Economic policy
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Found in 1300 Collections and/or Records:
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Public and Political: General: Indian Affairs., 10 Jan 1936 - 21 Dec 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/263
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Correspondents include: Sir Michael O'Dwyer [former Lieutenant-Governor of Punjab, India] on the recruitment difficulties of the Indian Civil Service; Sir Louis Stuart, Honorary Secretary, Indian Empire Society; Sir John Anderson [later 1st Lord Waverley], Governor of Bengal [parts of Bangladesh and India], introducing Nalini Ranjan Sarker, member of the Indian Congress, and Sir Srinivasa Sarma, Editor of the Whip and member of the Indian Legislative Assembly (2); H A Gwynne [Editor of the...
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10 Jan 1936 - 21 Dec 1936
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Public and Political: General: Indian Affairs., 15 Jan 1937 - 19 Nov 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/301
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Correspondents on India include: R A Butler [Under-Secretary of State for India] on the fall in British cotton exports to India and general balance of trade; John Morgan, Counsel to the Indian Chamber of Princes, on subjects including the probable need to amend the Government of India Act, and asking WSC to meet Jam Saheb, Maharaja of Nawanagar, Chancellor of the Indian Chamber of Princes (6); Sir Michael O'Dwyer [former Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab] on subjects including the...
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15 Jan 1937 - 19 Nov 1937
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Public and Political: General: Pamphlets., Feb 1936 - Jul 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/293
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Pamphlets, mainly on Germany, including: Friends of Europe monthly survey of German publications, and pamphlet on "The Racial Conception of the World", from Hitler's "Mein Kampf"; report from the Anglo-German Information Service on hygiene and the community in Germany; extract from the Contemporary Review with an article on the financial crisis in Germany by Bernhard Reichenbach ("Herman Hermes"); Trustees for Freedom (also Hands off Britain) pamphlets, including "Hitler's Claim for...
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Feb 1936 - Jul 1936
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Public and Political: General: Patronage: Correspondence, Arts - Bristol., Jan 1956 - Jan 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/541A-B
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Correspondents concerning honours to be given to WSC, or tributes made to him include: Sir Hamilton Kerr and Dr Barnett Stross representing the Arts and Amenities Committees of the Conservative and Labour parties on purchase tax on gramophone records; Stephen Rowland Pierce and Edward Halliday, successive Chairmen of the Arts Club; Sir William Emrys Williams, Secretary General of the Arts Council; Sir Charles Wheeler, John Aldridge, Christopher Sanders and Augustus John on behalf of the...
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Jan 1956 - Jan 1965
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, R-S, many congratulating WSC on becoming Prime Minister and praising his leadership and speeches, Apr 1908 - Dec 1940. [Please note that almost the whole file dates from 1940].
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/398
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Correspondents include: Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay on his knighthood; Sir Eugene Ramsden on Conservative support for WSC; Whitelaw Reid [London correspondent] of the New York Herald Tribune [United States]; [Sir] Robert Renwick sending on memoranda on French banks (by "Birch"), demolition in London, and Albania (by Renwick) (4); [David] Waley [Principal Assistant Secretary] (Treasury) and Philip Allen (Ministry of Home Security) on Renwick's memoranda; Paul Reynaud, French Minister of...
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Apr 1908 - Dec 1940. [Please note that almost the whole file dates from 1940].
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Public and Political: General: Political: arrangements for the Conservative Party Conference at Blackpool [Lancashire], October 1946 (mainly letters of congratulation from the general public following WSC's speech)., May 1946 - Nov 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/9
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Other correspondents include: Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe], Chairman of the Conservative Party [until July 1946] (2); James Stuart [Chief Opposition Whip]; 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis], Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office [from July 1946]. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Elizabeth Gilliatt, Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], and Honorary Secretary [Edmund]...
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May 1946 - Nov 1946
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Public and Political: General: Political: arrangements for the Conservative Party Conference at Blackpool [Lancashire], October 1950., Aug 1950 - Nov 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/103
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Correspondents include: 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (3); representatives of the Hotel Majestic, St Annes on the Sea [Lancashire], on WSC's stay there (5); George Christ of Conservative and Unionist Central Office; Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip]; H V Armstrong, Secretary of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations (9); representatives of British Railways (4). Also...
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Aug 1950 - Nov 1950
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Public and Political: General: Political: arrangements for the Conservative Party Conference at Brighton [Sussex], October 1947., Jun 1947 - Feb 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/59
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Correspondents include: Reginald Maudling and 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] on WSC's speech being televised; James Stuart [Chief Opposition Whip]; David Clarke [Joint Director] of the Conservative Research Department; H V Armstrong, Secretary of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations (5); William Teeling on Brighton. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Elizabeth Gilliatt,...
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Jun 1947 - Feb 1948
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Public and Political: General: Political: arrangements for the Conservative Party Conference at Llandudno [Carnarvonshire, Wales], October 1948., Jan 1948 - Jun 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/73
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Correspondents include: David Price-White, MP for Llandudno, on WSC attending a ball (2). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from: secretaries Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel], Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], and Elizabeth Gilliatt; CSC.Other subjects include: travel details; matters discussed at the Conference on Conservative policy for defence, agriculture, the House of Lords, taxation, transport, Wales,...
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Jan 1948 - Jun 1949
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Public and Political: General: Political: arrangements for the Conservative Party North-Western Area Meeting at King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester, December 1947., Feb 1947 - Feb 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/60
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Correspondents include: James Stuart [Chief Opposition Whip] (2); representatives of Conservative and Unionist Central Office (7); George Drayson; H Haygarth Jackson, Executive Member of the Cotton Board; Eric Errington, Chairman [North-West Area of Conservative Associations] (2); Reginald Maudling (3); John Wyndham [later 1st Lord Egremont]; Charles Nowell, City Librarian, Manchester, on a visit by WSC; Etienne Cottet of the Midland Hotel on WSC's stay there (5). Also includes notes and...
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Feb 1947 - Feb 1948
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Public and Political: General: Political: Conservative Party answers to election questionnaires., 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/124
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Contains questions and answers prepared by Conservative and Unionist Central Office on a variety of election issues including: agricultural matters; animal welfare; various aspects of foreign affairs including China, Germany, Japan, Persia [Iran], South Africa, and Mexico; civil servants; education; housing matters; the health service; women; transport particularly by road; pensions; economic affairs including taxation; the constitutional position of Scotland and Wales.
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1951
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Public and Political: General: Political: Conservative Party literature for the 1951 election., 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/123
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Includes copies of: the Conservative election manifesto; leaflets and pamphlets issued by Conservative and Unionist Central Office and others; editions of the Sunday Dispatch and the Northern Echo; leaflets on voting.Subjects covered include: international affairs, including the Empire, the Commonwealth and Europe; national output, nationalisation and other industrial matters; housing matters; food supplies; old-age pensions; families; farming; rail transport.
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1951
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Public and Political: General: Political: Conservative Party manifesto [for the 1950 election]: correspondence, proofs and drafts., Dec 1949 - Jan 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/89
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Correspondents include: R A Butler and Richard Law [later 1st Lord Coleraine]. Also includes note from WSC's secretary Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow].Includes: summary of Conservative and Unionist proposals; details of election dates 1929-45; galley proofs and drafts of the manifesto (entitled "This is the road") and WSC's introduction.Subjects covered include: the economy, British industry and agriculture, social services, Britain's position in the world, national and constitutional...
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Dec 1949 - Jan 1950
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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...
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May 1948 - Feb 1950
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Public and Political: General: Political; Correspondence A-B., Dec 1949 - Nov 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/94
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Correspondents include: Vyvyan Adams; 1st Lord Altrincham [earlier Sir Edward Grigg]; Waris Ameer Ali on Indo-Pakistani affairs; Leo Amery (4); Sir John Anderson [later 1st Lord Waverley] (3) including 2 on his personal plans; James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin], Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party, on Lady Megan Lloyd George; Nigel Colman, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations; James Harden on being re-elected...
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Dec 1949 - Nov 1950
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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
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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,...
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Jun 1950 - Oct 1951
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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...
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Oct 1951 - Jul 1962
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence A-C (almost all material dates from 1946)., Jun 1945 - Dec 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/5A-B
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Correspondents include: Sir Douglas Thomson on WSC visiting Aberdeen [Scotland] (2); "Scribe", 1st Lord Altrincham [earlier Sir Edward Grigg] (2); Waris Ameer Ali on the activities of the Congress Party in India; Sir John Anderson [later 1st Lord Waverley] on scientists at Harwell [Berkshire]; Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe], Chairman of the Conservative Party (8); 1st Lord Davidson; James Stuart [Chief Opposition Whip] (7); Pierson Dixon [Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign...
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Jun 1945 - Dec 1946
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence A-G., Jul 1945 - Dec 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/1A-B
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Correspondents include: 1st Lord Swinton [earlier Philip Lloyd Greame and Philip Cunliffe Lister] (3); Richard Poland [Private Secretary to Minister of Civil Aviation]; E Colston Shepherd, Secretary-General of the Air League of the British Empire; Sir George Harvie Watt (4); John Winant [United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom]; Randolph Churchill; Leo Amery on imperial preference and European unity (2); Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe, Chairman of the Conservative Party]...
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Jul 1945 - Dec 1945
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence and material on steel nationalisation., Nov 1948 - Feb 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/79A-B
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Correspondents include: Reginald Maudling; Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip]; Sir David Maxwell Fyfe [later 1st Lord Kilmuir]; Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] (2); Sir Andrew Duncan [Chairman of Executive Committee of British Iron and Steel Federation] (6); John Wilson [Private Secretary to Minister of Supply]; George Christ. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from WSC's secretary Elizabeth Gilliatt.Subjects covered by the file include:...
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Nov 1948 - Feb 1951
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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...
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Jan 1940 - Oct 1945
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence and papers on Conservative Party policy., Jul 1950 - Feb 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/105
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Correspondents include: R A Butler (4); 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office].Subjects include: producing a statement of "General Principles" on domestic and international affairs and discussion of the effect of the rearmament policy on pledges concerning housing, economic affairs, and trade.Also includes: extract from Conservative manifesto "This is the road".
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Jul 1950 - Feb 1951
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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
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence and papers on Greece., Sep 1946 - May 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/41
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Correspondents include: Frederick Cocks on the British Parliamentary Delegation to Greece; John Colville [Assistant Private Secretary to Clement Attlee, Prime Minister] on Archbishop Damaskinos; Damaskinos on stepping down as Regent of Greece; 3rd Lord Long. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Elizabeth Gilliatt, Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], and Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow].Other subjects include: the 1945 TUC report on atrocities by...
Dates:
Sep 1946 - May 1947
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