 - 1947-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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"What the Conservatives will do: a shortened version of the Conservative and Unionist Party's policy: General Election, 1951", 1951

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/123/3
Scope and Contents Pamphlet detailing Conservative election policy under a number of headings: "Pillars of Peace" on measures to support the British empire and Commonwealth (including an Empire economic conference, imperial preference), the unity of the English speaking peoples, the United Nations and hopes that Soviet Russia will join it, and support for the rearmament programme; "Increase national output"; "Halt to nationalisation" including industrial measures, and the repeal of the Iron and Steel Act,...
Dates: 1951
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Working papers of CS's Cabinet: correspondence, 1973-06 - 1976-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 3/2/15
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Correspondence with: François-Xavier Ortoli, President of the EEC, on taxation of vegetable oils; 3rd Lord Cromer [earlier Lord Errington] on monetary union and American trade relations with Europe, including papers on EEC monetary development, New Zealand and sterling parity, notes of Ortoli's visit to the United States, Oct 1973 and copies of messages on talks between the EEC and the United States, Mar 1974; Sir Marcus Sieff on the European textile industry.

Dates: 1973-06 - 1976-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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WSC's speech for the debate on the address, 06 Nov 1951

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/45A/6-52
Scope and Contents Speech notes WSC's speech (House of Commons) for the debate on the address, on subjects including: the political divisions in the country; the charge of war-mongering laid against the Conservatives, and the need for steady government; the restoration of university representation in Parliament; the repeal of the Iron and Steel Nationalization Act; future parliamentary business, including the defence debate; keeping the Minister of Education out of the Cabinet, and Welsh representation in...
Dates: 06 Nov 1951
Conditions Governing Access: Open