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Economic policy

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 1300 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 30 Jun 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/190/26
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Cutting from the "Morning Post": report of criticism of the BBC for advertising the Co-operative Society and of WSC's complaint about being denied the chance by the BBC to broadcast on the monetary question.

Dates: 30 Jun 1932
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 Jul 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/190/27-28
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Letter from [WSC] to Sir John Simon [later 1st Lord Simon] asking for some indication of the limits within which the Government wishes WSC to confine himself in his broadcast from Paris [France] on the monetary question. Carbon typescript copy.

Dates: 01 Jul 1932
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), 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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(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), 02 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/213A/116-117
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "Personal and Top Secret" approving of Roosevelt's suggestion for a "high-powered economic mission" for Greece; but objecting to involving the Soviet Union and suggesting the prior establishment of a joint Anglo-American Committee comprising of British and American economic and financial experts; and welcoming the assistance of Donald Nelson [former Chairman of the US War Production Board] at any time.

Dates: 02 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194B/195-197
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Letter from WSC to the President of the United States of America [Harry Truman] marked "Top Secret" commenting on munitions requirements and financial questions, including continued relief to Italy until UNRRA [United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration] takes over in early autumn, and proposing that a British delegation should be sent to Washington as soon as is convenient to achieve agreement on these vital post-war issues [carbon].

Dates: 24 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Mar 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/81
Scope and Contents Telegram from Alfred Duff Cooper [later 1st Lord Norwich, British Ambassador to France] to Foreign Office marked "special (economic, supply and relief)" reporting on the progress of the Rosenman mission to France. States that Samuel Rosenman [Special Counsel to President of the United States] has had detailed discussions with various sections of Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force concerned with with civil affairs, transportation and all supplies, including coal and Pol[and]....
Dates: 28 Mar 1945
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), 02 Jan 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258A/137
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Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on economic warfare, summarising "W.P. (R)(40) 212", commenting on German economic relations with the United States, European countries, and South America. [Copy; given running number 195].

Dates: 02 Jan 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 21 May 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258B/188
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Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC commenting on a paper comparing German and British intentions for a post-war Europe, particularly in economic matters. [Copy; given running number 302].

Dates: 21 May 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Jun 1945 - 18 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/221/62-63
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Telegram from Sir Desmond Morton [Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] (Athens [Greece]) to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" setting out suggestions for a future British policy to ensure Italy and Greece do not fall to communists. [Despatched on 18 June; carbon copy].

Dates: 17 Jun 1945 - 18 Jun 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), 05 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/217/121
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Telegram from Reginald Leeper [British Ambassador to Greece] to WSC stating that the Voulgaris Government "is the best we have had so far"; that their main problem is rising prices; and requesting the loan of a "really good" public relations officer to increase public confidence in the government.

Dates: 05 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Mar 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/212/64-65
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Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of Canada [Mackenzie King] marked "Top Secret and Personal" thanking him for his telegrams [on future trade policy]; explaining that these matters are being considered; and assuring him that the United Kingdom will give "the fullest weight to Canada's wishes and interests". Photocopy.

Dates: 04 Mar 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/214/30-31
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Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" arguing against setting up a bilateral [Anglo-American] economic mission in Greece; but supporting continued informal co-operation between their two Embassies and the Greek Government; and giving details of existing and proposed US assistance to Greece.

Dates: 08 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 12 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/214/71-72
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Telegram from Minister of Production [Oliver Lyttelton, later Lord Chandos] (Washington [United States]) to WSC marked "Beefeater No. 28" reporting on a meeting with Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell [Commanding General of the Services of Supply, United States Army] in which they discussed bomb production for air forces in the Pacific war, and balancing food supply and requirements; and on having to address senior American businessmen on the British economy.

Dates: 12 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 08 Dec 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/13/154-159
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Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to [the Chancellor of the Exchequer, David Lloyd George] forecasting the Naval Estimates for 1913-14.

Dates: 08 Dec 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 29 May 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/236/2
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Newspaper cutting from the New York Herald-Tribune, "Today and Tomorrow: the NRA and After", by Walter Lippman, on the United States National Recovery Administration.

Dates: 29 May 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Jun 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/236/3-4
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Letter from Bernard Baruch (597 Madison Avenue, New York [United States]) to WSC, enclosing notes on the New Deal [see CHAR 2/235/5 and CHAR 2/236/6-10] and commenting on the world-wide trend towards greater distribution of wealth, as in the Soviet Union, the United States and Europe. Annotated "In article box - new American articles".

Dates: 12 Jun 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Jun 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/236/5
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Letter from an unknown correspondent to Bernard Baruch, enclosing notes on the New Deal [see CHAR 2/236/6-10] in reply to correspondence relating to an article by WSC on the New Deal. [Covering letter CHAR 2/236/3-4]. Unsigned copy.

Dates: 06 Jun 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [06] Jun 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/236/6-10
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Notes on the United States New Deal and National Recovery Administration, in reply to correspondence relating to an article by WSC on the New Deal. [Covering letters CHAR 2/236/3-4 and CHAR 2/236/5]. Unsigned.

Dates: [06] Jun 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 May 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/236/11-14
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Letter from "Bernie" [Bernard Baruch] (Georgetown, South Carolina [United States]) to WSC, on industrial mobilization, price freezing, and prevention of profiteering in case of war. Annotated "Material for American book".

Dates: 12 May 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [Mar] 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/236/17
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Memorandum by Rene Leon on "Britain and the United States: The Urgency of Conciliating Their Opposed Monetary Concepts". [Covering letter CHAR 2/236/16].

Dates: [Mar] 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open